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Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12 | Hollywood

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12 | Hollywood

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Mar 31, 2025 07:26 PM IST Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12 Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12: Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12 April 6: Actor Billy Dee Williams is 88. Actor Roy Thinnes is 87. Director Barry Levinson is 83. Actor John Ratzenberger is 78. Actor Patrika Darbo is 77. Actor Marilu Henner is 73. Actor Michael Rooker is 70. Guitarist Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule is 65. Singer-guitarist Black Francis of The Pixies is 60. Actor Ari Meyers is 56. Actor Paul Rudd is 56. Actor Jason Hervey is 53. Bassist Markku Lappalainen is 52. Actor Zach Braff is 50. Actor Joel Garland is 50. Actor Candace Cameron Bure is 49. Actor Teddy Sears is 48. Musician Robert Glasper is 47. Actor Eliza Coupe is 44. Actor Charlie McDermott is 35. April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 90. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 87. Actor Roberta Shore is 82. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 78. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates …

Movie Review: Even 2 De Niros aren’t quite enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’ | Hollywood

Movie Review: Even 2 De Niros aren’t quite enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’ | Hollywood

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“You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to support her. “The best actor in the world! Better than Clark Gable!” Movie Review: Even 2 De Niros aren’t quite enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’ And we all chuckle. They probably all chuckled on set, too. Because the man playing Vito in “The Alto Knights” is none other than Robert De Niro, indeed one of the best actors in the world, revered in our time as Gable was in his. It’s a cute moment and an apt one, too, because Barry Levinson’s film, which aims but fails to channel the magic of decades-old mob movies like “Goodfellas” — though penned by the same writer, Nicholas Pileggi — is all about De Niro. Actually, it’s all about De Niro AND De Niro. The man plays both lead roles, feuding mobsters Genovese and Frank Costello, in a story based on real events. Is it a gimmick? Surely. Does it …