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The sleaze, drugs and desperation allowed to fester in the heart of New York City in the 1970s and '80s may not have done much to foster civic pride, but it sure proved fertile ground for the movies, from the relative respectability of "Taxi Driver" to the low-budget schlock produced by Larry Cohen .

IMAGES Jodie Foster in The Accused .[Credits : Everett Collection] Main American actress original name Alicia Christian Foster born Nov.

Emmy award-winning Sopranos screenwriter Terence Winter said he felt like "a girl going to the prom" when he arrived for diner at Martin Scorsese's house to discuss a series adaptation of Boardwalk Empire , a book about the political underbelly and cultural history of Atlantic City.

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.

In the mid 1940s, a young lad came to Bombay, wanting like many others to make it big in the film industry.

"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.

"An Oscar for the often unsung but quite significant Roger Corman is long overdue.

Martin Scorsese will receive the Cecil B. DeMille award at the upcoming Golden Globes to honor his contributions to entertainment.

A Mean Streets/ Taxi Driver reunion is about to take place in one of the most unsuspecting films.

The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC from The Beverly Hilton.

Harvey Keitel has joined the cast of Universal and Tribeca Prods.' "Meet the Fockers" sequel.

Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in early November, Blu-Con 2.0 took as its theme "Blu-ray Means Business," including additional opportunities for recording studios and post facilities involved in the repurposing of legacy material with multichannel mixes and fully compatible PCM sound elements.

BAFTA/LA's Britannia Awards saluted the connection between Britain and the U.S. as much as it did the honorees Thursday at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Martin Scorsese is best known for his films that explore the darker sides of American cities, specifically New York.

In Hollywood, the word "complicated" has two general meanings. The first refers to someone as "difficult" -- a pain-in-the-prat. The other refers to someone whose working process is intricate enough to try everyone's patience, but in the end delivers something good enough to make you glad they didn't hire someone else.

Last week, it was announced that Miramax Films would close its New York offices, and that its president, Daniel Battsek, was being asked to step down.

Asked about probable names like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan as reported in the media, he said: "It's a small list and they are in the newspaper every single day.

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