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30th Annual Kennedy Center Honorees Sparkle | Steve Martin

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30th Annual Kennedy Center Honorees Sparkle

Originally posted 12/03/2007 04:30PM

This year's recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, which were handed out in a glittering ceremony last night in the nation's capitol, is quite the list of luminaries. Making up the talented quintet are: Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Academy award-winning director Martin Scorsese, singer supreme Diana Ross, actor-comedian Steve Martin and pianist-conductor Leon Fleisher, whose story of losing the use of his right hand was told in the 2007 Academy Award-nominated short subject documentary, "Two Hands."

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Wahlberg, DiCaprio Turn Out at Film Critics' Awards | Mark Wahlberg

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Wahlberg, DiCaprio Turn Out at Film Critics' Awards

Originally posted 01/08/2007 10:55AM

Some of the first honors of the season were handed out Sunday at the New York Film Critics Circle awards – and Departed stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg turned out to support Martin Scorsese, who won for best director.

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Some Dark Clouds on Oscar's Horizon

Originally posted 01/26/2004 5:59PM

There appear to be a few dark clouds hanging over the upcoming Oscar ceremony, starting with the abrupt withdrawal of Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation from the 14th annual Night of 100 Stars charity event, reports the Los Angeles Times. The foundation, whose board also includes Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, has sponsored the event for the past six years.

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Harvard Kicks Off Scorsese's Honors

Originally posted 02/14/2003 10:20AM

Director and "Gangs of New York" Oscar contender Martin Scorsese followed in the high-heeled footsteps of previous winners Anjelica Huston, Sarah Jessica Parker and Bruce Willis on Thursday when he donned a curly blonde wig and red-sequined bra to be named Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

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Scorsese to Direct Leo as Howard Hughes

Originally posted 12/13/2002 01:00PM

Although the advance buzz is mixed for Martin Scorsese and Miramax's long-awaited "Gangs of New York," starring Leonardo DiCaprio (and opening Dec. 20), the director, the studio and the star are already set to reunite for another expensive historical undertaking: a $100 million-plus film biography of billionaire Howard Hughes, Variety reports.

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Leo and Daniel Gang Up on 'New York'

Originally posted 12/10/2002 01:00PM

It took more than 25 years for director Martin Scorsese to make "Gangs of New York," but the finished product is finally arriving in time for Christmas. And with it comes great hubbub over its violence and heavy promotion from its stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis, who is being loudly talked up for an Oscar nomination.

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Scorsese to Do Double Duty in Cannes

Originally posted 04/10/2002 12:00PM

The director of "Raging Bull" and "GoodFellas" is going to head a jury at the Film Festival and preview his "Gangs of New York," starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Originally posted 01/07/1998 12:00AM

Scorsese Weds Again

Originally posted 01/28/1999 12:00AM

Film director Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," "GoodFellas") married book editor Helen Morris in New York last week, a spokesman for Scorsese announced Tuesday. It was the 56-year-old Scorsese's fifth marriage and the second marriage for Morris. She worked with Scorsese on a companion book to his 1997 movie "Kundun," about Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. No details of the marriage were released.

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Scorsese May Direct Liv Tyler

Originally posted 02/26/1999 12:00AM