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by Silvia Simonetti   American actor Robert De Niro's next big screen role is all over the news. Last week he announced in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero that he signed to play Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic movie, and both his fans and Ferrari enthusiasts worldwide are looking forward to watching it.   "Ferrari,"...

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Robert De Niro, who has wowed filmgoers since the 1960s, turns 70 years old on Saturday (August 17). The Italian-American actor, known for his Oscar winning roles as mob boss Vito Corleone in "The Godfather, Part II" (1974) and boxer Jake LaMotta in "Raging Bull" (1980), has become a staple of cinema and is considered an archetype of the class...

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Actor Robert De Niro is to direct a new stage musical in New Jersey next year.A Bronx Tale, adapted from the film of the same name, is set against the backdrop of organised crime and racial tension in 1960s New York. The world premiere will take place at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey on 4 February.   Read more   Source: ...

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by Nick Romano   On Saturday night, April 25th, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival closed out its festivities with a Goodfellas reunion. While director Martin Scorsese couldn't attend, writer Nicholas Pileggi — who cowrote the screenplay with Scorsese and penned the book Wiseguy which was the basis for the film — joined principal cast members Ro...

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It's not exactly an everyday occurrence when two powerhouse directors combine to stage a big new Broadway musical, but the chemistry seems natural for the upcoming tuner based on Chazz Palminteri's A BRONX TALE.   After all, it was Jerry Zaks who directed the piece when it was an autobiographical solo play about an old Italian neighborhood,...

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Robert De Niro is one of the greatest actors of all time — period, no parenthesis or qualification, the kind of actor who creates icons like Travis Bickle, Jake LaMotta and James "Jimmy the Gent" Conway.   But for younger filmgoers today, this screen acting legend may be most familiar as a daft, cranky father in the Meet the Parents movies....

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By Michele Zurleni   Un cognome italiano per New York. Bill De Blasio è il favorito per le elezioni del primo cittadino. Italiani d'America. Sono decine e decine i nomi di artisti, politici, scienziati, inventori, letterati, sportivi, giuristi ma anche di criminali che hanno contribuito a fare la storia degli Stati Uniti. Questa è una p...

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Robert De Niro's manager, Danilo Mattei, is currently in Abruzzo researching various locations for a film, which will definitely be showing in our region, and which, amongst others, will star De Niro, the Hollywood legend, who actually has roots via his great-grandparents to Ferrazzano (Campobasso).   The idea came about after a meeting with...

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By Vicki Hyman   The creative team behind "A Bronx Tale: The Musical" at Millburn's Paper Mill Playhouse, has just debuted three songs from the show for the press, including a vivid number about writer Chazz Palminteri's old stomping grounds along Belmont Avenue.   Sweet street corner harmonizing gives way to the more insistent beat o...

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According to an Equity casting notice, a musical version of Chazz Palminteri's A BRONX TALE is set to get a developmental lab August 4-27. The musical features a book and lyrics by Palminteri and music by Alan Menken. Sergio Trujillo is set to choreograph the project.   Previous reports indicated that Academy Award-winning actor Robert DeNir...

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