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The Week in DVR: Dirty Sexy Money Take Two, Coen Brothers' Best, Midnight Run

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:39:52 -0400

Monday: Midnight Run
Of all the actors that have starred opposite Robert De Niro—from Al Pacino to Phillip Seymour Hoffman—no one brought out the best in him the way Charles Grodin did in Midnight Run. Crazy, we know. But true! Spurred on by the neurotic Mr. Grodin, Mr. De Niro is at the top of his game, funny without being corny, self-deprecating without winking and, most important, committed to the material and not...

And the Killer Is.... A Bettor's Guide to Righteous Kill

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:15:50 -0400

We've been watching the trailer for Righteous Kill for months now. And while we're certainly excited for the re-pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, we have to admit that the movie looks pretty bad. With its blatant reaches for Martin Scorsese, the trailer feels like one of those rote early 90s thrillers that Bruce Willis would have starred in.

More striking though is the seeming predictability of the entire plot. We...

Morning Memo: Gershon and Clinton Just Friends; Cosby's Sweaters Surprisingly Unpopular

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:32:58 -0400

Gina Gershon and her team of lawyers are going after Vanity Fair for alleging that she has been having an affair with Bill Clinton. [TMZ]

Ethan Hawke and pregnant fiancée Ryan Shawhughes, who used to be the nanny of his two children with Uma Thurman, were seen applying for their marriage license and are getting ready to wed. [P6]

Thom Browne, despite being swooned over by the fashion...

Tribeca Film Festival Ends With Speed Racer

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:59:38 -0400

The Tribeca Film Festival went as it had come: with another glitzy premiere.

Merely two weeks after the festival encroached on our city with the much-hyped premiere of Baby Mama, the Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer closed the festivities to an equally if not more star-treaded red carpet and winding line of rubbernecking ticket holders.

The film’s principal cast of Emile...

Morning Memo: 'Carrie Bradshaw' Moves to Brooklyn; Sarah Jessica Parker is Staying in the Village, Though

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:53:35 -0400

Manhattan has gotten too expensive even for Carrie Bradshaw. Sarah Jessica Parker tells The Daily News that the outer boroughs is where it's at now for young things trying to imitate the idealized lifestyle her character once advertised. [NY Daily News]

Ladies and gentlemen, Robert DeNiro's extravagant Greenwich Hotel is now open. Rich and famous only please, no regular folk. [NY Daily News]

Tinsley Mortimer makes an appearance on the cover of Page Six...

Celebrity Stumpers: Robert DeNiro Doesn't Split Hairs

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:54:13 -0500

Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of Barack Obama was a major coup for his campaign. Most people like Ms. Winfrey and, by proxy, want to read and vote like her. But, it seems, when Robert DeNiro tells voters to rally behind the junior senator from Illinois, people—especially those who have seen Goodfellas—have little choice in the matter. In this clip, the 64-year-old actor circles the wagons, strongly suggesting Americans answer the politico’s call to action....