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In “Rio Bravo” terms the current crop of stars is dominated by Ricky Nelsons - a generation of baby-faced “kidults” that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Will Smith.
Leo is also considering playing in another film about Russian Revolutionist Vladimir Lenin. To make the case that Hollywood produces mostly movies with liberal values, designed to erode confidence in Western Civilization and American patriotism, producer Steve Finefrock has a long list of movies that he claims glorify or make heroes of liberal activists and demonize or makes fun of conservatives.
Convinced that Hollywood producers are politically biased in the kinds of movies they are willing to produce, a group of conservative producers are banding together to make and distribute movies that reflect “traditional values” and are far friendlier to Republican ideas than they believe Hollywood has been.
Leonardo DiCaprio starred in one of the all-time biggest romantic blockbusters, “Titanic,” and won over the hearts of many females around the globe.
In Martin Scorse’s Academy Award winning 2006 film, The Departed, Billy Costigan, played by Leonardo Dicaprio is confronted in the hospital by his criminal uncle while his mother lays dying.
The 11th Hour is a 2007 feature film documentary, created, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, on the state of the natural environment.
Leonardo Dicaprio is interviewed about hiw work with actor Djimon Hounsou with a clip from Blood Diamond.
The black-and-white movie Don’s Plum, a low budget drama featuring the actor and his friends was filmed between 1995 and 1996.
Leonardo gained respect in some breakout roles before going on to play the lead in the most successful movie of all time.
In 2006, the Golden Globes and Broadcast Film Critics Association nominated DiCaprio twice in the same category: Best Actor for Blood Diamond and The Departed, which is an extremely rare honor for actors. In the same year, he received two nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, a lead actor nomination for Blood Diamond and a supporting actor nomination for The Departed. He earned an Oscar nomination for lead actor in Blood Diamond and a BAFTA nod for lead actor for The Departed.
Forging a collaboration with Scorsese, the two paired again for a biopic of American aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in The Aviator, a film that scored DiCaprio a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor.
The film itself generally favorable reviews and DiCaprio was praised for the authenticity of his South African Afrikaaner accent, known as a difficult accent of English to emulate.
DiCaprio has two films coming out in the second half of 2008: Body of Lies, directed by Ridley Scott, and Revolutionary Road, an adaptation of Richard Yates’ critically-lauded 1961 novel. His next collaboration with Scorsese will be The Wolf of Wall Street.
In 2002, DiCaprio starred in Gangs of New York and Catch Me If You Can . Later that year he starred in Marvin’s Room, reuiniting with Robert De Niro and appearing alongside Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.
“I have no connection with me during that whole Titanic Phenomenon and what my face became around the world,” DiCaprio commented, adding, “I’ll never reach that state of popularity again, and I don’t expect to. DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of Irmelin , a former legal secretary, and George DiCaprio, an underground comic artist and producer/distributor of comic books. He bought an island in Belize where he is planning to create an eco-friendly resort, as well as an apartment in Riverhouse, an eco-friendly building overlooking the Hudson River.
DiCaprio is a three time Academy Award -, two time BAFTA Award -, and one time SAG Award -nominee, as well as a Golden Globe Award -, NBR Award -, and Silver Bear Award -winner.
DiCaprio still thinks of himself as an edgy indie actor, not the Tiger Beat cover boy.
There are commemorative placards and curious fans are welcomed at the library. During the filming of Blood Diamond, DiCaprio worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children’s Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and was said to be extremely touched by his interactions with the children.
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