Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died after being sold fentanyl-laced pills, according to his motherDrena De Niro, who is thedaughter of actor Robert De Niro. Rodriguez died at the age of 19 on Monday, July 3. At the time, a cause of death was not given. “Someone sold him fentanyl laced …
Read More »'Killers of the Flower Moon' Is Martin Scorsese's Great American Tragedy
The Osage called it the “Reign of Terror.” Once upon a time, long after they’d been forcibly displaced and sold land in the Oklahoma territories deemed barren and unfruitful, the Indigenous tribe had discovered oil under the ground. And more oil. And still more oil after that. They became rich. …
Read More »See the First Trailer for Martin Scorsese's Epic 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
The teaser trailer for Martin Scorsese’s epic Killers of the Flower Moon is finally upon us. The film’s first look dropped Thursday before its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film stars three Best Actor Oscar winners: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Brendan Fraser, along with Jesse Plemons …
Read More »SNL Host Ana de Armas Announces She's About to Become a U.S. Citizen
Saturday Night Live monologues can run the gamut from cringeworthy and silly to movingly sincere. On Saturday night, host Ana de Armas’s debut SNL monologue fell into the latter category. After telling the audience at Studio 8H that she learned English by watching Friends after immigrating to the U.S. from …
Read More »Why 'Jackie Brown' Remains Tarantino's Coolest Movie
Did anyone in the mid-‘90s really think that Quentin Tarantino was at risk of being a two-hit wonder? Certainly there wasn’t much reason to expect him to drop as cool and calm a movie as Jackie Brown for his third feature. Jackie Brown turns 25 this Christmas. It still looks …
Read More »Robert De Niro Was Almost the Victim of a Grinchy Christmas Heist
Robert De Niro was nearly the victim of a Christmas heist. On Monday, Police arrested a 30-year-old woman who broke into, and was trying to steal items from, a New York City home where the actor was staying. The incident occurred early Monday morning, Dec. 19, according to a statement …
Read More »'Amsterdam' Is a Throwback, a Warning — and a Beautiful, All-Star Mess
Name an actor — almost any working actor you can think of — and there is a fairly good chance they are in David O. Russell‘s Amsterdam. Christian Bale, the intense thespian who’s done his best work with the equally all-or-nothing-at-all auteur? No surprise that he’s front and center here. …
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