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The routine from many on the left that former President Donald Trump -- heck, every Republican presidential candidate -- is somehow "Hitler" is absurd performance outrage. And speaking of absurd performance outrage, that leads me to actor Robert De Niro. He did that Trump Derangement thing again, this time on "MSNBC’s "11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle," prompted by her questions. Robert De Niro: “You know, as a kid, I’d say Hitler, it’s a nightmare, that never would happen. But now I see that it’s possible.” pic.twitter.com/fgq6n5fpEi— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 3, 2024“You know, as a kid, I’d say Hitler, it’s...

Well, at least the New York Knicks tried. The 2010 recruitment video that the team put together in an effort to recruit LeBron James to the Big Apple leaked Tuesday courtesy of Pablo Torre, who shared parts of it on his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out. It includes no shortage of star power from the likes of fictional characters Tony and Carmelo Soprano, a future president in Donald Trump, actors Chris Rock and Robert De Niro, Knicks fan and director Spike Lee, and many more celebrities: There is certainly some irony to Trump, of all people, being included in a...

Actor Robert De Niro suffered another unhinged meltdown while trashing former President Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel this week. While discussing his recent Oscar nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon, De Niro pivoted to calling Trump a “malignant narcissist” and “socio-psychopath.”

President Joe Biden referred to former President Trump as an “existential threat” during a fundraiser in New York City on Wednesday, as anti-Israel protesters blocked Fifth Avenue outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “There is one existential threat: it’s Donald Trump,” Biden told business leaders during his first stop of the day at the Upper West Side home of Larry Linden, the former managing partner of Goldman Sachs. “He’ll try to undo everything we’ve done… We can’t let that happen,” Biden said. “There is only one existential threat we face in the world: and that’s the environment.” The president had...

Actor claims it was secretly 'EDITED' behind his back De Niro, 80, struggled to get through his speech before claiming it was cut down He still went back and read his comments blasting former President Trump The actor later said he didn't 'feel like thanking' the sponsors: 'How dare they?' Robert De Niro was fuming on Monday night when an allegedly edited speech he was delivering via prompter caused him to mess up his lines. The 80-year-old acting icon was on hand at Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City to deliver a speech in tribute to his critically...

Actor Robert De Niro called President Donald Trump “evil” in an unhinged speech shared with attendees at an event aimed at stripping the former president of his political power. The anti-Trump actor reiterated his sentiments in a prepared speech before a scheduled appearance at The New Republic’s Stop Trump Summit in New York City on Wednesday. While De Niro was due to deliver the speech in person, he canceled attending the event after testing positive for COVID-19. His statement was read out at the event by former Trump administration official Miles Taylor. “I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad...

Hollywood star (and now father of seven) Robert De Niro is back to slamming Donald Trump in public, calling support for the former president “insane” during a press conference Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.De Niro also compared Trump to the murderous villain in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. In the new movie, which had its world premiere this weekend at Cannes, De Niro plays William Hale, a cattle baron who was convicted in 1929 of murdering a member of the Osage nation over oil rights.The actor told reporters that evil still exists in the world, and former...

Oscar winners are almost seven times more likely to suffer from mental health and addiction issues than other people. Analysis by Paracelsus Recovery, a clinic that has treated dozens of celebrities, said ‘fame should come with a health warning’ after it emerged that two-thirds of actors who have won Academy Awards over the past 30 years experienced disorders. Of the 60 performers who won either the Best Actor or Best Actress gong since 1992, 41 have suffered from a mental health issue – with depression, anxiety and substance abuse the most common problems.

Actor Robert De Niro has once again went on the attack against President Donald Trump, describing him as a “criminal” who will turn the United States into a fascist country if he wins a second term in November’s presidential election. “[Trump is] a criminal who will stop at nothing [and] do anything to win,” said De Niro in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment. “We have to win it. Everybody has to join. We have to speak out and win this fight, period. We can’t let this go further. If [he gets] another four years, we’re into fascism, American-style, period.”

Have you noticed lately how many big-time Trump haters are getting walloped by karma? Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen DeGeneres, and whacko Robert De Niro are just a few that come to mind. Kimmel got “canceled” by the mob, Ellen’s nasty personality caught up with her and her ratings took a dive, and now De Niro, who runs around telling everyone he wants to “punch Trump” in the face, is facing financial ruin. Yep, the guy who has been pushing COVID lockdowns is now watching his entire “restaurant and hotel empire” collapse before his very eyes…and suddenly, the lockdowns don’t look so...

Nobu, the posh, high-end restaurant and hotel chain — backed by left-wing actor and raging Trump-basher Robert De Niro — took more than a dozen loans from the Trump administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In DeNiro’s eyes, President Trump is a “mean-spirited, soulless, amoral, abusive con-artist son of a bitch.” But that didn’t stop one of the actor’s prime investments from using the Trump administration’s loan program for cash, a loan program meant to help keep small business wrecked by the Chinese coronavirus financially afloat.

A host of celebrities and scientists including Madonna, Robert de Niro and a clutch of Nobel Prize winners have called for radical change in the world rather than 'a return to normal' after the coronavirus lockdowns. Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Jane Fonda, Marion Cotillard and Monica Bellucci also added their names to the open letter published in the French daily Le Monde. The signatories are pleading for an end to unbridled consumerism and a 'radical transformation' of economies to help save the planet. The movement has been penned and led by actress Juliette Binoche and astrophysicist Aurélien Barrau. A full...

Last month, the FBI and NYPD raided the offices of fashion mogul Peter Nygard in Manhattan, taking away several boxes in what was widely speculated to be part of an investigation into accusations of sex trafficking by the multi-millionaire. Nygard, who is being compared by many to Jeffrey Epstein, is being accused of a “decades-long sex-trafficking scheme” by 10 unnamed women in a federal lawsuit. The allegations are stomach-churning, including rape, sodomy, and perverted fetishes...The federal lawsuit claims that Nygard used several of his corporate entities for various services related to perpetrating the abuse, such as international air travel, and...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A construction worker with anti-government beliefs is accused of fatally stabbing his boss, who was a “proud and outspoken American and pro-Donald Trump,” according to an Orange County sheriff’s arrest affidavit. Mason Trever Toney, 28, was arrested Monday on murder charges in the death of his boss, William Knight, 28. The fatal stabbing was reported at 10:45 a.m. at a construction site at Exit 254 of Florida’s Turnpike near State Road 528. Deputies said they found Knight dead next to an excavator with a brand new American flag over the side of his body. Witnesses said Toney...

Award Winning Actor Robert De Niro really does make it hard for a politically engaged conservative who has enjoyed his movies to like him anymore. In the era of Trump, we’ve all come to expect political rants from De Niro as he accepts industry awards or gives interviews for television and in print. He did it again during the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Sunday. De Niro was honored with the SAG Life Achievement Award. Typically, the honoree fakes enough humility to convince the audience that he or she is just a regular person lucky enough to...

Accepting a lifetime achievement award during Sunday's annual Screen Actors Guild awards, actor Actor Robert De Niro took a veiled jab at US President Donald Trump. Stepping onto the stage to a rousing standing ovation and cheers at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, De Niro said, 'there´s right, and there´s wrong and there's common sense, and there´s abuse of power, and as a citizen I have as much right as anyone else ... to voice my opinion.' 'And if I have a bigger voice because of my situation, I´m going to use it whenever I see...

Robert De Niro's attacks on President Donald Trump are almost a daily occurrence these days, so its no surprise he called the president a 'piece of sh*t' before touting Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg as capable of winning the White House in 2020.“Buttigieg, I like a lot,” De Niro said, according to The Daily Beast.“He’s got all the credentials—Rhodes Scholar, Afghanistan veteran—even though he’s young, and if he could get a chance, it could be something special, I think.”

Robert De Niro will be honored with a SAG life achievement award. The legendary actor, who currently stars in Netflix’s “The Irishman” and Warner Bros.’ “Joker,” will receive the performers’ union’s top accolade at the 26th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 19 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The award is given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession.” “Robert De Niro is an actor of extraordinary depth and ability,” said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. “The characters he creates captivate our imaginations. From the smoldering inferno of young Vito Corleone to the raging...

Whether onscreen or off, Robert De Niro’s never been one to mince words. Now, his straight talk has turned the air blue at CNN. De Niro, currently starring in the new Martin Scorsese film The Irishman, appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday morning, where the outspoken Trump critic once again lashed out at the president. “This guy should not be president, period,” the Oscar winner told CNN host Brian Stelter. Stelter then pointed out the flak De Niro has received from those, including Fox News pundits, who say he should keep out of politics. The actor raised ire when...

Robert De Niro’s company has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee, accusing her of embezzling money and binge-watching Netflix while on the job. Canal Productions, De Niro’s loan-out company, also accuses Chase Robinson of racking up exorbitant hotel and restaurant charges and using millions of De Niro’s frequent flyer miles for her personal trips. According to the suit, filed on Saturday in state court in New York, Robinson was hired as an assistant to De Niro in 2008. She was later promoted to “vice president of production and finance” at the loan-out company, and her 2019 salary...