Jodie Foster has become the latest celebrity to lay the blame of Lindsay Lohan's recent legal troubles at the feet of her parents.

NEW YORK (AP) - Parallels to Martin Scorsese's dark classic ''Taxi Driver'' led Jodie Foster to take a role in her new movie, ''The Brave One.''

CANNES, France (AP) - Martin Scorsese came to Cannes on a quest to save world cinema. Once he leaves, the great American filmmaker hopes to get to work on a foreign picture of his own.

CANNES, France (AP) - Martin Scorsese wants to save the world cinema. The Academy Award-winning director said Tuesday it was a ''dream come true'' to launch his international project at the Cannes Film Festival, where his ''Taxi Driver'' won the top prize in 1976.

CANNES, France (AP) - The paint is almost dry, the red carpet is being unfurled, the stars are ready to glitter. The 60th annual Cannes Film Festival opens Wednesday as a celebration of celluloid and celebrity, with a lineup including George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Michael Moore and Quentin Tarantino.

Oscar winner Martin Scorsese is to deliver a master class on moviemaking at the 60th annual Cannes Film Festival in France next month.

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is backing director Martin Scorsese to win an Oscar for The Departed, and finds it ridiculous the filmmaker has never won an Academy Award. Despite making acclaimed movies including Taxi Driver, Mean Streets and Raging Bull during his four-decade long career, Scorsese has never won an Oscar, and DiCaprio insists the snub is "almost a practical joke."

Leonardo DiCaprio always dreamed of working with acclaimed movie director Martin Scorsese, ever since he was a teen actor trying to make it in Hollywood. The Oscar-nominated star has made three films to date with Scorsese: Gangs Of New York, The Aviator, and their new release, The Departed.

Robert De Niro has donated his collection of movie memorabilia to film students at a U.S. university. The Academy Award winner presented more than 3,000 of his own costume items and props to the University Of Texas' Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.