Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 10:49am PDT By
X17 Staff
Robert De Niro is featured in the new issue of
Out Magazine, and the 70-year-old actor breaks down into tears while talking about his late father, Robert De Niro Sr.
De Niro invited the magazine to his dad's former studio in New York City, which has been kept as a shrine for the past two decades. When asked about preserving the space, the Oscar winner said, "I didn’t think of just selling it and dismantling it. Luckily, I could afford to keep it going, so I left it as is ... I documented and went through everything to make sure we catalogued it, and then I said, 'I'm keeping it like this.'" He added, "I haven’t even read all the diaries — I started. I read the ones for the film, but I haven’t read all the other material. I will, of course."
The project he's speaking of is the upcoming HBO documentary,
Remembering the Artist, which chronicles the life of De Niro's artist gather, who was gay. When asked about his father's sexuality, it's noted that the elder De Niro "thought being gay was a sort of affliction," and the actor is asked about his father feeling "conflicted about his life’s passion."
De Niro replied, "
[Was he conflicted] about his homosexuality? Yeah, he probably was, being from that generation, especially from a small town upstate. I was not aware, much, of it. I wish we had spoken about it much more. My mother didn’t want to talk about things in general, and you’re not interested when you’re a certain age. Again, for my kids, I want them to stop and take a moment and realize that you sometimes have to do things now instead of later, because later may be 20 years from now — and that’s too late."
When asked about sharing the same name as his late dad (and becoming "more famous than the person you’re named after," as the reporter puts it), De Niro gets teary and says, "
I get emotional. I don’t know why."
Check out the teaser for the documentary below!
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 10:04am PDT By
X17 Staff
Not exactly the warm-up ritual you were expecting, is it?
Before going onstage, Lily Allen shared a video of herself dancing around to Drake's "Started from the Bottom" while topless and in Spanx.
Clearly making fun of herself, the mom of two wrote, "Cool mum #drakespanxdance."
Let's be real -- this is anything but sexy, but at least the quirky singer has a good sense of humor about her. In the vid, the 29-year-old covered her cleavage as she gyrated and sang Drizzy's jams.
The singer took a sabbatical from her musical career from 2009-2013. But we are glad to see she's back in fighting (spanxing) form! What will Sheezus think of next?!
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 9:25am PDT By
X17 Staff
Someone came down with a wicked case of Bieber fever!
Justin Bieber has always had serious swagger, and he proved it by hooking up with newly single Victoria's Secret supermodel Adriana Lima at Cannes!
The Biebs was apparently dead set on bagging the cat walker, and set about making it happen the minute he touched down at the film fest!
"Justin pursued her hard," a source tells
Us Weekly, adding that the pair were "talking nonstop" at the 1 Oak fete before going home together at 5am. Oh la la!
JB might be twelve years her junior, but apparently the Brazilian beauty couldn't resist his charms. The "Boyfriend" crooner posted a snap with the sexy stunner with the caption, "I think she foreign, I think she foreign", a reference to some of his lyrics.
The Canadian sensation is really adding notches to the bed post these days!
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 9:00am PDT By
X17 Staff
The twerking queen takes the stage!
Miley Cyrus ditched her usual revealing ensembles to sport a Giambattista Valli gown and perform her hit "Wrecking Ball" at Tuesday's World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, and as much as we love her crazy antics, it's nice to see her be somewhat normal sometimes!
The pop star was nominated in 14 categories, and ended up taking away the award for Best Pop Video and Best Female Act, which former flame Kellan Lutz presented to her.
"She's an amazing girl and she has a great head on her shoulders. I love hanging out with her because she is who she is and she's such a shining star. I'm just focused on work but I'm happy to be friends with her," the
Twilight actor previously revealed of his relationship with the chart topper.
It's about time Miley found a new man!
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 8:50am PDT By
X17 Staff
50 Cent may be a baller, but not so much on the baseball field!
Last night the rapper threw the ceremonial first pitch at the New York Mets game at Citi Field in Queens, New York, and while he was a bit off the mark, he laughed off the incident later in the evening.
“I’m a hustler not a Damn ball player. LMAO #smsaudio #animalambition” he tweeted. “The sh!t almost hit the camera man damn, if you look close you can see them moving the plate. Lol #smsaudio #animalambition."
In case you missed it, check out the video above...
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 8:15am PDT By
X17 Staff


Justin Bieber has shot down reports that he's dating Kylie Jenner, but if he's hanging out with her late night style at bars in Los Angeles, we have to wonder!
On Tuesday night X17 photographers snapped Justin, 20, and Kylie, 16, leaving the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood, and the duo left in separate cars, but they did pose for a rather cozy selfie above. Take that, Selena Gomez!
Selena was reportedly feuding with both Kylie and her big sister Kendall Jenner last month over the Biebs, and apparently it was Kylie who started the whole squabble when she sent the pop star some sexy photos of herself. Then Kendall and pal Hailey Baldwin had
dinner with Bieber, at which point Selena unfollowed all of the girls on Instagram. The following week Kylie partied with Bieber in Las Vegas, but they were joined by model Yovanna Ventura, so at that point it wasn't clear who he might be involved with.
In an Instagram post a few weeks ago Bieber posed with pal Floyd Mayweather's 13-year-old daughter Iyanna and wrote, "I guess everyone I get photo'd with is automatically my girlfriend. This is my only gf @moneyyaya :p .. Had fun at the fight lil one see u soon!" That's not to say that he's not hooking up with multiple girls though...
Still, it does appear as though this could have been a friendly meeting, as Bieber posted a snapshot of himself with Shots founder John Shahid and wrote "Boys' night out." Bieber is an investor in the app, and since Kylie posted the pic above from the app, we're wondering if she's somehow getting involved in the biz. After all, she's pretty much the queen of selfies!
But if you're a teenage girl, how could you be friends with the Biebs and
not wanna make out with him?
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 7:50am PDT By
X17 Staff
Hayden Panettiere and fiance Wladimir Klitschko are expecting their first child together!
"Hayden is totally pregnant!" a source tells
Us Weekly, but no further details were given. And while there's still no official confirmation from the
Nashville starlet's rep, last year she chatted with
Glamour mag and revealed that she wants to start a family.
"I've lived a very big life, and I don't feel my age, and I feel like I was born to be a mother," she told the publication. "Sometimes people speak about [having kids] like, 'Your life ends—you're never going to be able to do anything again!' And I'm like, 'What are you talking about?' Motherhood is the most beautiful, exciting thing, and there's nothing that I feel like I can't accomplish while having children in my life."
Panettiere, 24, and Klitschko, 38, have been engaged for a year, but they've been on and off since 2009. Congrats!
Posted on Wed May 28th, 2014 7:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
She's a hottie, but what's with the 90s revival fashion? From the wide-legged jeans to the odd hairdo, we're not loving Blanda Eggenschwiler's look at all!
On Tuesday the middle JoBro and his lady love went shopping in West Hollywood, and later the duo met up with her bestie Cara Santana. While lunching with the girls isn't what most guys would pick, Joe certainly didn't seem to mind being accompanied by two beautiful gals...
In other news, Joe and Blanda have taken their relationship to the next level with the addition of a new family member -- a kitten named Pancake! Both Joe and his sweetheart posted photos of the adorable black cat on Instagram this week. But if they ever ended up splitting, who would get custody of the cute critter?