Martin Scorsese to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Visual Effects Society

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Martin Scorsese, whose highly anticipated mob drama “The Irishman” makes its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on Sept. 27, has been named recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award by the Visual Effects Society.

The award will be presented at the 18th Annual VES Awards on Jan. 29, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

While the VES Lifetime Achievement Award is presented for an entire body of work “that has significantly contributed to the art and/or science of the visual effects industry,” according to a VES release, this presentation is timed to Netflix’s “The Irishman,” which uses visual effects technology to de-age its actors, including Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.

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The award was voted by the VES board of directors. In a statement, VES board chair Mike Chambers called Scorsese “one of the most influential filmmakers in modern history” who “has made an indelible mark on filmed entertainment … His intuitive vision and fiercely innovative direction has given rise to a new era of storytelling and has made a profound impact on future generations of filmmakers.”

Scorsese’s films include “Mean Streets,” “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas,” “Gangs of New York,” “The Departed” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Among his past work, “Hugo” has won a VES Award and “Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” have been nominated.

Past winners of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award include George Lucas, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Stan Lee and Ray Harryhausen.

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BEST: Tyler Perry Calls Out Academy -- While presenting the Best Cinematography category, Perry reminded everyone of the Academy's ill-fated attempt to move some of the awards to the commercials -- one of which was going to be Best Cinematography.

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BEST: Trevor Noah Roasts Mel Gibson -- The "Daily Show" host got to present Best Picture nominee "Black Panther" and took a jab at Mel Gibson in the process: "Mel Gibson came up to me like, ‘Wakanda Forever.’ He said another word after that, but the Wakanda part was nice.”

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BEST: Dana Carvey and Mike Myers' "Wayne's World" Reunion -- A Queen biopic titled after the song that Wayne and Garth famously rocked out to was nominated for Best Picture. So, yeah, like this wasn't going to happen.

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BEST: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Made Us Cry (Again) With “Shallow" -- Ally and Jackson Maine — er, we mean Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper -- silenced the entire Dolby Theatre when they took the stage to sing “Shallow,” their already-iconic duet from “A Star Is Born.” And then of course they brought the house down with applause when they finished. Hey, even if you’ve re-watched that scene from the movie a million times already, it was nice just to take another look at them. Oh, and then the song won an Oscar later in the evening, making this moment even more perfect.

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WORST: In Memoriam Snubs -- The Academy had to shave time off somewhere to try to reach its goal of a three-hour show. It looks like the In Memoriam segment -- which left out Sondra Locke, Verne Troyer, Dick Miller and R. Lee Ermey -- was where they did it.

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The 91st Academy Awards may not have had a host, but the 3 hour, 17 minute-long show was filled with plenty of heartwarming and gut-wrenching moments. Here, TheWrap rounds up the 11 best and worst bits of the 2019 Oscars.

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