DE NIRO MAY TAKE PART AS BOSS OF BORIS BADENOV.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith He's already played the Godfather. Now, will Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro play the even more powerful and sinister Fearless Leader Fearless Leader is a fictional character in the 1959-1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, both shows often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle. ? DeNiro is co-producing the big-screen version of ``Rocky and Bullwinkle,'' which is heading toward a January start date, with Jason Alexander already set to portray Boris Badenov Boris Badenov is a fictional character in the 1960s animated cartoons Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle for short. He is voiced by Paul Frees. . Word is that De Niro's close to committing to taking on the part of Boris' bad, bad boss in the live-action/animation picture being helmed by (of all people) Tony-winning theatrical director Des McAnuff Desmond McAnuff (born June 19, 1952 in Princeton, Illinois) is a Tony award-winning director of such hit Broadway musicals as Big River and The Who's Tommy. . As fans of the immensely popular cartoon series A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs created or adapted for television broadcast with a common series title, usually related to one another. may remember, Fearless Leader is a diminutive fellow with a large, screaming voice. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. one familiar with the ``Rocky and Bullwinkle'' script, Fearless Leader is the driving force of the Universal movie's story line - having devised a plot to get the U.S. public to elect him president via mass TV hypnosis on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of voting day. Cartoon characters Rocky and Bullwinkle are called out of retirement by a beautiful FBI agent named Karen Sympathy (Monica Potter) to help foil the plan. Along the way, they'll encounter such characters as President Signoff, White House staffer Cappie Von Trappment, trash TV talk-show hostess Jenny Spy (her audience consists of spies) and a White House mole who really is a mole. A large cartoon mole. Tiffany Ward, daughter of late ``Rocky and Bullwinkle'' creator Jay Ward, is co-producing. The long countdown The Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference folks are still keeping mum about the booking they've got for New Year's Eve '99, but ... say you read it here first if it turns out to be the Rolling Stones. Chances are, it is. The industry eye ``The Crow: Salvation'' is set to fly. The follow-up to the follow-up to the film in which actor Brandon Lee was tragically killed in an on-set accident rolls in February with Eric Malbius and Kirsten Dunst co-starring. Filmmaker Ed Pressman says of Malbius, ``He was in `Welcome to the Doll House,' but this is his first big movie lead. He's brilliant.'' Pressman also tells this column that ``Software,'' a sci-fier about a robotic war on the moon, is proceeding through development at Phoenix Pictures and that a new draft of the script is expected by the holidays. Meanwhile, the big-screen adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' ``American Psycho'' novel, which Pressman is producing for Lion's Gate, is finally going forward with Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe and Jared Leto - but without such high-profile stars as Drew Barrymore and Liv Tyler. The latter were said to be vital for the film to get a green light when Leonardo DiCaprio backed away from the project and the lead role reverted to Bale. Turns out the studio decided to gamble on the picture without them. ``Their schedules didn't work out,'' says Pressman of Barrymore and Tyler. That's nice Kathy Ireland, who gave birth to daughter Lily Marie last month, devoted much of her time to learning Spanish as she awaited the birth of her baby. She'll not only use the language as chair of the 1999 March of Dimes
Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. for the Entertainment Industry Foundation and ambassador for the Dream Foundation, which grants wishes to terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. adults. Two bits Olympic gold-medal skater Tara Lipinski takes to the cameras today as guest star on ``Touched by an Angel.'' She'll play the daughter of a man being victimized by scam artists. Oh, Daddy also happens to be the owner of an ice-skating rink. You didn't think they'd not have Tara skate, did you? With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Robert De Niro ``Rocky'' road? (2) Christian Bale Star of ``American Psycho'' (3) Kathy Ireland She speaks the language |
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