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It wasn’t until 1998 when Kleiman got his first taste of the music industry, at OneLevel.com – a hip-hop community commerce website – alongside a pair of Cornell University graduate friends. As a third partner, he solicited marketing opportunities, and built relationships for the site’s board that included Robert De Niro, Heavy D, and Q-Tip. Around this time, Kleiman also landed on a relatively unknown Mark Ronson’s radar. Ronson would run into him at star-studded high school basketball games around the Big Apple, where tastemakers from the city would link up for must-see matchups. “[Rich] always walked around with this aura — it wasn’t like he was scary, but he had a sense of purpose,” the British DJ-turned-producer tells Billboard. “He had a level of gravitas which I was curious about. At first, you’re like, ‘Who is this guy?'”
President Barack Obama is turning to one of the greats to help him launch his Hollywood career -- KOBE BRYANT!!! The Lakers legend was out in D.C. when we asked if he'd been helping his friend Barry launch his new Netflix projects and Mamba replied like De Niro in Goodfellas ... "Little bit." Remember, Barack and Michelle recently signed a deal with Netflix to produce scripted and unscripted content along with documentaries and features through their company, "Higher Ground Productions."
When I heard that Miami was interested in me this summer, I wasn’t really seeing it at first. Nothing against the Heat, but I didn’t know how I’d fit there. Then I met Pat Riley. I walked into his office and … damn. The hair was slicked back, and he was wearing one of those suits of his, you know, real O.G., looking like a million bucks. Behind him, he’s got photos of all his championship teams lining the walls. He’s wearing one of his nine rings. He’s sitting there looking like De Niro in Casino. He’s looking like the boss. He’s looking like he’s seen it all, because he has. Purely as a basketball fan, I just want to learn from this man.
The Knicks have made the decision to waive controversial point guard Chris Smith to make room for big man Jeremy Tyler on the team's 15-man roster, according to a source close to the situation. J.R. Smith, Chris's older brother, didn't seem too pleased by the move. On Monday afternoon, he posted a picture on his Instagram account of Robert DeNiro staring disconcertingly at Sharon Stone in a scene from the film, "Casino" with the caption: "You know the sad thing about betrayal? It never comes from an enemy."
Not just anyone can shoot a documentary about Dennis Rodman. You need a certain something and director Penny Marshall figures she has it. Marshall, who has directedTom Hanks ("A League of Their Own" and "Big"), Robert DeNiro ("Awakenings"), Denzel Washington ("The Preacher's Wife") and Danny DeVito ("Renaissance Man") thinks she's equipped to take on one of the NBA's most eccentric characters. "I have a little radar to the insane," Marshall told Marshall Heyman of the Wall Street Journal. "They seek me out. Dennis and his agent asked if I would do a documentary."
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That's perfectly fine. Because when you venture over to Drobnjak's Manjaks, it's impossible not to smile. You can listen to Peja's Robert De Niro impression, or his advice to kids ("Stay in school ... it's free!"). There are also regular appearances by his cat Jinkies. It's hard to explain any single part of Drobnjak's Manjaks, but it all comes together to show that Predrag was one of the more lovable athletes in the league during his time with Seattle. There are few better ways to honor a retired player than by saying he brought every fan joy. With this website, Predrag Drobnjak did exactly that. May he spend the rest of his life on his couch with Jinkies and a pile of Robert De Niro DVDs.
Fans insist the bands have helped their game. "Our trainers swear by it,'' Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley wrote in a message posted on his Twitter page. The company began selling bracelets in 2007 embedded with holograms that were purportedly designed to interact with the body's natural energy flow. Since then, the colorful wristbands, which sell for $29.95, have become ubiquitous, donned by Los Angeles Lakers' Lamar Odom and English celebrity soccer star David Beckham. They have also been worn by celebrities, including actors Robert De Niro and Gerard Butler. The company sold $8,000 of merchandise in its first year and expects more than $35 million in sales in 2010. Power Balance, for its part, doesn't claim to have science on its side, said Adam Selwyn, a spokesman for the Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based company.
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