Congrats to 79-year-old Robert De Niro who has announced he has a newborn baby. Speaking with Brittnee Blair of ET Canada, De Niro dropped the news.
De Niro was asked about his six children in the conversation, when he added, “Seven actually … I just had a baby.”
ET was not able to confirm the mother of the child, but De Niro went on to detail his parenting. “You know, my kids disagree with me at times, and they’re respectful. My daughter, she’s 11, she gives me grief sometimes and I argue with her. I adore her, but, you know. And my youngest now, that’ll be more to come. But, that’s what it is.”
Police have arrested a woman for allegedly breaking into Robert De Niro’s Upper East Side townhouse, early Monday morning. A law enforcement source for CNN described her as one of the NYPD’s “most prolific recidivist burglars.”
The woman, 30-year-old Shanice Aviles, has 26 prior arrests including 16 for burglaries and petit larcenies.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 27: Robert De Niro attends the 92nd Oscars Nominees Luncheon on January 27, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Aviles broke into De Niro’s East 65th Street home at 2:45 AM. According to varying reports, she began bagging up Christmas presents under the tree, as well as using the legendary actor’s iPad. De Niro and his 10-year-old daughter slept upstairs while she did so.
Police say officers caught Aviles trying door handles of commercial establishments earlier in the night and began following her. After she turned onto De Niro’s street, they briefly lost sight of her. Officers later spotted a townhouse door open. It ended up being De Niro’s, where they found Aviles on the second floor. After arresting her, they later woke up De Niro to inform him of what was happening.
De Niro reportedly intends to press charges against Aviles.
Last week, it was announced that De Niro will star in and executive produce the upcoming crime drama, Mr. Natural. The creator, Mitch Glazer, intends the project to be a multi-season series. It would be the first regular television role for De Niro.
According to the logline, the series will be following “Louis ‘Mr. Natural’ Baron (De Niro), who, fresh off a 30-year stint in federal prison, hits Palm Springs driven by a dream to reunite with his stolen family and a dangerous scheme to grab a taste of the Salton Sea’s lithium billions. There will be blood in the sand and bones in the desert. Palm Springs will never be the same.”
As a member of Migos and as a solo artist, Quavo could be considered among hip-hop’s A-listers. That said, there’s no guarantee that someone would be familiar with him or his music — especially a septuagenarian like Robert De Niro. However, the Academy Award-winning actor is probably well aware of his Wash Me In The River co-star’s musical credits now.
In an interview with Billboard about his upcoming two-on-two basketball game with Jack Harlow, 2 Chainz, and Lil Baby, Quavo was kind enough to answer a couple of questions about his upcoming film debut. When asked about his experience interacting with the screen icon, Quavo explained why he’s pretty sure De Niro Googled the Atlanta rap trio at the first chance he got.
“I told him I said a line in one of my new songs about the trip I just took, and he was just like, ‘For real. M-I-G-O-S, right?’” Quavo recalled. “I was like, ‘Yeah, he’s finna go home and look me up.’ It was too hard. I couldn’t wait to tell my Mom dukes that I’m gonna be on the screen and kicked it with him. He’s a nice dude.” De Niro won’t have to wait long to check out his castmate’s latest; Quavo promised in February that Migos’ next album is due in “a month and a half.”
Regarding the upcoming B/R Open Run challenge between Quavo and his teammate Harlow and 2 Chainz and Lil Baby, Quavo said he’s betting on his high school varsity team-honed skills. “You know anyone with me is going to win,” he boasted. “Let’s get it. I hope they bring their A-game.”
