De Niro Tribeca versus Bowie High Line: Festival fracas?

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By Stone Martindale Apr 25, 2007, 16:49 GMT

Actor Robert De Niro, who co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, is allegedly quite upset with David Bowie, who's part of the High Line Festival, a 10-day "mash-up of music, film, comedy, visual art and performance," which begins three days after De Niro's blue chip corporate sponsored event ends on May 6. 04/14/2007 - Robert De Niro - © Insidefoto / Photorazzi

04/14/2007 - Robert De Niro - © Insidefoto / PhotorazziAccording to the New York Post, the High Line series is being touted as younger, hipper and edgier."I hear it's driving Robert De Niro crazy," an unnamed festival insider tells nymag.com, the Web site of New York magazine. "And that's just great because he's a big, old wrinkled thug versus these young guys." DeNiro is three years older than David Bowie, but he's significantly older than High Line festival founders David Binder, 39, and Josh Wood, 33, reports the Post."Ours happens to be a little younger and rougher around the edges and more multidisciplinary than theirs," Binder and Wood claimed to nymag.com.Tribeca festival sources told the Post's Page Six: "I think they are envisioning themselves as Slamdance to our Sundance and living off the success of Sundance."Despite all the grumbling and source leaks, David Bowie was set to attend last night's Tribeca kickoff party sponsored by Vanity Fair. The Post reports Bowie went on record with Page Six: "I am afraid I have no control over the inexplicable comments from the High Line producers. I think the Tribeca Film Festival is unique and irreplaceable."The Post reports that High Line is sponsored by Swedish fashion giant H&M and features newer music such as Air and the Polyphonic Spree, and writer, actor and comic Ricky Gervais. source

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