Martin Scorsese News

Pop duo Tegan and Sara and comedy-music trio The Lonely Island will perform the Oscar®-nominated song “Everything Is Awesome” at the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

The hit FOR THE RECORD series breathes a new life into the movies by adapting the works of great directors into a theatrical concert setting. FOR THE RECORD: DEAR JOHN HUGHES at West Hollywood's DBA will showcase the works of acclaimed director John Hughes, by reliving his acclaimed coming of age 1980's teen flicks including Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Performances begin tonight, February 6, and run through April 4.

To celebrate the West Coast premiere of Anne Washburn's critically acclaimed play, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced today a partnership with several San Francisco institutions-Bartlett Hall, Dynamo Donut, and San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum.

The 20th Anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance films' celebrated annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, sweeps across screens at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the IFC Center, and BAMcinematek, March 6-15.

According to the Daily Mail, stage and screen veteran and director of Disney's upcoming live-action CINDERELLA film, Kenneth Branagh has created his own theatre company and is currently ironing out its first season of plays in the West End.

Evan Rachel Wood is set to star in a new musical titled 'For the Record: Dear John Hughes,' which will have a theatrical run at West Hollywood's DBA from February 6th through April 4th.

On May 5, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will release GoodFellas on 2-Disc Blu-ray featuring a new documentary with interviews from Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and more

Prolific filmmaker Frank Marshall has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the organization's prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.

NEW YORK, NY - Iconic American author Walter Tevis (1928-1984) continues to endear new readers with the release his classic novels in eBook editions. In a deal brokered by Susan Schulman of Susan Schulman Literary Agency on behalf of The Walter Tevis Copyright Trust, and with the assistance of Associate Publisher Roger Cooper, RosettaBooks acquired the North American rights of Tevis' six novels and short story collection, led by The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.

Barnard College's Athena Center for Leadership Studies and Women and Hollywood are honored to announce that Academy Award® -winning actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster will receive the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award

Julianne Moore will be honored by Museum of the Moving Image at its 29th annual Salute today, January 20, 2015 at 583 Park in New York. The news was announced today by Herbert S. Schlosser and Ivan Lustig, Co-Chairmen of the Museum's Board of Trustees.

In a new ad campaign showcasing Melco-Crown resorts in Macau, famed director Martin Scorsese has his two favorite actors, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro compete for the leading role in his next film.

Join Centenary Stage Company as they wrap up their annual January Jazz Fest on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. in the Sitnik Theater with the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt by Fete Manouche. The Sitnik Theater is located in the David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College.

The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center are presenting the 24th annual New York Jewish Film Festival at the Film Society's Walter Reade Theater and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, January 14-29, 2015.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts presents Telling Tales: Stories and Legends in 19th-Century American Art from February 27–June 7, 2015, in the Center's Upper-Level Galleries. The exhibition features paintings and sculptures that recount stories relating to American cultural aspirations and everyday life throughout the 19th century. Narrative landscapes by Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand of the Hudson River School, genre scenes by William Sidney Mount and Francis W. Edmonds and sculptures by John Rogers are among the highlights of the exhibition.

After playing to sold-out audiences in New York, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), in a coproduction with the Guthrie Theater, is thrilled to present the West Coast premiere of Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (February 18-March 15, 2015).

Museum of the Moving Image has announced the lineup for its First Look Festival, an expanded and reconceived version of its annual showcase for inventive new international cinema. Now in its fourth year, First Look,with a lineup that has expanded both in size and scope, is now officially a festival, the first major moving image event of the year. First Look will take place at the Museum from today, January 9 through 18, 2015.

For the tenth year in a row, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will air its post-Oscar special immediately following the Academy Awards® on ABC. Broadcasting from Disney's El Capitan Theater located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of L.A.'s star-studded Walk of Fame, the studio is just steps away from Dolby Theater, home to the Academy Awards®. 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars' airs live on Oscar Sunday, February 22 after the late local news ET/CT and at 10:00 p.m., PT on ABC.

Broadway In Chicago has announced "FOR THE RECORD: DEAR JOHN HUGHES," an immersive, concert event showcasing the works of beloved Chicago native John Hughes, will play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut) for a limited engagement March 5 - March 15, 2015.

The Writers Guild of America, East today announced that Norman Lear will receive the Evelyn F. Burkey Award at the 67th annual Writers Guild Awards in New York City on February 14, 2014. Bill Moyers will present Lear with the Burkey Award, which recognizes a person or organization whose contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers.