May 2, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y. --
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” a documentary about the role women played in ending civil war in Liberia, was among the films honored at the seventh annual Tribeca Film Festival.
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April 25, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
In 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival underwent a modern-day rite of passage: the backlash.
Co-founded by Robert De Niro after Sept. 11 to help heal his Manhattan neighborhood, the festival had previously enjoyed a thankful reception. But as it expanded further into New York and the number of screenings quintupled, some began to resent Tribeca’s growth into the already crowded festival circuit.
“You can’t please everybody,” De Niro said in a recent interview. “If everything’s going nicely, there’s always going to be somebody to say something.”
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April 5, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Singer Beyonce Knowles reportedly wed rapper Jay-Z on Friday, according to a source close to the couple.
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April 4, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Are Beyonce and Jay-Z getting married tonight? That’s the question all of New York is asking after rumors began surfacing earlier this week that the two had taken out a marriage license.
According to a source, the two are expected to tie the knot on a Tribeca rooftop penthouse apartment, owned by rap mogul Jay-Z.
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May 8, 2007
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NEW YORK (May 3, 2007) — Ricki Lake is a brand new woman with a brand new body. Today, in part four of Weight Loss Week, the remarkable story of how Ricki finally got a handle on her life and lost those extra pounds one final time.I started doing [a new routine on] February 7, so its [been] just two months and I lost 24 pounds, former talk show host Ricki Lake told Access Hollywood. Im a size 6 you know. I mean this is as good as I get basically.
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May 4, 2007
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NEW YORK (May 4, 2007) — “Taxi to the Dark Side,” a documentary detailing the Bush administration’s policies on prison torture, won best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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May 3, 2007
NEW YORK --
Filming for In the Land of Merry Misfits began just over ten years ago, but mini disasters kept it from becoming a finished project until now.
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