Good Thing He Didn’t Have A Raging Bulldozer

We’re starting to suspect that Robert DeNiro isn’t such a good fella.

The hot-tempered actor - who recently clashed with a photographer outside a New York bar - was shooting a scene near some San Francisco train tracks for his upcoming “The Fan,” about an obsessed baseball fan.

A state safety officer noticed the crew on a grade crossing, which is illegal, and ordered them back on public property.

When the officer refused to back down, De Niro jumped into a Humvee and drove it around a downed crossing gate onto the track as a southbound train approached. He stopped five feet short of the passing locomotive.

And when the officer tried to ticket him, DeNiro sent a stunt double to sign for the citation.

Loose talk

Colin Powell, on reports that he’s distantly related to the British royal family: “Forget the presidency. I want to be the king.” He probably won’t get any this year, either

Rodney Dangerfield turns 74 today.

She couldn’t stomach another failed marriage

In her much-ballyhooed BBC interview, Princess Diana said she struggled to save her marriage to Prince Charles partly because of her own parents’ painful separation. “I desperately loved my husband and I wanted to share everything with him, and I thought we were a very good team,” said Di, who became bulimic. “I come from a divorced background, and I didn’t want to go into that again.”

Sounds like the guy could use a good shrink

Kelsey Grammer’s ex-wife, Doreen Skinner, says the “Frasier” star never physically abused her, but he once hit a kitchen cabinet so hard he dented it. “If he could punch a cabinet,” she told the “American Journal” tabloid show, “it could be my head next.”

In other words, they’re not really that odd

Heather Harlan’s mother sees nothing at all strange about the 25-year-old actress marrying 75-year-old Tony Randall. “To me, the only thing that matters is how people trust each other,” Donna Keppen told the New York Daily News. “They’re very good to each other.”

Here’s hoping it’s not a knee-jerk reaction

Disgraced skater Tonya Harding, who as we reported yesterday is whining about how people in her hometown Portland don’t love her any more, is taking a second stab at marriage. The lucky guy: machinist Michael Smith, who shares her interest in horses.

Fred always was a good second banana

Martin Mull says his role on “Roseanne” might end with his gay character being married off: “I don’t know whether I’ll be the bride or the groom but the talk is that the other party may be a gentleman named Fred Willard, who I used to work with.”

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