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Martin Scorsese Nominated for Director's Guild Award
"The Departed" has landed Martin Scorsese yet another nomination
for top filmmaker for this year's Directors Guild of America top prize.
The other directors to be nominated are Bill Condon "Dreamgirls", Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu "Babel", Stephen Frears "The Queen" and Jonathan
Dayton & Valerie Faris - the husband and wife team behind "Little
Miss Sunshine".
The winner of the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement
in Feature Film for 2006 will be announced at the organization's 59th
Annual Awards Dinner on February 3. Of the 58 times the DGA Award has
been handed out, only six winners did not go on to pick up the Best Director
Oscar.
1 Jan 07 Chicago Critics Dub "The Departed" Best Film
Washington, Dec. 30 (ANI): Film-maker Martin Scorsese's star-studded
mob drama 'The Departed' has topped website Moviehole.net's list of 10
best films of 2006, and bagged the best-picture award from the Chicago
Film Critics Association, besides awards for best director and adapted
screenplay.
The Departed won the first place in the list by beating 'Little Miss
Sunshine and 'Children Of Men', which came in second and third respectively,
reports Contactmusic. Wrapping up the top five positions on the list,
compiled by critic Clint Morris, were 'Mission: Impossible III' and 'Casino
Royale'.
18 Dec 06 Matt Damon Says Scorsese Deserves Oscar
Matt Damon is urging Oscar voters to get it right and give
director Martin Scorsese his first Academy Award or risk turning the big
show into a farce.
Damon, who worked with Scorsese on The Departed, is so determined to
help Scorsese pick up an Oscar he's campaigning for him over Robert De
Niro, who directed Damon in new film The Good Shepherd.
He says, "Marty's such a great, great director. He really wants
it (Oscar) and he hasn't made that a secret. He's been upfront about saying
it would really mean a lot to him.
"He never felt that Hollywood had validated his work because his
work is centerd around the east coast and New York and that somehow threatened
the establishment or something. But it demeans the Oscars more than it demeans Marty that he doesn't
have one, to be honest with you. Once he receives his (Oscar), then everyone
who has one, their award is validated."
14 Dec 06 Scorsese Get Golden Globes Nod for The Departed
As expected, Martin Scorsese was nominated
for Best Director for "The Departed" when the Golden Globes were announced
today. The 5 films nominated for best dramatic picture are: "The Departed,"
"Babel," "Bobby," "Little Children" and "The Queen."
Clint Eastwood is up for best director for
his two World War II epics "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo
Jima."'
Leonardo DiCaprio also scored two nomination
for himself, in the best dramatic film actor category with "The Departed"
and "Blood Diamond."
Hi co-stars Jack Nicholson and Mark
Wahlberg were also nominated for best supporting film actor.
The Globes feature 13 categories for film and 11 for television. Warren
Beatty will receive the Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime
achievement.
14 Dec 06 LA Times Slammed For Rehashed Scorsese Interview
It sounds like the Los Angeles Times was desperate for a Scorsese quote
and when they couldn't talk to him, then recycled a couple of old quotes.
The gossip column PageSix reports that the LA Times has been caught read
handed using an almost 2-year-old interview with the director and passing
it off as new.
From the NY Post's PageSix:
IF yesterday's "interview" with Martin Scorsese in the Los Angeles Times
seemed familiar, it's because the quotes were nearly 2 years old. Reporter
Paul Lieberman couldn't get "The Departed" director to talk to him. "Marty
is giving no interviews. He is hard at work on the documentary about the
Rolling Stones, and doesn't have time," said a pal. So, for yesterday's
piece in "The Envelope" section of the paper, Lieberman recycled quotes
from his interview with Scorsese that ran on Feb. 27, 2005, when "The
Aviator" was nominated for Best Picture.
"It is outrageous that the L.A. Times, which likes to think it competes
with the New York Times and the Washington Post, would recycle a 2-year-old
interview with Marty just so it looks like they have an 'exclusive,' "
said Scorsese's friend.
The director, who's been nominated five times for Best Director and never
won, is said to be purposefully not campaigning this year. "He was embarrassed
by all of the hoopla over 'The Aviator' and 'Gangs of New York,' " said
Leslee Dart, Scorsese's rep. "I think this is at best dubious ethics."
Lieberman didn't return calls.
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