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via his Instagram on Thursday. The “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” actor captioned it, “Just got off the Staten Island Ferry, along with the sensational marine crew, Selena and Marty. A spectacular drone shot for OMITB!” Now filming Season 5, “Only Murders in the Building” follows semi retired actor Charles-Haden Savage (Martin), struggling Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Short, and artist Mabel Mora (Gomez), an unlikely trio of neighbors with a shared interest in true crime.

Robert De Niro’s “unforgettable” audition for The Godfather in a new interview.The director, whose film Megalopolisarrives in cinemas this week (September 27), said even now, he is still impressed with De Niro’s audition.“He had an unforgettable audition for Sonny Corleone, that was so in advance of what I even could imagine because he really nailed that kind of a guy,” Coppola recalled at a Q&A before the New York premiere of Megalopolis this week (September 23). De Niro was at the event with Coppola as well as director Spike Lee (via IndieWire).At the time of his audition, De Niro was an unknown and Coppola actually offered the part of Paulie Gatto in the film after the part of Sonny Corleone went to James Caan instead. De Niro later appeared in The Godfather Part 2 playing a young Vito Corleone.One line that Coppola remembers in particular is De Niro delivering the line about “getting his brains all over your nice Ivy League suit, Michael”.He recalled: “I never forgot that.

The Godfather Part II star John Aprea has died aged 83, with tributes pouring in to the American actor. John was best known for starring as Salvatore Tessio in the Godfather sequel, which is often hailed as one of the greatest films of all time.The 1974 epic crime drama tells the story of how Robert De Niro's Vito Corleone founded the family's business in the early 1900s and how his son Michael (Al Pacino) is protecting his legacy in the 1950s. John died on August 5 of natural causes, with his manager announcing his death, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

“The Godfather” is regarded as a Hollywood classic, one of the highest grossing films of all time. But the making of this mafia movie got off to a rocky start, as author MATT BIRBECK describes in “The Life We Chose: William ‘Big Billy’ D’Elia and The Last Secrets of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family” (William Morrow). It required plenty of negotiations and hard bargains — with some real-life characters who knew quite a lot about the mob.

Sylvester Stallone made the studio an offer, and they refused.The 76-year-old actor opened up in an interview with Empire about how he asked Paramount if he could be in the background of the iconic wedding scene from The Godfather.In the scene, Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) puts on a huge wedding for his daughter Connie (Talia Shire) at the family's lavish estate. An offer they didn't refuse: Sylvester Stallone made the studio an offer, and they refused (pictured 2019)'I went to Paramount, and said, "Can I be an extra in the wedding scene?"' the Rocky star revealed.

Clayton Davis When Marlon Brando was named best actor for his performance as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s best picture winner “The Godfather” (1972), a 26-year-old Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/AZ) took the stage to decline the prize on behalf of the actor. She was lambasted with an avalanche of boos from the audience, racist gestures such as “tomahawk chops” and threatened with violence offstage.Fifty years later, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is apologizing for the treatment she received that evening, in addition to holding a special program and conversation titled “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather” on Sept.

James Caan earned his stripes in the entertainment industry decades ago, starring in one of the most iconic film franchises — "The Godfather."  He portrayed Sonny Corleone, the eldest son of mafia don Vito Corleone, played by Marlon Brando, who was known as much for his fiery temper as he was for his violent, bullet-ridden death scene in the classic 1972 Francis Ford Coppola movie. But Caan's work with Coppola, and in front of the camera, began years before.

Whether it be fans, critics, actors or filmmakers, rarely has one film gotten similar reactions from people who are in agreement about its brilliance.And that's exactly what's gone down in the 50 years since Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather premiered in theaters across the U.S.In honor of the 50th anniversary, leading man Al Pacino, who played eventual head of the Corleone family Michael Corleone, and Robert De Niro, who portrayed the young version of his father Vito Corleone in the sequel, attended a special tribute and screening at the Tribeca Festival in New York City. Classic: Robert De Niro, 78, and Al Pacino, 82, took part in a special 50th anniversary tribute and screening of The Godfather at the Tribeca Festival in New York CityThe Tribeca Festival, an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions and co-founded by De Niro, screened arestoration of the film on Thursday night.Ahead of showtime at the United Palace, Pacino sat down on stage withMichael Hainey to discuss the movie, which earned 10 Academy Award nominations, and its lasting impact.

Javier Bardem is not having it! The actor is defending his role as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. In a recent cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, the 52-year-old actor and his costar Nicole Kidman opened up about people’s reaction after they were cast to portray iconic I Love Lucy’s Arnaz and Lucille Ball.The Oscar winner told the publication that playing the Cuban-American star or other characters is the whole point of his job.

Javier Bardem has responded to the criticism over his being Spanish and playing Cuban American actor Desi Arnaz.The 52-year-old Oscar winner stars in the movie Being The Ricardos opposite Nicole Kidman who plays sitcom icon Lucille Ball.'I’m an actor, and that’s what I do for a living: try to be people that I’m not,' Javier told The Hollywood Reporterin a new interview.