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Martin Scorsese

The latest news on Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker, including showbiz news and updates.

Born

17 Nov 1942

Industry

Entertainment, Film

Job Title

Filmmaker

last updated:

21 November, 2024

Christopher Nolan accepts the Oscar for best director for Oppenheimer from presenter Steven Spielberg during the 96th Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. The film went on to win best director, and earned five other Oscars. Photo: Reuters

American cinema

Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer dominates with 7 wins, including best picture

Christopher Nolan picked up best director and Cillian Murphy best actor, their first Oscars, for the blockbuster about the race to build the atomic bomb. Emma Stone and Hayao Miyazaki were among other winners.

11 Mar 2024 - 12:47PM

Academy Awards

Oscars 2024: predictions for Oppenheimer, best actor and screenplay and more

6 Mar 2024 - 9:49AM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

10 of the best movies at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival

27 Feb 2024 - 10:56AMvideocam

United States

Oppenheimer tops Oscar nominees, with Barbie, Poor Things also going for gold

Among Oppenheimer’s 13 nominations include best picture; best director; and acting nods for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jnr and Emily Blunt.

24 Jan 2024 - 10:26PM

Cillian Murphy is seen in a promotional image for Oppenheimer. Photo: Handout

Fame and celebrity

29 of the highest-paid film deals of all time, ranked – from Leo to Margot

Some of Hollywood’s greatest actors like Leo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp appear on this list multiple times, but who’s No 1? From Keanu Reeves’ The Matrix millions to Tom Cruise’ Top Gun dollars …

13 Jan 2024 - 10:00AM

American cinema

Oppenheimer leads nominations for SAG Awards, key Oscars predictors

For three of the past four years, the winner of the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a cast has gone on to win the best film Oscar. Oppenheimer and Barbie are both nominated.

11 Jan 2024 - 11:50AM

American cinema

Golden Globes 2024: Oppenheimer, Poor Things win best film prizes

The first big entertainment awards of 2024 were billed as a contest between Oppenheimer and Barbie, and the latter came off worse. Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy take acting honours.

8 Jan 2024 - 1:56PM

British director Christopher Nolan and his spouse, film producer Emma Thomas, pose with the Golden Globes for best director and Best motion picture - drama for “Oppenheimer” backstage at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Eternal affair: Tony Leung and Andy Lau on their new movie, The Goldfinger

Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Andy Lau reveal what they like about working with each other, playing good and bad guys in The Goldfinger, and how to boost the city’s movie industry.

9 Jan 2024 - 3:51PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Who is Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman, in real life?

The beloved US food blogger and her husband Ladd Drummond recently spent Thanksgiving with their family at Drummond Ranch in Oklahoma – but how is that linked to Leonardo DiCaprio?

12 Dec 2023 - 7:00PM

Celebrity children

Who is Jack Nicholson’s lookalike actor son, Ray – who’s dating a VS model?

Jack Nicholson’s 31-year-old son Ray goes to Guns N’ Roses concerts with his model girlfriend Sara Sampaio, stars in films with Carey Mulligan and Diane Kruger, and loves the LA Lakers

11 Nov 2023 - 5:11AM

Ray Nicholson has his father Jack Nicholson’s unmistakable smile. Photo: WireImage

Celebrity children

Meet all 12 of Nick Cannon’s children – and their mums

He’s been married only once – to Mariah Carey – and co-parents with Selling Sunset’s Breana Tiesi, so who are The Masked Singer host’s other baby mamas?

10 Nov 2023 - 5:10PM

Nick Cannon with his eldest children, twins Monroe (centre) and Moroccan. Photo: @nickcannon/Instagram

Hollywood

5 of the longest movies ever – but are they worth it? From Lynch to MCU

After the double whammy of Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon, we’re getting a bit sick of posterior testing cinema marathons – but these epics are all hailed as classics

3 Nov 2023 - 9:00PM

Celebrity children

‘TikTok’s Dynamic Duo’: Who is Martin Scorsese’s Gen Z daughter Francesca?

Martin Scorsese and his 23-year-old daughter went viral on TikTok for their comedic clip covering Gen Z slang – here’s what to know about the director-in-the-making

1 Nov 2023 - 6:00AM

American cinema

12 best blockbuster Hollywood movies coming in autumn 2023

From Disney’s Wish and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon to another edition in the Saw franchise and an Aquaman sequel, our pick of the 12 best new Hollywood films of autumn 2023.

19 Sep 2023 - 6:15PMvideocam

Joaquin Phoenix in a still from “Napoleon”.

Fame and celebrity

The Exorcist director William Friedkin dies aged 87

The filmmaker burst on the scene in the early ’70s with cop drama The French Connection, which won five Oscars including for best director and best picture.

8 Aug 2023 - 8:16AM

US director William Friedkin attends a walking tour in Washington in April 2018 that focuses on some of the film locations from the original Exorcist movie. Photo: Reuters

American cinema

‘You can hide in Hong Kong’: how city made Chris Evans movie Push feel real

Superhero movie Push, starring Chris Evans, harnesses Hong Kong’s unique energy to make the film feel more real than the fantastical Marvel films in which the actor would go on to play Captain America.

4 Aug 2023 - 7:15AMvideocam

American cinema

How Disney got kicked out of China over Martin Scorsese’s movie Kundun

About the early life of the Dalai Lama, Martin Scorsese’s 1997 movie Kundun ripped a hole in US-China relations that took years to repair and saw Disney’s business in China stop overnight.

7 Jul 2023 - 7:15AMvideocam

American cinema

10 of the best movies from Cannes Film Festival 2023

From Grand Jury prizewinner The Zone of Interest to Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, here are 10 of the best movies from the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

30 May 2023 - 4:54AMvideocam

A still from “Tiger Stripes”, a Malaysian-made debut from Amanda Nell Eu that took the top prize at the Critics’ Week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 and was among the best movies shown at the event.

Cannes Film Festival

France’s Justine Triet wins Cannes Film Festival’s top prize

Best actor went to Japan’s Koji Yakusho, who plays a toilet cleaner in Tokyo in director Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days.

28 May 2023 - 5:22AM

Italy

Pope resumes appointments after illness; meets US director Martin Scorsese

According to Vatican News, a number of poets, writers and film directors from around the world attended a conference with a Jesuit-run journal. The Vatican has confirmed that the pope will preside over Pentecost Mass on Sunday.

28 May 2023 - 4:27AM

Millionaires and billionaires

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reportedly engaged to Lauren Sanchez

Jeff Bezos could be heading down the aisle again – and probably with a prenup this time. The Amazon founder is reportedly engaged to girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.

23 May 2023 - 10:40AM

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in London in 2022. File photo: TNS

American cinema

Review | Killers of the Flower Moon: 5-star American epic from Martin Scorsese

Premiering at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon is another masterpiece from Martin Scorsese.

23 May 2023 - 10:19AMvideocam

Robert De Niro (left) and Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from “Killers of the Flower Moon”, directed by Martin Scorsese. Lily Gladstone co-stars. Photo: Apple

Asian diaspora

‘I had to hide my ethnicity’: Asian-American actor Michael Tow on his youth

Asian-American actor Michael Tow talks about denying his cultural identity as a child, surviving Hollywood, and the personal loss he shares with his character in Apple TV series City on Fire.

22 May 2023 - 4:15AMvideocam

Art

They have romanticised Hong Kong in paintings that capture life in the city

Two artists best known for capturing Hong Kong’s landscapes and spirit are holding a joint exhibition. What do they have to say about Hong Kong today and the future of its art scene?

10 May 2023 - 2:17PM

Fashion

At 91 she is one of the oldest Vogue cover girls – but she doesn’t care

Carmen Dell’Orefice, the face of Vogue Czechoslovakia’s April 2023 edition, could very well be the oldest working model right now – but the 91-year-old says ‘it’s all in a day’s work for me’.

20 Apr 2023 - 10:17AM

Carmen Dell’Orefice, 91, models for Vogue Czechoslovakia’s April 2023 “eternal glamour” issue. Photo: Vogue Czechoslovakia

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Edison Chen on going from Cantopop to streetwear king with Clot – interview

As his scene-setting streetwear brand turns 20, multi-hyphenate Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen is only looking forward, aspiring to the heights of Supreme and A Bathing Ape

12 Apr 2023 - 9:26AM

Asian cinema

Return to Seoul director took cues from Scorsese, Tarantino for his hit film

Cambodian-French director Davy Chou opens up about how his award-winning film Return to Seoul relates to his own life, working with a first-time actress, and taking cues from Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.

15 Feb 2023 - 6:15PMvideocam

Gun violence in the US

Alec Baldwin formally charged in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

The actor and weapons specialist Hannah Gutierrez-Reed both face involuntary manslaughter charges over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

1 Feb 2023 - 6:32AMvideocam

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