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The Tribeca Festival wrapped Sunday night, its last event a retrospective screening of Raging Bull with a video (pre-recorded) of Leonardo DiCaprio interviewing Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro about the iconic 1980 film. The director called it, "the culmination of everything I had desired it to be." “I didn't care…

The Tribeca Festival’s lineup of talks and reunion screenings will blend in-person and virtual events, with Amy Schumer, Guillermo del Toro and Bradley Cooper among those on the bill. Reunion screenings, an increasingly popular draw at the fest in recent years, will celebrate Fargo, Raging Bull, The Royal Tenenbaums, T…

Michael Chapman, a two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer for Raging Bull and The Fugitive whose dozens of credits also include fellow Best Picture nominees The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Jaws, has died. He was 84. His wife Amy Holden Jones said on social media that he died Sunday but offered no other details. …

Frank Adonis, who appeared in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Casino along with tough-guy roles in dozens of other films and TV shows, has died. He was 83. His wife told TMZ that he died Wednesday night in Las Vegas after a long illness and had been on a ventilator. Born Frank Scioscia on October 27…

Paul Schrader, whose scripts for iconic movies such as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are synonymous with what many consider a golden era of Hollywood filmmaking, discussed why the 1970s was such a potent time for cinema, his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and his latest drama First Reformed at a BAFTA Screenwriters…

Jimmy Nickerson, a veteran Hollywood stuntman who performed and/or coordinated stunts on more than 70 films and TV shows spanning 30-plus years, has died. He was 68. He died May 4, but no other details were available. A 1985 inductee into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, Nickerson’s long list of stunt credits…

Jake LaMotta, the “Raging Bull” brawler with the iron chin who fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times and was portrayed by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s iconic 1980 movie, has died. He was 95. His death Tuesday was confirmed in a Facebook post by his family. The black-and-white Raging Bull is considered among the…

The American Cinematheque said today that it will hold a three-day tribute to producer Irwin Winkler from December 1-3. Highlights include “A Conversation with Irwin Winkler & Martin Scorsese” at the Egyptian Theatre on December 3 along with screenings of Winkler’s films Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980) and New Yo…

The studio has settled its long-running lawsuit filed by the daughter of a screenwriter who claims MGM’s 1980 boxing classic Raging Bull was based on her father’s work. No details about the deal were revealed (read the document here). Summary judgment had been set for April 27 in the case, which Paula Petrella took…

UPDATE, 10:12 AM: MGM has responded to the ruling: “While we agreed with the Ninth Circuit's conclusion that laches is an available defense against stale copyright claims, the Supreme Court has spoken," MGM lawyer Mark Perry of DC-based Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher told me today. "The decision, however, does not end this…

The Supreme Court has answered the bell in the fight over early works based on the story of boxer Jake LaMotta – the subject of MGM‘s 1980 Best Picture nominee Raging Bull. The justices today agreed to hear the case brought by Paula Petrella, whose father Frank Petrella penned the two screenplays and a book that…

Between 1974 when he won Best Supporting Actor for his turn as the young Don Corleone in The Godfather Part II and 1991 when he was contending for Best Actor in Cape Fear, Robert De Niro was nominated six times and won two Oscars (1980’s Raging Bull was the other one) in a span of 17 years. But remarkably it has now…