Robert De Niro Defends His Mafia Roles
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VENICE, Italy - Robert De Niro dismissed accusations that his Mafia roles have smeared the image of Italian-Americans, arguing that he plays realistic characters including many who could not be construed as stereotypes.    De Niro's defense Friday came after the Order Sons of Italy in America, a fraternal organization of Americans of Italian heritage, wrote a letter to the Italian government, urging it to cancel its plan to award the actor honorary citizenship...
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Arts & entertainment: He's been called the heir to Pacino, De Niro and Nicholson, all in one - Javier Bardem
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An Italian police officer is due in court  to answer charges that he had links with the Mafia.
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Robert De Niro said his fascination with the Cold War led him to direct the CIA saga "The Good Shepherd," which screened Saturday at the annual Berlin film festival.
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Actor Robert De Niro and the growing  Tribeca Film Festival he founded gave support on Thursday to  Rome's new international film competition ahead of its debut in  mid-October.
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NEW YORK  &#151; Leave the gun, remake the cannolis? Days after city health officials proposed outlawing trans fats in eateries, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the ban and tried to drag Robert De Niro into the debate because the actor's restaurants do not use the harmful man-made oil.
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The Sons of Italy in America objects to the "distorted" image its says De Niro has given to Italian Americans in various roles, and has written to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi asking that Italy ...
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At least that&#039;s what a group of gem industry bigwigs are   complaining about in the run-up to Leonardo DiCaprio&#039;s upcoming Warner   Bros. drama The Blood Diamond, in which he plays a diamond   smuggler who matches wits with a ruthless African diamond syndicate.
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Leave the gun, remake the cannolis? Days after city health officials proposed outlawing trans fats in eateries, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the ban and tried to drag Robert De Niro into the debate because the actor's restaurants do not use the harmful man-made oil.
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"For us, rubbish is gold," is how one Italian gangster explained the mafia's involvement in waste trafficking to an investigating magistrate in Naples.
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De Niro's defense came after the Order Sons of Italy in America wrote a letter to the Italian government, urging it to cancel its plan to award the actor honorary citizenship.
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ROME  - The Italian cinema industry is up in arms after recent comments from director Quentin Tarantino, who called the current state of the film industry "depressing."
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LOS ANGELES  - One of the most admired directors in Hollywood returns to gangster turf at the weekend box office, while one of the screen's most enduring monsters will treat moviegoers to his back story.
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Oscar De La Hoya has been in enough big fights to know what each one means. Some have helped build his reputation, others have made him rich.
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Days after city health officials proposed outlawing trans fats in eateries, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the ban and tried to drag Robert De Niro into the debate because the actor's restaurants do not use the man-made oil.
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In 1985, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was coming under intense criticism for his aggressive tactics in prosecuting organized crime, including his use of mass trials, his habit of holding defendants without bail and his practice of subpoenaing defense...
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It's not every day that you see Robert De Niro on the cover of Vibe Â with 50 Cent.