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NEWS ABOUT: Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese stories: 10 news summaries
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 Scorsese's Favorite 
 Horror Flicks 

One of cinema's greats shares his favorite scary movies

Oct 30, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Martin Scorsese wants to give you a Halloween treat: The legendary director, writing for the Daily Beast, lists his top 11 fright-fests.
  1. The Haunting: “You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror!”
  2. The Isle of the Dead: "There’s
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(Newser) - Tina Sinatra would prefer that Martin Scorsese direct her father’s biopic her way, the New York Post reports. "Marty wants it to be hard-hitting and showcase the violent, sexually charged, hard-drinking Frank, but Tina wants to show the softer side of her dad and let the focus be... More »

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 Scorsese to Direct 
 Sinatra Biopic 

Film set to go ahead after much wrangling with Ol' Blue Eyes' estate

May 14, 09 1:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having tackled the lives of Jake la Motta, Jesus, and Howard Hughes, Martin Scorsese is now set to direct a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Scorsese's agreement to take on the Universal Pictures project helped win support from the Sinatra family after much wrangling, say insiders. The film will be based... More »

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OPINION

 The 10 Best Jesus Films 

From Cecil De Mille to Parker & Stone

Apr 11, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Easter, Time lists the 10 best Jesus flicks—from Cecil B. De Mille to South Park—and gives you the scoop on each.
  1. The King of Kings, 1927 Cecil B. De Mille.
  2. The King of Kings, 1961 Nicholas Ray.
  3. The Gospel According
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film • Easter • South Park • Trey Parker • Matt Stone • Martin Scorsese • Mel Gibson • Jesus Christ • Monty Python • Cecil B. De Mille • Nicholas Ray • Pier Paolo Pasolini • David Greene • Robert Elfstrom • Franco Zeffirelli • Terry Jones

 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Film classics and actors the Academy overlooked

Feb 24, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals:
  • 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How
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Morgan Freeman • Academy Awards • Al Pacino • list • Citizen Kane • Brokeback Mountain • Martin Scorsese • Pulp Fiction • James Dean • classic cinema • Stanley Kubrick • Alfred Hitchcock • Robert Duvall • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

NEW RELEASE

Stones Shine in Scorsese's Doc

Berlin Film Festival has satisfying opening

Feb 8, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Martin Scorsese doesn’t spare the wrinkles in his latest rock documentary, Shine a Light, which opened the Berlin Film Festival with a bang yesterday. These are the Rolling Stones, after all, and Scorsese’s big point, is that they’re fundamentally the same rockers at 60-plus that they... More »

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Scorsese's Stones Film to Launch Berlin Film Festival

Rockumentary Shine a Light to be unveiled next month

Jan 17, 08 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The Berlin Film Festival will kick off next month with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's rockumentary about the Rolling Stones, Der Spiegel reports. Scorsese and his team shot over half a million feet of film at two 2006 Rolling Stone gigs in New York. Performances by Jack White and... More »

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Rolling Stones • rock stars • Berlin • rock and roll • Martin Scorsese • Christina Aguilera • Berlin Film Festival • movies

Kennedy Center Honors 5

American artists recognized for achievement in performing arts

Dec 2, 07 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A "California Dreamin'" Beach Boy, the director of a bunch of "Goodfellas," a "wild and crazy" SNL alum, a Motown diva who beseeched us to "Stop! In the Name of Love," and a one-handed pianist all took a bow last night as the 30th... More »

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Kennedy Center Honors • Diana Ross • Steve Martin • Brian Wilson • Martin Scorsese • Leon Fleischer

Diana Ross Wins Supreme Honor

Brian Wilson, Martin Scorsese also among
5 picked for Kennedy Center artists

Sep 12, 07 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - There'll be good vibrations at the Kennedy Center: the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Motown legend Diana Ross have been chosen as this year's  honorees. Comic actor and writer Steve Martin, film director Martin Scorsese  and pianist Leon Fleisher will also be honored, reports the Washington Post. More »

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