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Robert De Niro

June

President Joe Biden speaks about the plan he hopes will lead to an end to the conflict.

‘Guilty on all 34 felony counts’: Biden’s major Trump strategy shift

President Joe Biden has warned denouncing a New York jury’s guilty verdict against Donald Trump is “reckless,” “dangerous” and “irresponsible.”

  • Peter Baker
Robert De Niro created one of cinema’s iconic figures as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver.

‘You talking to me?’ De Niro meets the Don on the streets of Manhattan

Acclaimed actor Robert de Niro has never made a secret of his loathing for Donald Trump.

  • Rowan Dean

May

Donald Trump

Three reasons the Trump train is unstoppable

Halting the former US president is proving very difficult for Joe Biden as the rivals head towards November’s election.

  • Edward Luce
Are you talking to me? Robert De Niro argues with a Donald Trump supporter outside the criminal trial in New York.

Robert De Niro says Trump ‘absolutely’ should go to jail

The actor’s commentary about Donald Trump’s guilt, which the New York jury may decide this week, was a stark departure from Joe Biden’s directive to avoid discussing the case.

  • Reid J. Epstein, Nate Schweber, Neil Vigdor and Michael Gold

November 2023

Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver.

Is the very rich Robert De Niro being a hypocrite?

Like the rest of us, most celebrities mellow as they age and become less hung up on themselves. But this wealthy Hollywood icon is taking on Republicans.

  • Ed Power
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October 2023

Scorsese’s new film about oil and greed is one of his greatest ever

“Killers of the Flower Moon” is a movie of weighty moral force by Martin Scorsese, a director who is in command of the medium.

  • John McDonald

December 2021

Spider-Man: Into the Spidey-Verse.

2022 is a big year for big films

January will see the year off to an exceptionally strong start and if the cinemas only manage to stay open, we’ll have something good to remember.

  • John McDonald

August 2020

Crown Nobu is expected to open in December.

Crown unveils Sydney restaurant lineup

Crown Sydney has unveiled a further three restaurants that will make up the expected 14 bars and restaurants at its soon to be opened Barangaroo tower. 

  • Negar Salek

January 2020

Kang-Ho Song, from left, Park So-dam, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, and Lee Sun Gyun with the award for outstanding performance by a cast for "Parasite".

'Parasite' scores historic upset at SAG awards, boosting Oscar chances

The social satire about the wealth gap in South Korea, was the first film in a foreign language to win the top prize of best cast ensemble in the 26 year-history of the SAG awards.

  • Jill Serjeant
In Hollywood, crime always pays: Martin Scorsese, centre, Al Pacino, left, and Robert De Niro have made their names together in gangster films.

Netflix leads Hollywood pack in Oscars race

A star powered line-up of films has propelled the streaming giant to the top of the Academy Awards nominations lists, with a tally of 24 for a range of movies.

  • Max Mason

November 2019

Robert De Niro, as mobster Frank Sheeran, with Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. 

Catch The Irishman on the big screen while you can

We've come to trust Martin Scorsese and his criminals of choice to get the job done, and this three-and-a-half hour epic could happily be twice as long.

  • John McDonald

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