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Martin Charles Scorsese is a U.S. film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden G

He has not yet won an Oscar, but director Martin Scorsese has earned another Hollywood honor, a star-shaped plaque on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The movie director joins top names in entertainment with a star on Hollywood Boulevard, and in just a few weeks, will compete for an Oscar. Johnny Grant, an entertainer known as the honorary mayor of Hollywood, handed the director a two page proclamation from Los Angeles city officials. "I'm going to present this to you, and as the ceremonial mayor of Hollywood, I hereby proclaim this Martin Scorsese Day in Hollywood," he said.

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Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of American culture. In terms of artistry, he was perhaps the most significant American director of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His notable films included Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and The Departed.

There’s no question that Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, and at 75, you’d hope that his twilight years would be full of much-deserved happiness and satisfaction. Sadly, however, it looks like that might not be the case. According to sources, Scorsese is under the impression that he’s required to eat all of his meals off his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he does so every single day.