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Fifteen minutes: Robert De Niro goes far to find television fame in 1983's "The King of Comedy." COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item.

Patton Oswalt's sports fan isn't the only extreme admirer caught on celluloid. Here are a few others, whose obsessions range from deadly to dead funny.

November 17, 2009 11-17-2009 Renowned film director Martin Scorsese was born in Flushing, Queens on November 17, 1942.

IMAGES Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, and Joe Pesci in [Credits : Dirck Halstead/© 1990 Warner Brothers, Inc.; photograph from a private collection] Main American director born November 17, 1942, Flushing, Long Island, New York, U.S. American filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of American culture.

Robert De Niro teams up with director Barry Levinson for another comedy, What Just Happened? Photo / Supplied Robert De Niro is impressive when he stands before the opening night crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival, the annual downtown New York event he co-founded with his producing partner, Jane Rosenthal.

Martin Scorsese is best known for his films that explore the darker sides of American cities, specifically New York.

In Hollywood, the word "complicated" has two general meanings. The first refers to someone as "difficult" -- a pain-in-the-prat. The other refers to someone whose working process is intricate enough to try everyone's patience, but in the end delivers something good enough to make you glad they didn't hire someone else.

As the ongoing David Letterman sex/blackmail scandal has unfolded a couple of things have gone through my mind.

This week, A. O. Scott reflects on Martin Scorsese a s dark 1983 satire "The King of Comedy." The film, about a talk show host kidnapped by two of his fans, looks at Americaa s obsession with celebrity.

Sandra Bernhard , singer, satirist and irreverent comic, brings her new show, "Whatever It Takes" to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF for two weeks, October 13-17 and Oct 20-25. All shows are at 8 PM, except Sat.

The Independent's Story of the Scene column has now been turned into a book. In these exclusive extracts, Roger Clarke gives the inside scoop on the famous sequences from seven classic movies ?I?ll have what she's having?: Meg Ryan in ?When Harry Met Sally...? Taxi Driver - 1976 "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the ...

Ute Lemper, who has starred in both the London and Broadway productions of Chicago , and actress-singer-comic Sandra Bernhard will return to Joe's Pub - the intimate cabaret located within the Public Theater - in December.

"Entourage" is back after a week-long Labor Day hiatus. But instead of an end-of-the-summer mellow, paranoia loomed large in this episode.

All five recipients of the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors were born in the U.S.A. and one of them turned that fact into an anthem.

It's no understatement to say Jerry Lewis is a legend in the world of film comedy, with a career spanning more than 60 years and a string of classic performances -- from the original Nutty Professor to Scorsese's brilliant, dark The King of Comedy -- that have inspired generations of funny men.

Paul Aufiero works the night shift in an underground Staten Island parking lot. He mans the booth and the electronic arm that lets drivers in and out.

Humour cinema so often reminds us is no laughing matter. When comedy is itself the subject of a film, it's invariably associated with depression and moral vacancy.

Release Date: Aug. 28 Director/Writer: Robert D. Siegel Cinematographer: Michael Simmonds Starring: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz Studio/Run Time: First Independent Features, 85 mins.

We have agreed to collective amnesia. Dennis Lehane's 6th novel Mystic River was on screen two years after it was published.

Is it possible to make a movie about comedians that's actually funny? Judd Apatow's latest sets itself a challenge, says John Patterson No laughing matter? a Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in Funny People Movies about stand-up comedians are like movies about painters.