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    Brian Wilson 'That Lucky Old Sun' DVD to be Released January 27 by Capitol/EMI  Dec 3, 2008
    Last December, he was feted as a leading cultural icon by The Kennedy Center Honors alongside Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and Leon Fleisher. For more information about Brian Wilson, please visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    U2 eclipse Mariah Carey at Grammys  Dec 2, 2008
    The film director Martin Scorsese, yet to win a best director Oscar, won the Grammy for best long-form music video for his Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home. The Democratic senator Barack Obama won the best spoken word album Grammy for his reading of Dreams From My Father. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)

    Our big desire for epic films  Nov 29, 2008
    " Luhrmann believes passionately that audiences still crave the epic. "The way the world is at the moment and the feeling of great fear and trepidation, there is a function for cinema to allow people to pull into a world and really feel direct, hard-core emotions," Luhrmann said. When it comes to film epics, especially ones rooted in history and adventure, the acknowledged master is Lean. Contemporary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Ed Zwick and Luhrmann cite the influence... (Los Angeles Times)

    Owen film to open Berlin festival  Nov 29, 2008
    This year's festival launched with a screening of Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light, directed by Martin Scorsese. Watts, 40, started shooting The International shortly after giving birth to her son Alexander. (BBC News)

    Would the real Robert De Niro please stand up?  Nov 28, 2008
    One is the highly anticipated I Heard You Paint Houses, which would reunite him with director Martin Scorsese, with whom he has made some of the best movies of his career, including Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear and Casino. The film would see De Niro play Frank the Irishman Sheeran, the Mob assassin believed to be responsible for the death of union leader Jimmy Hoffa. (WalesOnline)

    Frank Beatles interview unearthed  Nov 22, 2008
    At the moment there's a lot of interest in that, I believe Martin Scorsese who did the Rolling Stones film is looking to do a 90 minute film on George Harrison ... " Mr Lambert believes the full interview will see the light of day and could fetch "hundreds of thousands of pounds" at auction. "At the moment there's a lot of interest in that," he said. "I believe Martin Scorsese, who did the Rolling Stones film is looking to do a 90-minute film on George Harrison. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    At First Annual Paso Robles Digital Film Festival, Film Legend Clint Eastwood to Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Oscar Winning Editor Joel Cox  Nov 22, 2008
    Eastwood himself will be saluted with "Make My Saturday," a tribute to his musical and cinematic genius that includes: screenings of the Eastwood-directed films Honkytonk Man (starring Eastwood and his son Kyle) and Bronco Billy; the documentary Martin Scorsese Presents Clint Eastwood's Piano Blues, produced by Bruce Ricker; and the Ricker-directed Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends ... In keeping with the Festival's the "Music In Film" theme, music documentaries to be screened include: Martin... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Cinema in paradise  Nov 20, 2008
    Luminaries in attendance in past years have included directors Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, Francis Ford Coppola and David Lynch and stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Connery. This year, director Barry Levinson heads the jury that will judge a selection of international titles. (Globe and Mail)

    'Good friends'  Nov 19, 2008
    Eight years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio was in Rome to shoot Gangs of New York, his first of four collaborations with acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese. It was there that the actor witnessed what he describes as the "debacle" of George W Bush's electoral victory over former Vice-President Al Gore. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Oscars in the wings: Nerves, tears and cheers just offstage  Nov 17, 2008
    Best-director presenter Martin Scorsese was waiting for Daniel Day-Lewis as the There Will Be Blood actor walked offstage with his best-actor trophy. The two are old friends. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)

    Globes confirm Oscar favourites  Nov 17, 2008
    Veteran film-maker Martin Scorsese looks likely to pull off a similar double, his best director Globe for The Departed putting him in pole position to finally win the Academy Award that has thus far eluded him. His main competition at the Oscars will come from Mexican director Inarritu and Hollywood stalwart Clint Eastwood, who beat Scorsese the last time they went head to head two years ago. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes  Nov 17, 2008
    10:24 p.m. Martin Scorsese wins for The Departed ... 9:17 p.m. Cameron Diaz presents a clip from The Departed, but director Martin Scorsese is too busy kissing Cate Blanchett on the cheek to watch the scene. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Teaming up to climb a 'High Tower'  Nov 17, 2008
    Trevi;o is inspired by big-time directors Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese. On Stone, he said, He tells a story and, like with 'Platoon,' the ethereal side. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Teen tarts, sleeping nubiles -- and Harry  Nov 15, 2008
    "JCVD" feels like an extended, if occasionally amateurish, tribute to Martin Scorsese and Sam Peckinpah, complete with hardboiled cops, a stringy-haired, psychotic villain in a crappy leather coat, and a used tea bag strapped over the lens to give the streetscape that dingy, unhealthy look. Not that the grimy, working-class district of Brussels where this hostage drama unfolds needs much help on that front. (Salon)

    No Doubting Meryl  Nov 12, 2008
    Hillary Clinton, Mary Steenburgen, Katie Couric, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, Tyra Banks, and so on And while all this was going on, Martin Scorsese was down at the Waverly Inn, shooting some little surprise short film with acerbic Vanity Fair contributor Fran Lebowitz. The place was shut down for this, too. (Fox News)

    Danny Boyle's Mumbai thrill ride  Nov 12, 2008
    " "Slumdog Millionaire" is now playing in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington. It opens Nov. 21 in Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and Vancouver; Dec. 5 in Atlanta, Detroit and Indianapolis; and Dec. 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich., Austin, Texas, Hartford, Conn., Madison, Wis., Milwaukee, Sacramento, Calif., and St. Louis, with wider release to follow. Andrew O'Hehir Posted in: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 07:36 EST... (Salon)

    New on DVD: 'Get Smart,' 'Howdy Doody'  Nov 7, 2008
    The movies are given their due on this splendid set from fans Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood and Taylor Hackford. Back story: Scott's taciturn protagonists often had melancholy pasts, while the villains (Richard Boone, Claude Akins, Lee Van Cleef, Skip Homeier, James Coburn) were superb. (USA Today -- Life)

    Stars Come Out To Find A Cure for Parkinson's - ET  Nov 6, 2008
    The former "Spin City" star Michael J. Fox and his wife Tracy Pollan, along with Rachael Ray, Derek Jeter, Elizabeth Berkley, Martin Scorsese and newlyweds Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson, gathered together for a night of music and comedy in NYC. The stars came together at the Sheraton New York Hotel's Metropolitan Ballroom for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinsons" a charitable event featuring a rousing musical performance by The Who. (WOKR13 Rochester)

    'Frost/Nixon': One writer's success story, despite himself  Nov 3, 2008
    Morgan was besieged by directors - including Martin Scorsese, George Clooney and Sam Mendes - wanting to turn it into a film. Because "Frost/Nixon" would be a hard sell to the movie-going public, a big-time star for the juicy role of Nixon seemed an inevitability. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Emotional Journey  Nov 2, 2008
    " THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS (PG-13) opens Friday at Bay Area theaters. To see a trailer for "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," go to .VERA FARMIGA Born: Aug. 6, 1973 (New Jersey) Personal: Divorced from Sebastian Roch. Raised in New Jersey but reportedly spoke only Ukrainian until age 6. Why we care: Becoming known for bold choices in the roles she takes, such as the working-class mother desperately hiding a cocaine addiction in "Down to the Bone" (2004), for which she won best actress... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    * Viewers in the driving seat  Oct 31, 2008
    Shine a Light documents the musical union of Martin Scorsese and The Rolling Stones, Encounters at the End of the World is Werner Herzogs latest installment in his ongoing search for ultimate beauty and a strong contender for next years Academy Awards, and Man on Wire is a highly stylish and cinematic memoir of Frenchman Philippe Petits 1974 adventure crossing between the twin towers in New York City on an illegally rigged wire. Contrary to common belief, American independent productions... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Aviator and Vera take Bafta glory  Oct 31, 2008
    Her director Leigh, who beat Martin Scorsese to the best director award, told the audience: "We always say it was a surprise and sometimes I've said it and not meant it. On this occasion, given the other names, it's a real surprise and an extraordinary honour. "It's an immense privilege to have been allowed the freedom to make as uncompromising a film as I think Vera Drake is and an epic with such a small budget. " Best actor Foxx could not make the ceremony, but actress Helen Mirren read out... (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)

    Made in Jamaica  Oct 31, 2008
    Earlier this year, Martin Scorsese announced that, having directed documentaries on Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, he was going to turn his attention to reggae legend Bob Marley. The Marley family gave him its blessing, but the artist and director are still an odd fit - though no more strange a subject for Scorsese perhaps than Edith Wharton or the Dalai Lama. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Ebert on Scorsese  Oct 29, 2008
    Ebert's reconsideration of I Call First (later released as Who's That Knocking At My Door:) "It is all there, in the first film, almost all in the first twenty minutes: the themes and obsessions, the images and character types that would inspire Martin Scorsese for the whole of his career. A shot of his mother, kneading pasta. A statue of the Virgin Mary. Young men from the neighborhood, in an argument that explodes into a fight. Rock and roll on the soundtrack. A headlong, hand-held shot... (Time.com)

    Bound For The Bay Area  Oct 24, 2008
    Q: You are said to know Beijing as well as Martin Scorsese or Woody Allen knows New York. How has Beijing changed since you started making films. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Inimitable Tina Fey is between a 'Rock' and a funny place  Oct 24, 2008
    Fey can star in her own American Express ads, chasing Martin Scorsese through an airport, and rock a fancy David Meister frock on the red carpet. But she's still a comedy nerd, not entirely at home in the spotlight and still most comfortable in her broken-in Dansko clogs, which she slips into on set when the camera stops rolling. (USA Today -- Life)

    Donovan still going strong  Oct 23, 2008
    Martin Scorsese memorably used the happy sing-along Atlantis in Goodfellas as a hoodlum is kicked to death. More recently, Hurdy Gurdy Man heightened the creepiness of a murder in 2007s Zodiac. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    British actors dominate TV Globes  Oct 22, 2008
    " Other British successes at the Los Angeles ceremony included Sacha Baron Cohen, named best actor in a film musical or comedy for Borat. Screenwriter Peter Morgan collected the best screenplay award for The Queen. Babel was named best film drama, and Dreamgirls best musical or comedy movie, while Martin Scorsese won the best director honour for The Departed. FILM AWARDS 2007 ACADEMY AWARDS NEWS OSCARS SPOTLIGHT OTHER AWARDS NEWS HAVE YOUR SAY RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible... (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Mad Men Need Money  Oct 21, 2008
    Going along with Leo and Cameron are Martin Scorsese, Justin Timberlake, Benicio Del Toro, and Rick's brother, musician Pete Yorn. If you remember, Rick Yorn brought all those clients to The Firm when Michael Ovitz s Artists Management Group capsized a few years ago. (Fox News)

    Bad boy Mark Wahlberg is now a family man  Oct 20, 2008
    The success of his largely autobiographical series Entourage, for which he is executive producer, has friends and colleagues begging for cameos on the show; he just gave a part to Martin Scorsese. He produces the HBO drama In Treatment and has two more series in the works. (USA Today)

    Charming Cate  Oct 19, 2008
    The fact that I have worked with directors like Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, and so many more is remarkable to me, and I sometimes have to pinch myself. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Video Game Trailers  Oct 18, 2008
    Christian Slater; daniel radcliffe; equus; harry potter; horses; james ulmer; London; sophie ellis bextor; stable boy; stage play; the ulmer report; theater; Will Martin Scorsese's upcoming projects include a prequel or sequel to Oscar picture winner 'The Departed. Leonardo DiCaprio; Martin Scorsese; oscar winning director; The Departed; the departed sequel; Tim Gray; "Little Miss Sunshine" and the anti-status quo celebrated at Indie Spirit Awards ... 2007; Academy Awards; Babel; Best Picture;... (Variety)

    Growing paynes  Oct 17, 2008
    Wahlberg's riveting performance in the classic Martin Scorsese mob film The Departed (2006) scored the film's only Oscar nomination for acting. That's saying something because Scorsese managed to stuff an amazing number of big names into The Departed: Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen and Leonardo DiCaprio. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Happy-Go-Lucky  Oct 17, 2008
    When Martin Scorsese made the film Kundun, about the life of the Dalai Lama, he said that, after a career in which he was famous for dealing with tormented, violent characters, he wanted to make a film about something more difficult simple goodness. The dilemma is a traditional one in allegorical fiction, where evil implies interesting complexity but goodness is dully one-dimensional. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Madonna's next love affair  Oct 17, 2008
    " It sounds like a noble and/or foolhardy statement of artistic radicalism at first, and when you read it again it also presents an irresolvable contradiction. Broad-minded people must support works that even the broadest-minded people find unacceptable. Between that public pronouncement and his death in a squalid Roman suburb -- apparently at the hands of a young male prostitute -- Pasolini put this impossible principle into practice in his final film, one of the most notorious works in the... (Salon)

    Just Hold On  Oct 16, 2008
    "Tom's available, we're definitely going to get him in there at some point. He's a big fan of the show and we've had some amazing cameos this year, Martin Scorsese will be appearing, Gus Vansen, Jason Patrick, Martin Landau is coming back and quite a few new ones," Wahlberg told Tarts while promoting his new hard-core thriller "Max Payne". But speaking of Grenier, Connelly, Piven and the pack, Wahlberg also added that these Hollywood boys are basically wusses. (Fox News)

    Beyond teen TV  Oct 14, 2008
    Michelle Williams, Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese crime drama co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo. . (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Review: 'Quarantine'  Oct 13, 2008
    A look at DiCaprio's go-to brigade, from Russell Crowe to Martin Scorsese As the campaign gets serious, these guys get funny. When it comes to ingredients and tools that beckon to the enthusiastic cook, what's really worth your hard-earned cash. (Los Angeles Times)

    Josh Brolin takes a run at the president in 'W.'  Oct 12, 2008
    A look at DiCaprio's go-to brigade, from Russell Crowe to Martin Scorsese As the campaign gets serious, these guys get funny. The Ridgway area is prime viewing for fall's splendors. (Los Angeles Times)

    IN CHARGE: Josh Brolin as President George W. Bush.  Oct 11, 2008
    A look at DiCaprio's go-to brigade, from Russell Crowe to Martin Scorsese As the campaign gets serious, these guys get funny. Renaissance artistry blooms at Villa Lante, Bomarzo, Ninfa and other elaborate landscapes just a drive away from the Vatican. (Los Angeles Times)

    Donovan still a Sunshine Superman at 62  Oct 11, 2008
    Martin Scorsese memorably used the happy sing-along "Atlantis" in "Goodfellas" as a hoodlum is kicked to death. More recently, "Hurdy Gurdy Man" heightened the creepiness of a murder in 2007's "Zodiac." And his old chestnut "Catch the Wind" was used in a recent General Electric commercial promoting wind energy. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    DiCaprio: Half boy, half man  Oct 10, 2008
    Martin Scorsese, one of the leading filmmakers of our age, picked DiCaprio to star in his three most recent movies. But heres the problem: Unless hes shot, costumed and made up just so, the 33-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio still looks like hes about 17 years old. (MSNBC -- News)

    Kim Chan, actor in diverse Asian roles  Oct 10, 2008
    Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis's butler in the Martin Scorsese film "The King of Comedy," a character who did furious battle with an obsessed fan played by Robert De Niro, has died in Brooklyn. " /> OBITUARY Kim Chan, actor in diverse Asian roles Published: October 10, 2008 Text Size : Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis's butler in the Martin Scorsese film "The King... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Host, Presenters and Honorees for 2008 DGA Honors  Oct 8, 2008
    Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed) will present to Robert Rosen, Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Doc Hudson vs. Che Guevara  Oct 7, 2008
    This is the festival formed by the French directors' society in 1969 in open rebellion against the Cannes main event; the festival that has helped launch the international careers of Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Michael Haneke, Sofia Coppola, the Dardenne brothers and many more. It's a huge honor for any film to get that slot, not least a 71-minute overgrown short from an unknown American director who describes his budget as "way under $100,000," a picture shot on 16... (Salon)

    U2 eclipse Mariah Carey at Grammys  Oct 6, 2008
    The film director Martin Scorsese, yet to win a best director Oscar, won the Grammy for best long-form music video for his Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home. The Democratic senator Barack Obama won the best spoken word album Grammy for his reading of Dreams From My Father. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)

    The movie before the movie: Website gives credit to credit sequences  Oct 5, 2008
    The industry that has grown up around title sequences has roots in the 1950s work of graphic designer Saul Bass, who designed title and end sequences for such renowned filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese. In Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm" (1955), for example, Bass's introduction angles blocky lines in and out of frame; the last line becomes a dangling, twisted arm, which segues to the story of Frank Sinatra as a drug-using card dealer. (Boston Globe)

    Demme back in the director's chair  Oct 5, 2008
    Corman -- whose eye for cheap young talent had helped jump-start the careers of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese -- soon gave Demme the chance to direct. A number of drive-in classics -- including the women-in-prison flick "Caged Heat" and the mad Cloris Leachman shoot-'em-up "Crazy Mama" -- followed. (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com)

    Newman was among rare breed of star  Oct 5, 2008
    Sure, the talent would have been there, the classic good looks, the magnetism, the easy charm. But the privacy he demanded (and won), which helped establish and solidify his mystique as a bona fide movie star, never would have been afforded him in our tabloid-driven, celebrity-obsessed culture. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)

    More of this story  Oct 4, 2008
    While the curriculum at Inner-City Arts might lay the foundation for students to pursue creative careers, Harnisch stressed that the goal is to empower children to succeed in all walks of life, not to train the next Martin Scorsese or Gustavo Dudamel. "We're not actually trying to create artists, that's not it," she said. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    Charming outlaw stole our hearts  Oct 3, 2008
    "It's a great loss, in so many ways," Martin Scorsese, who directed Newman in The Color of Money, said in a statement. "The history of movies without Paul Newman? It's unthinkable His powerful eloquence, his consummate sense of craft, so consummate that you didn't see any sense of effort up there on the screen, set a new standard.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Scorsese and De Niro reunite for mob drama: report  Oct 3, 2008
    Robert De Niro receives a lifetime achievement award from director Martin Scorsese in Berlin earlier this year ... Oscar winners Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are to revisit the criminal underworld once more in a mob drama about a notorious contract killer ... Robert De Niro receives a lifetime achievement award from director Martin Scorsese in Berlin earlier this year. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Keepin' It Reel #29  Oct 3, 2008
    This week, IGN Movies Editor in Chief Eric Moro, Movies Senior Editor Stax, Movies Senior Editor Todd Gilchrist, and Entertainment Editorial Manager Chris Carle wax philosophic on everything from Watchmen to the news that Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese will reunite for a -- gasp. -- mob movie. (IGN FilmForce)

    Oscars in the wings: Nerves, tears and cheers just offstage  Oct 3, 2008
    Best-director presenter Martin Scorsese was waiting for Daniel Day-Lewis as the There Will Be Blood actor walked offstage with his best-actor trophy. The two are old friends. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)

    The prince of cockiness and cool  Oct 3, 2008
    He got a second Oscar nomination, and replayed the role for his Oscar-winning performance in The Colour of Money for Martin Scorsese in 1986 ... The Colour of Money (1986) - Newman plays Fast Eddie Felson again, this time as a gruff coach to a young hustler (Tom Cruise) in Martin Scorsese's slick entertainment, filled with careening pool balls and smart dialogue from Richard Price. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Acting legend Paul Newman dies  Oct 3, 2008
    Newman worked with some of the greatest directors of the past half century, from Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese and the Coen brothers. His co-stars included Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren Bacall, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and, most famously, Robert Redford, his sidekick in "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting.". (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Globes confirm Oscar favourites  Oct 3, 2008
    Veteran film-maker Martin Scorsese looks likely to pull off a similar double, his best director Globe for The Departed putting him in pole position to finally win the Academy Award that has thus far eluded him. His main competition at the Oscars will come from Mexican director Inarritu and Hollywood stalwart Clint Eastwood, who beat Scorsese the last time they went head to head two years ago. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes  Oct 3, 2008
    10:24 p.m. Martin Scorsese wins for The Departed ... 9:17 p.m. Cameron Diaz presents a clip from The Departed, but director Martin Scorsese is too busy kissing Cate Blanchett on the cheek to watch the scene. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Black, white can color our world  Sep 25, 2008
    RAGING BULL (1980): The boxing scenes in this masterpiece from Martin Scorsese were designed to look like the sporting snapshots found in old publications such as Look magazine. To render them in color would have robbed them of that photojournalistic familiarity. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    * Natural born diva  Sep 24, 2008
    She was seriously disillusioned until Martin Scorsese flew to the rescue, casting her opposite Robert De Niro in Cape Fear; aged 18, she received an Oscar nomination for the role. Over the next few years, she bounced from one prestigious part to another, with directors including Woody Allen, Lasse Hallstrom, Kathryn Bigelow and Oliver Stone. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Palminteri revisits 'A Bronx Tale'  Sep 24, 2008
    Both William Friedkin ("Jade") and Martin Scorsese were models of how to move the camera. "I watch both their movies with the sound off," said Palminteri. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    DEJAVIEW-FILM  Sep 20, 2008
    "Cape Fear": Martin Scorsese evoked all the sexual tension and brutality that 1962's version couldn't, turning a taut yarn into a terror masterpiece. Robert De Niro's Oscar-nominated turn as Max Cady made Robert Mitchum's steely rapist-murderer seem tame by comparison. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Telluride by the Sea review 1: Happy Go Lucky  Sep 20, 2008
    Lucky actor to get to work with directors like Leigh, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick in The New World and Michael Mann in Miami Vice. (Hey, it's still Michael Mann. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    New York Times-Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Keir Moreano Premieres Unspooled in NYC  Sep 20, 2008
    NYU Film, which boasts among its alumni Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee, is extremely competitive, where only a few aspiring directors earn the privilege of producing anything more than ambitious shorts during their four years. In contrast, Maurice Singer's student project, a psychosexual thriller he freely adapted from the Little Red Riding Hood folktale, featured professional talent, over a million dollars in equipment, and was shot on 35-mm film, all comparative luxuries. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Righteous Kill: De Niro and Pacino, ReHEATed  Sep 13, 2008
    " The rest of the movie spells out his complicity and that of his partner Rooster (Pacino). All their decades together chasing bad guys has given Turk and Rooster similar views of the citizenry. Similar and simple: you never go wrong assuming the worst. "I hate scumbags," Turk says. "I like shooting people. " He explains that he joined the police force for the badge and the gun. "Most people respect a badge. (Time.com)

    Threatening Baby?  Sep 11, 2008
    Schwartz, a former Miramax-er who worked on Martin Scorsese s "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator," is behind Neil Burger s new hot film, The Lucky Ones. Edward Norton and Noah Emmerich brought the "Pride and Glory" gang to Morton's Steakhouse. (Fox News)

    Aviator and Vera take Bafta glory  Sep 11, 2008
    Her director Leigh, who beat Martin Scorsese to the best director award, told the audience: "We always say it was a surprise and sometimes I've said it and not meant it. On this occasion, given the other names, it's a real surprise and an extraordinary honour. "It's an immense privilege to have been allowed the freedom to make as uncompromising a film as I think Vera Drake is and an epic with such a small budget. " Best actor Foxx could not make the ceremony, but actress Helen Mirren read out... (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)

    Film star Freeman to be honoured  Sep 11, 2008
    Page last updated at 21:25 GMT, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 22:25 UK. Freeman won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby in 2005. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Streisand Among Kennedy Center Honorees  Sep 10, 2008
    Celebrating Steve Martin, Martin Scorsese, Diana Ross, Brian Wilson and Leon Fleisher. Photo Essay. (CBS News)

    Michelle Williams: Finding shelter and acclaim in small films  Sep 8, 2008
    She has repeatedly taken chances on under-the-radar indies ("The Station Agent," "The Hawk Is Dying") while catching the attention of auteurs like Wim Wenders ("Land of Plenty"), Todd Haynes ("I'm Not There") and Martin Scorsese (the forthcoming "Shutter Island"). But Williams, who turns 28 on Tuesday, has become a very public figure for reasons that have little to do with her work. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    The Wrestler: Mickey Rourke's Comeback  Sep 7, 2008
    The Wrestler: Resurrecting Mickey Rourke - TIME. " Related Articles My guess: maybe, since Rourke gives not only the kind of performance that Hollywood, the critics and some of the public think burrows into the very essence of acting. He made himself nearly unrecognizable put on maybe 50 pounds, studded his face and body with the scars of war to play a has-been fighter hoping for a last shot at the big time. It's the kind of punishment that won kudos for Lon Chaney and Paul Muni in the old days,... (Time.com)

    British actors dominate TV Globes  Sep 5, 2008
    " Other British successes at the Los Angeles ceremony included Sacha Baron Cohen, named best actor in a film musical or comedy for Borat. Screenwriter Peter Morgan collected the best screenplay award for The Queen. Babel was named best film drama, and Dreamgirls best musical or comedy movie, while Martin Scorsese won the best director honour for The Departed. FILM AWARDS 2007 ACADEMY AWARDS NEWS OSCARS SPOTLIGHT OTHER AWARDS NEWS HAVE YOUR SAY RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible... (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)

    Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions Engages Acclaimed Writer Nicholas Meyer on George Washington Project  Sep 5, 2008
    Vulcan Productions devotes itself exclusively to producing independent films of unique vision and artistic quality and has garnered various awards including a Peabody for Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, an Emmy for No Direction Home: Bob Dylan and critical acclaim for feature film projects such as Where God Left His Shoes, Hard Candy, and Far From Heaven, and documentaries such as Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues, Evolution, Black Sky: The Race for Space, and Black Sky: Winning The... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    American outlaw, American hero  Sep 5, 2008
    Martin Scorsese joined the Dylanology business when he produced the retrospective documentary No Direction Home in 2005. Haynes' I'm Not There is one of the more impressive acts of Dylanology as it examines and illuminates phases of Dylan's art and career. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Ben Kingsley Q&A  Aug 31, 2008
    Sir Ben gives us the lowdown on playing pot-smoking psychiatrist Dr Squires, his eclectic career choices and working with Martin Scorsese on the forthcoming Shutter Island ... IGN: You recently completed a film with Martin Scorsese. (IGN FilmForce)

    In the Pangs' horrific visions, words just get in the way  Aug 28, 2008
    (He edited "Infernal Affairs," the 2002 Hong Kong police thriller that Martin Scorsese later Americanized as "The Departed," and its two sequels. You can't be a true Hong Kong-style filmmaker unless you work too much and too fast, and they do. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Extra credit applied  Aug 28, 2008
    Martin Scorsese would have ended it there. Same with Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas, and the rest. (Boston Globe -- Sports)

    The Days of Their Lives: Photographs by Seifollah Samadian  Aug 25, 2008
    Highly-regarded internationally as a cinematographer and art director as well as a photographer, who has worked with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Abbas Kiarostami, Samadian came to the forefront of critical attention in the wave of Iranian photography that gained momentum in the arts scene following the end of the Iran-Iraq war. In the drive to document events that followed, Samadian became Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Tehran and is today Publisher and... (AbsoluteArts.com)

    People: Gwen Stefani, Metallica, Madonna  Aug 23, 2008
    Photographs, publicity materials and other documents from classic movies like "Annie Hall" by Woody Allen , "The African Queen" by John Huston , "The Apartment" by Billy Wilder and "Raging Bull" by Martin Scorsese will be presented to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Reuters reported. The items, from the archives of the United Artists/MGM film studio, will be passed on to the academy's Margaret Herrick Library for a new United Artists/MGM collection. (International Herald Tribune)

    Rage, rage against the dying light  Aug 16, 2008
    " So says Robert De Niro's character in A Bronx Tale (1993), the first film the actor also directed. The phrase is repeated at the film's end, as if it had special relevance for De Niro. In many people's view, it has. Tomorrow De Niro reaches 65, which used to be retirement age. And his current work can feel like something of a letdown, at least by the extraordinarily high standards he set in the 1970s and early '80s. His business enterprises - running restaurants and film festivals, producing... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    He rode Dark Horse comics to fame, his way  Aug 12, 2008
    Miller's arrival at Dark Horse was a watershed moment, one that Richardson compared to a Hollywood studio locking in Martin Scorsese as a director. Miller certainly delivered. (Boston Globe)

    Click for Full Story  Aug 12, 2008
    - Waco, Temple, Killeen Weather and News Authority. Central Texas Wildfire Danger. (KWTX.com, TX)

    David Simon and Stars of HBO'S 'The Wire' Speak on Free Podcast at movingimage.us  Aug 12, 2008
    Museum website has more than 70 exclusive discussions with leading figures in film and television-Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Werner Herzog, and more. Pinewood Dialogues Online at http://movingimage. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Shine A Light  Aug 9, 2008
    Thanks to Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese, they can now enjoy the spectacle of a live show for the price of a movie ticket ... Martin Scorsese is a dynamic director, so it's no surprise that he can do amazing things with what is a show featuring admittedly a band made up of four men who would be considered senior citizens if they weren't The Rolling Stones ... Martin Scorsese has done a fine job, but he wisely steps into the shadows to make sure that this is really a film about Mick and... (ABC Online)

    Movie Trailers  Aug 8, 2008
    Christian Slater; daniel radcliffe; equus; harry potter; horses; james ulmer; London; sophie ellis bextor; stable boy; stage play; the ulmer report; theater; Will Martin Scorsese's upcoming projects include a prequel or sequel to Oscar picture winner 'The Departed. Leonardo DiCaprio; Martin Scorsese; oscar winning director; The Departed; the departed sequel; Tim Gray; "Little Miss Sunshine" and the anti-status quo celebrated at Indie Spirit Awards ... 2007; Academy Awards; Babel; Best Picture;... (Variety)

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