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Martin Charles Scorsese Italian (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker and actor, whose career spans more than 50 years. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Scorsese's body of work explores such themes as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption? faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards.

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Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters to Tony Bennett Being Offered at Auction

27.03.2024 - 16:53

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variety.com:

Thania Garcia A collection of letters, photos and more from the late Tony Bennett will go up for sale via Julien’s Auctions on April 18.

The trove of items includes rarities addressed to Bennett from stars like Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand, among others.

The priciest item — an estimated $20,000 to $30,000 — is a typewritten thank you letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Bennett dated April 5, 1965.

In it, King talks about the historic Selma civil rights march to Montgomery and thanks Bennett for singing for the marchers and, mentioning his “good friend, Harry Belafonte” who told King of the difficulty Bennett had in rearranging his schedule to perform.

Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letters to Tony Bennett Being Offered at Auction

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