Robert De Niro said he was in “disbelief” after the death of his grandson, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez.
Rodriguez died at the age of 19 on, July 3. According to the New York City chief medical examiner’s office, his death was from the “toxic effects of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine.”
Speaking to People in an interview published on Wednesday, De Niro said, “And I just then started thinking about all the things I could have, should have done maybe with him,” he told the outlet. “I don’t...
Rodriguez died at the age of 19 on, July 3. According to the New York City chief medical examiner’s office, his death was from the “toxic effects of fentanyl, bromazolam, alprazolam, 7-aminoclonazepam, ketamine, and cocaine.”
Speaking to People in an interview published on Wednesday, De Niro said, “And I just then started thinking about all the things I could have, should have done maybe with him,” he told the outlet. “I don’t...
- 2/7/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
A 20-year-old woman has been arrested on federal drug charges stemming from an investigation tied to the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, ABC News reports.
Sofia Haley Marks was arrested Thursday evening, July 13, and is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court Friday. She was reportedly arrested on federal drug distribution charges. A rep for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died earlier this month at...
Sofia Haley Marks was arrested Thursday evening, July 13, and is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court Friday. She was reportedly arrested on federal drug distribution charges. A rep for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died earlier this month at...
- 7/14/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died after being sold fentanyl-laced pills, according to his mother Drena De Niro, who is the daughter of actor Robert De Niro.
Rodriguez died at the age of 19 on Monday, July 3. At the time, a cause of death was not given.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him so for all these people still fucking around selling and buying this shit , my son is gone forever,” his mother wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post.
Rodriguez died at the age of 19 on Monday, July 3. At the time, a cause of death was not given.
“Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold them to him so for all these people still fucking around selling and buying this shit , my son is gone forever,” his mother wrote in the comments section of an Instagram post.
- 7/5/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Drena De Niro mourned the death of her son (and Robert De Niro’s grandson), Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, in an emotional post on Instagram, writing, “You were kindness, acceptance, and love, and I can’t believe any of this is real.”
Rodriguez died on Monday, July 3, at the age of 19. A cause of death has not been given.
Drena, in her new message, thanked friends and family for the outpouring of support as she expressed her grief. “None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in...
Rodriguez died on Monday, July 3, at the age of 19. A cause of death has not been given.
Drena, in her new message, thanked friends and family for the outpouring of support as she expressed her grief. “None of this is right or fair and my heart hurts in...
- 7/5/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
John Frey, an actor, screenwriter, director and teacher known for the 2018 film “Cabaret Maxime,” died on Jan. 23 of heart failure. He was 62.
Born in the Bronx, Frey graduated from the prestigious William Esper Studio for actors and had a 25-year international career in film, theater and television. Frey’s early theater acting and directing credits include “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” “Miss Julie” and “Of Mice and Men.” His most recent project was as an actor and screenwriter for Bruno de Almeida’s film “Cabaret Maxime,” which won him the Portuguese Society of Authors best screenplay award.
“An artist pure of heart and generous of spirit has been taken from us far too soon,” a representative for the William Esper Studio said in a statement. “John was a critically-acclaimed director, award-winning screenwriter and among the most respected acting technique teachers in the world.”
Frey first...
Born in the Bronx, Frey graduated from the prestigious William Esper Studio for actors and had a 25-year international career in film, theater and television. Frey’s early theater acting and directing credits include “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” “Miss Julie” and “Of Mice and Men.” His most recent project was as an actor and screenwriter for Bruno de Almeida’s film “Cabaret Maxime,” which won him the Portuguese Society of Authors best screenplay award.
“An artist pure of heart and generous of spirit has been taken from us far too soon,” a representative for the William Esper Studio said in a statement. “John was a critically-acclaimed director, award-winning screenwriter and among the most respected acting technique teachers in the world.”
Frey first...
- 1/31/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Giant Pictures has secured the U.S. distribution rights to the Bruno de Almeida-helmed drama, Cabaret Maxime, starring Michael Imperioli, best known for his Emmy-winning role as Christopher Moltisanti on HBO’s The Sopranos. Cabaret Maxime is slated to open at the Metrograph in NYC on February 21 before its theatrical wide release March 3.
The film marks the third collaboration between Imperioli and de Almeida. The plot follows Bennie Gazza (Imperioli), the owner of Cabaret Maxime, a nightclub in an old, red-light district where a group of colorful characters perform musical numbers, as well as burlesque and striptease acts. Bennie runs the cabaret like a tight family, dealing with each artist’s unique personality while taking care of his performer wife, Stella, who suffers from manic depression. When the once-decadent neighborhood starts to become gentrified, Bennie struggles to keep his club afloat. As the residents are being bought up and pushed out,...
The film marks the third collaboration between Imperioli and de Almeida. The plot follows Bennie Gazza (Imperioli), the owner of Cabaret Maxime, a nightclub in an old, red-light district where a group of colorful characters perform musical numbers, as well as burlesque and striptease acts. Bennie runs the cabaret like a tight family, dealing with each artist’s unique personality while taking care of his performer wife, Stella, who suffers from manic depression. When the once-decadent neighborhood starts to become gentrified, Bennie struggles to keep his club afloat. As the residents are being bought up and pushed out,...
- 12/13/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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