Robert De Niro eyes gangster rapper career

November 18th, 2009 more images more imagesLONDON - Hollywood star Robert De Niro is planning a new career as a rapper after becoming good friends with hip-hop star 50 Cent. The 66-year-old actor wants to work with 50 Cent after they got to know each other while shooting the movie "Righteous Kill" last year and thinks a track recorded by the pair would do wonders, reports contactmusic.com.

November 11th, 2009 more images more imagesA beloved Romanian actor, known as his country's ROBERT DE NIRO, has died, aged 75. Gheorghe Dinica died from pneumonia at a Bucharest hospital on Tuesday (10Nov09).

November 8th, 2009 more images more imagesLONDON - Hollywood star Robert De Niro says his children don't care that their father is famous. The 66-year-old said his children "aren't too impressed" with their Oscar-winning father and don't talk about his work, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

November 6th, 2009 more images more imagesCOLIN FIRTH, EMILY BLUNT, KIRK DOUGLAS and ROBERT DE NIRO were among the honourees at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night

November 6th, 2009 "As for any future collaborations or rapping, you never know!" ROBERT DE NIRO refuses to rule out a music career with new pal 50 CENT. "I don't mind giving advice.

November 5th, 2009 more images more images50 CENT is hoping to expand his acting resume - by starring in a romantic comedy. The rapper made his big screen debut in 2005 with semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin', in which he played a gun-toting drug dealer.

October 30th, 2009 more images more images50 CENT was stunned when ROBERT DE NIRO asked him for business advice - because the legendary actor is the rapper's hero. The pair worked together on 2008 crime thriller Righteous Kill and would often talk about their investments inbetween takes on the movie.

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - American singer/actress Barbra Streisand has revealed that she sprained both her thumbs while giving actor Robert De Niro a massage, during the filming of a scene for 'Meet The Fockers'. Streisand, 67, who played the part of a free-spirited sex therapist in the 2004 comedy, sprained her thumbs when De Niro asked her to forcefully knead his torso.

October 3rd, 2009 BARBRA STREISAND sprained her thumbs giving ROBERT DE NIRO a massage while filming a scene for MEET THE FOCKERS. The veteran actress starred alongside De Niro in the 2004 comedy, in which she plays a free-spirited sex therapist, and the actor demanded she put her all into body rub scene, prompting her to climb onto his back.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - American actor Robert De Niro reportedly became the victim of an art scam when several abstract paintings by his late father were sold without his permission in New York. De Niro, 65, has a collection of his father's paintings, and the multi-million dollar fraud is said to have also duped former tennis champion John McEnroe and the Bank of America, reports Sky News.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - A drunken female fan recently accosted Robert De Niro on the set of his new film in Michigan, before police came to rescue the star. The 'Taxi Driver' actor is currently shooting upcoming movie 'Stone' with Edward Norton.

June 7th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood legend Robert De Niro was accosted by a drunk female fan on the set of his new film "Stone" in Michigan. The star was shooting "Stone" with fellow actor Edward Norton Friday when production had to be halted as a drunk woman barged on the sets.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Veteran actor Robert De Niro is celebrating the arrival of his grandson. De Niro's son Raphael and Claudine DeMatos became proud parents of Nicholas De Niro at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center on May 2.

May 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Robert De Niro, who owns more than 20 restaurants around the world, has now set his sights on one of New York's most famous restaurants - Central Park's Tavern on the Green. The Oscar winner is a regular diner at the Tavern, which has appeared in movies such as 'Wall Street', 'The Out-of-Towners' and 'Ghostbusters' and is currently the second highest grossing restaurant in the U.S.

May 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actor Robert De Niro and Edward Norton are teaming up again for a forthcoming independent thriller. Robert and Edward, who worked together in crime drama 'The Score', will be teaming up after 8 years, for the psychological thriller 'Stone', reports Contactmusic.