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November 17, 2009 11-17-2009 Renowned film director Martin Scorsese was born in Flushing, Queens on November 17, 1942.

IMAGES Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci in [Credits : Dirck Halstead/© 1990 Warner Brothers, Inc.; photograph from a private collection] Main American director born November 17, 1942, Flushing, Long Island, New York, U.S. American filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of American culture.

"It's easy to think of Scorsese as a kind of poet of the underworld," the American Film Institute reflected when they granted him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

Scorsese was a frail, asthmatic child who grew up in New York City in an Italian American neighbourhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Martin Scorsese will be honoured at the Golden Globe Awards in January with the Cecil B DeMille award in recognition of his "outstanding contribution" to entertainment, organizers said Thursday.

In January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will bestow the Honorary Cecile B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for "his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field," to which we say "Congratulations, Mr.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 12:05 p.m. Most of the time, remakes are a bad thing.

Here's what's happening this weekend on the small screen: Saturday * The ghostbusters team on Most Haunted heads to Transylvania for a special Halloween episode.

He loves playing unpredictable characters, but the most cryptic one seems to be the legend himself.

As Juliette Lewis prepares for a UK tour, she talks about her transformation from Hollywood star to raw, bluesy rocker with new album Terra Incognita.

But music isn't a side gig for Juliette Lewis. The actress has taken time off the past couple of years to rock.

After a four-year break from film, the actress who emanates a misfit's primal energy is back in a glut of new screen projects, while also touring as a solo singer.

Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven , nemesis to Ellen Page as Babe Ruthless. Darren Michaels Juliette Lewis as Iron Maven , nemesis to Ellen Page as Babe Ruthless.

Paramount has debuted a second new trailer for Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island today on Apple .

UNIQUE: "I ... like something that's always a little amiss," Juliette Lewis says.

Juliette Lewis, 'Terra Incognita' Is this noted actress actually a natural born rocker? Join Metromix for a night with an unlikely superstar Brother Ali Inspired by golden-era hip-hop legends like KRS-One and... Woe betide anyone who asks budding rockstar Juliette Lewis just how serious she can be about this whole "indie musician" thing after ...

She mesmerized film buffs in her breakout role as a precocious teen in 1991's Cape Fear by notoriously -- and improvisationally -- sucking dangerous convict Robert De Niro's thumb.

Hey kids, maybe if you murder a couple hundred people for the mob, Mickey Rourke will star in your life story, too.

The history of actors turned rock stars is not an illustrious one. Try thinking of one movie actor who has successfully ditched celluloid fame for rock threads and you'll realise why Lewis is a rare breed.

NOAH And The Whale's 2008 debut firmly established them as a favourite with the critics a ' does their new release The First Days Of Spring live up to it? Elsewhere, actress Juliette Lewis continues her foray into the music world, and Rufus Wainwright returns as theatrical as ever.