Person:martin Scorsese

  • NewsGwynne Watkins

    5 Great Bits of Advice From Martin Scorsese's NYU Commencement Speech

    At 71, Martin Scorsese is considered among the greatest of American filmmakers. Back in the 1960s, however, the future director of Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York, and The Departed was just another film student at Washington Square College, now known as New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In May, Scorsese, whose latest project is the documentary The 50 Year Argument, returned to his alma mater to give a funny, heartfelt commencement speech.

  • NewsMeriah Doty

    8 Things Leonardo DiCaprio Wants You to Know About 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

    UPDATE: Jan. 16, 2014: Leonardo DiCaprio won the Golden Globe and has been nominated for an Oscar. Leonardo DiCaprio has earned his fourth Oscar nomination and second-ever Golden Globe win (he’s been nominated nine times) for his role in “The Wolf of Wall Street.“ And he wants you to know it was on his terms. The film about greed gone too far has been Leo’s passion project dating back to 2006 — when he was finishing up that other Martin Scorsese film, “The Departed.” The 39-year-old actor said