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Billy Crystal teased Robert De Niro about his acting abilities on the set of ‘Analyze This’. The comic, 76, and the ‘Raging Bull’ Oscar-winner, 80, co-starred in the 1999 mafia comedy, which saw Billy playing a therapist roped in to help Robert’s struggling mob boss character Paul Vitti with depression issues. Billy said he ended up teasing the Hollywood veteran after he took him aside and asked him to use his comedy expertise to give him advice on his performance if he thought there was a way he could be making it funnier. Billy made the admission during a talk alongside Robert at the Spring ...
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Robert De Niro is hoping to spend Father's Day with all seven of his children. The 80-year-old actor has Drena, 56, and Raphael, 47, with his first wife Diahnne Abbott, twins Julian and Aaron, 28, with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith, as well as Elliot, 25, and Helen, 12, with ex-wife Grace Hightower and Gia, 14 months, with his girlfriend Tiffany Chen and wants everyone to be there on Sunday (16.06.24). During a Q+A with Billy Crystal after the screening for their 1999 film 'Analyze This' at the Tribeca Film Festival, he said: " I just like to have us all together, you know. That's the ideal, havi...
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Mel Brooks is now an ultra-rare PEGOT winner. ‘The Producers’ director, 97, added a Career Achievement Award to his trophy of gongs at the 84th annual Peabody Awards on Sunday (09.06.24) – making him one of only four entertainers in the world to have a Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony trophy. He was presented with the honour by his fellow comedy veteran Billy Crystal, 76, who said at the ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angels that Mel’s “fearless genius and boundary-pushing humour” have been his “guiding light” in showbusiness “since day one”. Billy went on: “Mel is a genius...
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Robert De Niro made fun of Billy Crystal's age during the Kennedy Center Honors. The 'When Harry Met Sally ... ' star was among the honourees at the glittering gala in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night (03.12.23) and he was roasted by De Niro who made a gag about the 75-year-old actor's age which also mocked US President Joe Biden, 81, who was also in the audience. During his turn on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, De Niro told Crystal: "You’re only 75. That means you’re just about six years away from being the perfect age to be elected president." President Biden w...
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Meg Ryan's children are embarrassed by her iconic 'When Harry Met Sally...' orgasm scene. The 61-year-old actress memorably fakes an orgasm as Sally Albright in Rob Reiner's 1989 movie in a sequence with co-star Billy Crystal at New York City's Katz Delicatessen and her son Jack Quaid and daughter Daisy True have the scene burned into their memories. In a conversation with comedian Carol Burnett for Interview magazine, Meg explained: "Yeah. It's funny, my son just called me this morning and he's in New York staying at a hotel that's right across the street from Katz's Deli. "My daughter was he...
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‘Law and Order’ actor Richard Belzer has died aged 78 after battling a series of health issues – and his last words were “F*** you, motherf*****”. The comic-turned actor – who previously survived testicular cancer and was famed for spending more than two decades playing Detective John Munch on a total of 11 TV shows including ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and then on ‘Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘X-Files’ and ‘The Wire’ – died in at his home in Bozouls, south-west France, early on Sunday. (19.02.23) Writer Bill Scheft told The Hollywood Reporter: “His last words were, ‘F*** you, mot...
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Taylor Swift "wore a cap and gown for the first time" during her commencement address at New York University’s graduation ceremony. The ‘All Too Well’ hitmaker was also given a honorary doctorate of fine arts at the ceremony - joining the likes of Aretha Franklin and Billy Crystal - as she addressed the 2020, 2021, and 2022 graduating classes at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday (18.05.22), the first in-person event of its kind at the university since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (18.05.22) The 32-year-old singer-songwriter marked the occasion on her Instagram, writing: “Wearing a cap and ...
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Billy Crystal thinks Will Smith's Oscar slap was "assault". The 74-year-old actor has labelled the incident at the 94th Academy Awards, which saw actor Will smack comedian Chris Rock after he made a joke about Will’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaven head on the same night he picked up his Best Actor statuette for his role in ‘King Richard’, as "disturbing" and an "assault." He said: "It was a most disturbing incident for sure. It was an assault. I've had experiences. I hosted the GRAMMYs three times and I've been thrown things.." The 'City Slickers' star - who has hosted the annual Oscars cere...
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Billy Crystal expressed his hope "laughter and joy" will return to Ukraine as he accepted a Lifetime Achievement honour at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (13.03.22). The 'City Slickers' actor recalled how he wanted to seek a career in comedy both through watching his heroes on TV, and, more significantly, by being surrounded by funny people in his family, many of whom had their roots in the war-torn country and Russia. He said: "Funny people, entertainers, we start by making our parents laughed first. Our parents, family, and friends. I grew up in a time that was extraordinary. My older b...
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Billy Crystal is to receive Lifetime Achievement honour at Critics Choice Awards. The 73-year-old star - who shot to fame as Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom 'Soap' before going on to host 'Saturday Night Live' - will receive the award at the 27th annual ceremony, set to take place in March. A statement posted on the CCA's Twitter page read: "Congratulations Billy Crystal! The legendary actor will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this years 27th annual #CriticsChoice Awards LIVE on @thecw and @tbsnetwork on Sunday, March 13 ." The 'When Harry Met Sally' actor joins an exclusive list of ...
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