4 h. ago Robert De Niro’s underwhelming double performance sinks The Alto Knights

The actor plays duelling real-life gangsters who weren’t twins nor even related, leaving this a bit of stunt casting that Barry Levinson’s long-in-the-works thriller struggles to justify

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4 h. ago The Alto Knights review – double De Niro makes for a laborious true

The actor plays Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two warring mob bosses in 1950s New York, in a caper that lacks the richness of its writer’s earlier Goodfellas‘They’re the same – he’s marrying himself!” The speaker is an aghast Bobbie Costello, played by Debra Messing, addressing her shruggingly detached mob boss husband, Frank Costello, played by Robert De Niro. They are guests at the wedding of mercurial club owner Anna (Kathrine Narducci) to Frank’s hot-tempered mafia associate Vito Genovese. And Vito is played by Robert De Niro.This film is a laborious true-crime account of Frank and Vito’s homicidal falling out in 1950s New York, directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi, though with little of the perspective, light and shade and narrative richness of Pileggi’s earlier scripts. As Vito, De Niro is gloweringly resentful, taciturn, bad-tempered and wears glasses and a hat. As Frank, De Niro is gloweringly resentful, taciturn, slightly less bad-tempered and does...

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8 h. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham breaks down in tears during interview as host says: 'we didn't want to make you cry!'

The actor, 51, who is currently starring in Netflix hit Adolescence, idolised Robert De Niro as a child and had a poster of him from the film Taxi Driver on his wall.

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60 h. ago BBC star who acted in Robert De Niro film dies at 43 after 'tough' battle

Award-winning actress Emilie Dequenne has died at the age of 43, less than two years after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, called adrenocortical carcinoma

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4 d. ago Stephen Graham shares touching tribute to Robert De Niro: ‘Thank you from the bottom of my heart’

‘You were the beginning of my whole love of films,’ Graham told De Niro

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5 d. ago The One Show viewers concerned for 'confused and awkward' Robert de Niro as live interview leaves them asking 'what's wrong with him?'

The BBC 's evening programme saw the A-Lister, 81, feature alongside presenters Alex Jones and Clara Amfo on Thursday, as well as other stars.

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5 d. ago Debra Messing cuts a glamorous figure in a black ballgown as she joins Robert De Niro at The Alto Knights glit

Debra Messing cuts a glamorous figure in a black ballgown as she joins Robert De Niro at The Alto Knights glit  Daily Mail

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5 d. ago Robert De Niro on the challenges of playing two roles in The Alto Knights

The star appears as two rival mob bosses in the new movie which opens this month.

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5 d. ago BBC The One Show viewers say same thing as Hollywood legend sparks concern

Tonight's The One Show sent viewers into meltdown as the BBC show played host to iconic actor Robert De Niro and actress Debra Messing - but many claimed he looked unimpressed

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5 d. ago The One Show fans say 'what is happening' as Hollywood star appears on BBC show

The One Show returned on Thursday night and viewers were left gobsmacked as Hollywood legend Robert De Niro graced the iconic green sofa alongside Debra Messing

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5 d. ago Hollywood icon Robert De Niro sparks concern as he appears on BBC's The One Show

BBC The One Show left several viewers stunned during the latest episode as Hollywood actor Robert De Niro appeared on the much-loved evening magazine programme

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6 d. ago The One Show fans say same thing as Robert De Niro sparks concern on BBC show

The One Show left several viewers stunned during the latest episode as a popular Hollywood actor appeared on the much-loved BBC evening programme

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9 d. ago Twins! Rivals! Clones! Hollywood is doubling down on dual roles

Robert Pattinson, Robert De Niro and Michael B Jordan are all pulling double duty in their new films and that’s just the startFor years, dual roles have been played largely for laughs. Think of Adam Sandler’s Razzie-sweeping twin turn in Jack and Jill, or Lisa Kudrow as both Phoebe and Ursula Buffay on Friends. Eddie Murphy was always particularly prolific, his most multiplicitous performance as a clutch of Klumps for Nutty Professor II.There are exceptions, of course. But for every Legend or The Prestige there are ten Austin Powers, Bowfingers and – shudder – Norbits. This year, however, is giving us a more dramatic breed of duplicate. Robert De Niro will pull double Don duty in The Alto Knights, Michael B Jordan will play twin leads in the supernatural Sinners and a pair of Robert Pattinson clones is currently headlining Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Robert De Niro, 81, 'ignites family row' over plans to give baby daughter huge sum of fortune

Taxi Driver icon Robert De Niro, 81, welcomed his daughter Gia with Tiffany Chen, 45, in 2023. He already has six other children from previous relationships

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3 w. ago Robert De Niro leaves UK fans baffled with 'awkward' podcast appearance

The actor's latest project sees him playing the former President of the United States

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3 w. ago Robert De Niro names personal goal he wants to achieve for ‘one last time in my life’

‘I don’t know if I’ll ever do it but I used to think, I’d like to do it’

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3 w. ago Robert De Niro reveals shocking lengths he went to gain weight for Raging Bull role

Robert De Niro gained a considerable amount of weight for his role in 1980 movie Raging Bull - and he's now opened on the extreme lengths he went to to do so

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3 w. ago Robert De Niro reveals the 'extreme lengths' he went to gain weight for Raging Bull role

Robert De Niro has opened up about the extreme lengths he went to to put on 60lbs for his role in the 1980 movie Raging Bull, for which he won his first Best Actor Oscar

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3 w. ago Zero Day is a political thriller without a political position or even point

Netflix’s new Robert De Niro-led hit series toys with real-world references but hasn’t got the faintest clue what to do with themSpoilers aheadFor decades, movies and TV shows that feature the president of the United States as a character have tried, often playfully, to keep pace with the headlines. Sometimes they even managed to move a little faster than real-life progress; Morgan Freeman was chosen to lead the nation in Deep Impact a decade before the election of Barack Obama, and plenty of women have occupied the on-screen Oval Office, anticipating a glass-ceiling break that has yet to actually happen.So at first, the new Netflix series Zero Day comes across like a slightly and understandably mistimed attempt at topicality by focusing on George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a former US president known for bipartisan cooperation, who only served one term before stepping down to deal with the death of his son, and who later works closely with the current president, Evelyn Mitchell (Ange...

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Zero Day: De Niro's back to his Taxi Driver best, shame this thriller can't match him

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: De Niro is utterly convincing in Zero Day, the statesman ready to sacrifice himself for one last service to his country, and a pill-popping septuagenarian.

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