8 h. ago Robert De Niro's daughter comes out as transgender and thanks parents for 'private' childhood

Robert De Niro's daughter Airyn has proudly shared her new identity as a trans woman and expressed gratitude toward her famous parents for giving her a "private" childhood

Society

10 h. ago Robert De Niro's daughter comes out as trans after growing up 'out of the limelight'

Airyn shared revealing details about her life as one of Robert’s seven kids.

Politics

65 h. ago Robert De Niro thanks Francis Ford Coppola for not casting him in major film: ‘The best job I never got’

De Niro lost out on the huge role to James Caan

Politics

3 d. ago Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but Saturday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema to honor Francis Ford Coppola

Events

6 d. ago Ayrshire school claims VAT on private school fees is a 'disincentive' to parents

Wellington School in Ayr, Ayrshire's only private school, returned to "a relatively small" profit the year before VAT was introduced on school fees.

Politics

2 w. ago My daughter has punched me, stolen money from me and told me to 'f*** off' so many times I have lost count. This is the terrifying reason why

It's now five years since my daughter first told me, at the age of 15, that she wanted to be referred to by the male pronouns 'he' and 'him' and be called by a boy's name. And I can tell you, it's hell.

Events

2 w. ago Young student loses her doctor parents and both her siblings in horror private plane crash that killed six

A high school senior lost her entire immediate family in a horror private jet crash that killed six in upstate New York.

Events

2 w. ago Scottish private school announces parents can pay fees using Bitcoin

Boarding school is thought to be the first in the UK to accept the cryptocurrency

Economics

2 w. ago Nobu Matsuhisa: ‘I’d watch my mentor making sushi and copy him under the table’

The chef and restaurateur, 76, shares his boyhood inspiration, losing everything in a fire, and saying no to Robert De NiroMy father died in a car accident when I was seven. Whenever I missed him, I would look in the family photo album at this picture of when he had gone to Palau. He was an architect and had gone to source lumber for his work. It made me dream of going abroad someday and making him proud.My older brother took me to sushi restaurants as a kid. They were very expensive; not the kinds of places kids would go. I was so impressed by the energy of the sushi chefs, the smells, the choice of fish. From then on, I knew that’s what I wanted to be. After graduating from high school at 18, I trained to be a sushi chef in Tokyo. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Robert De Niro to build UK's largest skyscraper for £360million outside of London

Robert De Niro's waiting, but not as you might expect. Rather than releasing a new film, the Hollywood icon is behind a project to build the largest British skyscraper outside London.

Economics

2 w. ago Val Kilmer's little known role in huge film had huge unexpected impact

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro's first time ever sharing screen space turned out to be a giant of a film, a god among American crime thrillers - and cinema fans have been dreaming of it for years

Politics

2 w. ago Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothersThe Cannes film festival selection has been unveiled by its director Thierry Frémaux, with all its auteur heavyweights and cineaste silverback gorillas, including new work by Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Ari Aster, Wes Anderson, Joachim Trier and Carla Simón. Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie is showing out of competition; Robert De Niro is getting an honorary Palme d’Or – and probably treating audiences to a characteristically tightlipped onstage interview – and Bono arrives at the red carpet for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. Actor turned director Scarlett Johansson comes to Cannes with her Eleanor the Great, a quirky New York tale starring veteran player June Squibb.There is also, of course, an appearance from the B...

Politics

3 w. ago From android to assassin: Daryl Hannah’s 10 best films – ranked!

With the release this month of Coastal, her documentary about husband Neil Young’s 2023 solo tour, we look at Hannah’s greatest rolesLooking as though she has strayed from another genre, Hannah plays Mickey Rourke’s girlfriend, a leggy aerobics instructor who keeps getting undressed. At least she’s more fun than Rourke and an insanely posturing Eric Roberts as deadbeat cousins ripping off the mob: roles originally written for Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago Parents of SEND children fight private school VAT hike in court: ‘We’re working seven days a week to pay fees’

Education Not Taxation found that more than 98 per cent of parents with SEND children didn’t believe the state sector locally. to them would meet their children’s needs properly

Economics

4 w. ago VAT on private school fees is ‘wrong tax’, says father in legal challenge

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents are bringing legal action against the Treasury over the imposition of VAT on fees.

Economics