June 19, 2013

NFL Cuts Chris Tucker, Bradley Cooper from Thanksgiving Special

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*Robert DeNiro’s Philadelphia Eagles-obsessed character in the new film “Silver Linings Playbook” is likely suicidal over his team’s current 6-game losing streak and last place 3-7 standing in the NFC East. But thankfully, he’s just a character from a movie – a concept that’s apparently lost on the real NFL. DeNiro’s co-stars Chris Tucker and [...]




Romany Malco Joins De Niro, Freeman in ‘Last Vegas’

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*Romany Malco has closed a deal to join Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Klein in the CBS Films/Good Universe comedy “Last Vegas.” The story follows four childhood friends who hook up for a wild Las Vegas bachelor party but old tensions crop up.  Malco will play Lonnie, the concierge at the [...]




50 Cent Talks His New Big Screen Adventure ‘Freelancers’ and Working in Film

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*As a person perceives a thing is how that thing is in a person’s mind. This phenomenon is personified in the instance of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. He is a multi-million dollar corporation unto himself with wide ranging interests and revenue streams as numerous as the battle scars that adorn his frame. But he is [...]




Morgan Freeman in Negotiations for ‘Last Vegas’

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*Morgan Freeman is in talks to join Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro in the cast of “Last Vegas.” The film is about four friends of retirement age who reunite in Sin City for one last blowout at the bachelor party of the only one of the pals who has stayed single. Jon Turtletaub will [...]




Robert De Niro Apologizes for Michelle Obama Joke

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*Robert De Niro’s joke about race and politics has not gone down well in the Obama camp, prompting Michelle Obama’s spokesperson to brand his humor as “inappropriate.” (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) On Monday night (March 19), De Niro opened a New York fundraising event, [...]




Harold ‘House’ Moore in Robert De Niro Pilot for CBS

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*”NYC 22,” the police drama executive produced by Robert De Niro, will premiere on CBS on Sunday, April 15 at 10 p.m., the network announced Wednesday. The series follows six New York City police rookies from unique backgrounds as they “patrol the gritty streets of upper Manhattan,” according to the network. Harold “House” Moore, who [...]




Robert De Niro and Wife Have Baby Girl

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*Christmas came early for 68-year-old actor Robert De Niro and his 56-year-old wife, singer Grace Hightower (pictured). On December 23, according to People, the couple welcomed a healthy 7-pound, 2-ounce baby girl named Helen Grace Hightower through a surrogate mother. For De Niro and Hightower, married since 1997, the baby girl is their second child. [...]




50 Cent and Robert De Niro in New Film

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*That busy 50 Cent is set to star again alongside award winning actor Robert De Niro in an upcoming film being directed by Jesse Terrero (“Soul Plane”). In “Freelancers,” the rapper/actor will play the role of a cop who joins the force after his father is murdered in the line of duty. While in the [...]




EUR Film Review: Little Fockers

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*It’s been a half-dozen years since we last saw Greg (Ben Stiller) and Pam Focker (Teri Polo), and over the interim the couple has been blessed with fraternal twins, Samantha (Daisy Tahan) and Henry (Colin Baiocchi). The terminally-cute kids are five years-old and already driving their parents crazy with hijinks ranging from projectile vomiting to [...]




The Film Strip: Parents Beware of ‘Guliver’s Travels’; ‘Casino Jack’ is a Winner

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*Whatever happened to genuine Christmas movies? Of course one can’t expect stories such as “A Miracle on 34th Street” and “A Christmas Carol” in this age of crude excuses for fine filmmaking. BUT, a bastardized version of the children’s classic, “Gulliver’s Travels,” with Gulliver dropping his pants, pissing on the palace, ogling the tits of [...]




A Grown Little Man Talks About Small Part In ‘Little Fockers’

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*Kevin Hart is one of the funniest guys under 6 feet that you will ever meet. And there aren’t that many people over 6 feet that are funnier than him. If you think we’re joking then check out a copy of his stand up “I’m A Grown Little Man” and see for yourself. Apparently, someone [...]