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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are obviously a little attached at the hip. They’ve made five movies together — “Gangs of New York,“ “The Aviator,” “The Departed,” “Shutter Island” and “The Wolf Of Wall Street” and the short, “The Audition” — but it feels like any time a Scorsese project is announced, DiCaprio’s name is not far behind.

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Pay no attention to Carson Daly’s lack of hyperbole.

Sure, Tuesday’s installment of The Voice may not have included color commentary from the relentlessly upbeat host touting “The Audition That Will Change Everything/ Reduce You To A Puddle Of Tears And Plasma/ Alter The Fabric Of Humanity.” But nevertheless, two or three contestants came roaring out of the starting gate with such gale-force gorgeousness that it’s hard not to envision ’em staying in the competition well beyond Pumpkin Spice Season.

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[Please forgive my use of “spice” prompting an inevitable link to the new Sporty Spice single “Anymore.” That Mel C really can sing though.]

Here’s hoping the fact that exec...

What happened to Martin Scorsese's "The Audition," the 15-minute short film slated to premiere on the Lido this year? The screening was canceled at the Venice Film Festival on September 7th due to "technical problems." Now the short has finally debuted in Macau, where it was unveiled by its stars, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese. (More details of the showing are at VanityFair.com.) Doubling as a promotion for a set of new casinos in Asia, "The Audition" stars Scorsese as a director opposite his muses DiCaprio and De Niro as actors vying for a lead role. Brad Pitt also co-stars in the film penned by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Terence Winter, Scorsese's collaborator on upcoming HBO 70s drama series "Vinyl." Read More: Scorsese Loads Up HIs Burgeoning Slate, Renews Paramount Deal With a reported budget of $70 million, its Venice inclusion may have been problematic because the short was financed by.

Hollywood stars doing weird stuff overseas used to be a normal thing. Some of Hollywood.s biggest stars used to get paid giant piles of money to do commercials in Japan, and since nobody in the Us would ever see them (this was pre-internet, you understand), they went ahead and did it. Still, even in the internet age, seeing the stars making seemingly unusual choices isn.t entirely gone. This leads to the fact that there is a 15-minute Chinese short film, which is essentially a commercial, that was directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt. How does such a thing exist? Giant piles of money, of course. According to the Los Angeles Times, the film, titled The Audition, tells the tale of DiCaprio and De Niro, as themselves, finding themselves in a casino together going after the same role in a Scorsese-directed...

With the first reviews of the opening night film, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, already in, the 72 edition of the Venice International Film Festival is off and running. Film critic Neil Young is placing odds on the contenders for the Golden Lion and the frontrunner at the moment is Aleksandr Sokurov's Francofonia. In our preview, we note that honorary awards will be going to Bertrand Tavernier, Jonathan Demme, Brian De Palma and Arturo Ripstein. The screening of Martin Scorsese's new short, The Audition, may have been cancelled "for technical reasons," but otherwise, the lineup looks promising indeed. » - David Hudson...

With the first reviews of the opening night film, Baltasar Kormákur's Everest, already in, the 72 edition of the Venice International Film Festival is off and running. Film critic Neil Young is placing odds on the contenders for the Golden Lion and the frontrunner at the moment is Aleksandr Sokurov's Francofonia. In our preview, we note that honorary awards will be going to Bertrand Tavernier, Jonathan Demme, Brian De Palma and Arturo Ripstein. The screening of Martin Scorsese's new short, The Audition, may have been cancelled "for technical reasons," but otherwise, the lineup looks promising indeed. » - David Hudson...

'The Audition' poster with Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Martin Scorsese short 'The Audition' pulled from Venice Film Festival No major international film festival is worth its mainstream U.S. media salt unless there's at least one screening featuring the latest work of a major Hollywood name. The Venice Film Festival is surely no exception, especially as it's the year's final internationally renowned European movie fest, held shortly before the fall – i.e., awards – movie season begins. Well, one work by a top Hollywood name will no longer be available at Venice: The Audition, a short film directed by and featuring veteran Martin Scorsese, has been pulled out. "We have just been informed by the production that due to unexpected technical problems the film could not be here in time," festival organizers said in a statement earlier today, Sat., Aug. 29, '15. According to The Hollywood Reporter,...

Martin Scorsese’s short film The Audition will not be screening at the Venice Film Festival next month after all. The festival said today that because of “unexpected technical problems” the roughly 17-minute short will not be ready in time for the September 2-12 fest. The film features Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in a promotion for a pair of casinos in Asia. Separately, the festival confirmed the screening of Heaven Can Wait by Ernst Lubitsch for…...

One of the more anticipated screenings of the Venice Film Festival has been canceled this year. Martin Scorsese’s short film The Audition will not debut at the festival, as previously planned. The festival said in a statement: “We have just been informed by the production that due to unexpected technical problems the film could not be here in time.” Scorsese stars in the film, which has him pitting his frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro against each other for a leading role in an upcoming film. Brad Pitt also makes an appearance. Oscar-nominated writer Terence Winter penned the script. Venice

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The full lineup for the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and includes new films by Martin Scorsese, Jerzy Skolimowsky, Frederick Wiseman, Marco Bellocchio, Tsai Ming-liang, Aleksandro Sokurov and more.CompetitionFrenzy (Emin Alper, Turkey/France/Qatar)Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson, Us)Blood of My Blood (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)Looking for Grace (Sue Brooks, Australia)Equals (Drake Doremus, Us)Remember (Atom Egoyan, Canada/Germany)Beasts of No Nation (Cary Fukunaga, Us)Per amor vostro (Giuseppe M. Gaudino, Italy/France)Marguerite (Xavier Giannoli, France/Czech Republic/Belgium)Rabin, the Last Day (Amos Gitai, Israel/France)A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino, Italy/France)The Endless River (Oliver Hermanus, South Africa/France)The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper, UK/Us)Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman/Duke Johnson, Us)L'attesa (Piero Mesina, Italy)11 Minutes (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland)Francofonia (Aleksandr Sokurov, France/Germany/Netherlands)The Clan (Pablo Trapero, Argentina/Spain)Desde alla (Lorenza Vigas, Venezuela/Mexico)L'hermine (Christian Vincent,...

With the exception of Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation and Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, the nineteen other films in Venice Film Festival’s contention for the Golden Lion won’t be mentioned during awards season, but who cares when you have the likes of Aleksander Sokurov, Luca Guadagnino and Marco Bellocchio in the line-up. Not unlike previous years, the 2015 edition has a good numbers of films from Italy and the U.S., with several France co-productions littered throughout and the addition of fresh faces with first time works from composer Piero Messina and artist/musician Laurie Anderson.

While non comp offerings in the shape of Scott Cooper’s Black Mass and Thomas McCarthy’s Spotlight are sure to receive a fair amount of trade news attention it’s the docus that are especially rich this year: Frederick Wiseman is joined by Sergei Loznitsa makes back to...

On the heels of yesterday's Toronto Film Festival announcement, this morning we get the lineup for the 2015 Venice Film Festival and, as always, there's a little crossover with some films set to premiere on the Lido ahead of their Toronto (and/or Telluride premieres). Some of the titles not screening at Toronto (at least not yet) that will premiere at Venice include Baltasar Kormakur's Everest, which is serving as the opening night film, Drake Doremus' Equals starring Kristen Stewart, A Bigger Splash from Luca Guadagnino, Go With Me directed by Daniel Alfredson, Dito Montiel's Man Down, Amy Berg's Janis as well as a new, 16-minute short film from Martin Scorsese titled The Audition and a Brian De Palma documentary directed by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow. There's also buzz building for The Childhood of a Leader directed by Brady Corbet and starring Robert Pattinson and Berenice Bejo.

Read More: Johnny Depp Heading to Venice Film Festival for 'Black Mass' World Premiere With yesterday's unveiling of the Toronto International Film Festival's first piece of its slate -- including the festival's Galas and Special Presentations, along with its pick for Opening Night -- fall festival season is off with a bang. Not to be outdone, the Venice Film Festival has revealed its full slate for the September festival, and although there are some Tiff repeats here (including Tom Hooper's "The Danish Girl," Atom Egoyan's "Remember," Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" and Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's "Anomalisa"), many of those films will actually world premiere at Vff. The slate also includes some fresh festival faces, including Drake Doremus' sci-fi feature "Equals," Martin Scorsese's new short "The Audition" and Brady Corbet's directorial debut, "The Childhood of a Leader." The documentary.

The Venice Film Festival has become one of the longest-running events on the festival circuit, its veteran status giving it a level of prestige that has only been heightened by the films that have screened at the event. Having first started in 1932, a number of movies that have gone on to be classics have won prizes at the festival, including Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Satyajit Ray’s Aparajito, and Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad. Interest in the festival’s lineup announcement has thus grown over the years, with many film fans curious to see what the organisers select to play at the event, due to its stature. The full lineup for the 2015 incarnation of the festival, the 72nd one in the festival’s history, has now been announced. The festival itself will run from September 2nd to the 12th, with a jury that includes Alfonso Cuarón, Nuri Bilge Ceylan,...

The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne, and Atom Egoyan’s Remember among the 21 competition titles.Scroll down for full line-up

The 72nd Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has unveiled the 55 features – mixing star vehicles and international auteurs – that will make up this year’s official selection.

Venice director Alberto Barbera and Biennale president Paolo Baratta announced the line-up this morning.

As previously announced, Baltasar Kormakur’s mountaineering thriller Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will open the festival on Sept 2. The Universal release will play out of competition.

Birdman, last year’s opening night film, went on to be named best picture at this year’s Academy Awards, while multiple Oscar-winner Gravity bowed at the 2013 edition.

Venice also revealed that Guan Hu’s Mr Six will close the festival on Sept 12. Feng Xiaogang plays the title character, a former gangster living alone with various illnesses, who is tempted back into the business by his son.

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Among the highlights of the lineup for the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (September 2 through 12) are a new feature by Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog; a new short by Martin Scorsese, The Audition; Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash with Tilda Swinton; Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's stop motion animation, Anomalisa; Aleksandr Sokurov's Francofonia; Tsai Ming-liang's Afternoon; Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's documentary entitled simply De Palma; and Sergei Loznitsa's The Event. We're gathering notes on and trailers for the full roster. » - David Hudson...

Among the highlights of the lineup for the 72nd Venice International Film Festival (September 2 through 12) are a new feature by Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog; a new short by Martin Scorsese, The Audition; Luca Guadagnino's A Bigger Splash with Tilda Swinton; Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's stop motion animation, Anomalisa; Aleksandr Sokurov's Francofonia; Tsai Ming-liang's Afternoon; Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's documentary entitled simply De Palma; and Sergei Loznitsa's The Event. We're gathering notes on and trailers for the full roster. » - David Hudson...

Some of the most anticipated movies of the Fall will make their debut at the four major festivals that annual suck up the movie world's attention during a five-week period beginning in September.  The New York Film Festival has already revealed that "The Walk," "Steve Jobs" and "Miles Away" will be its major galas.  The 40th Toronto International Film Festival announced its initial wave of selections on Tuesday giving away many of the "secret" premieres at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day weekend.  Earlier this month Venice announced it would open with Universal Pictures' "Everest" and debut Scott Cooper's "Black Mass" with Johnny Depp out of competition. Now, the festival has unveiled a majority of its slate with some very exciting surprises. The biggest news is that Tom Hooper's "The Danish Girl" will have its world premiere in Venice. The highly anticipated drama has already generated...

In 1995 acclaimed director Martin Scorsese made one of his best loved films, the intense crime drama Casino. And earlier this year he revisited the casino format with a multi-million dollar advertisement for two Asian casinos that featured some seriously heavyweight names.

The Asian Las Vegas

Although Casino was based in the famous American gambling hotspot Las Vegas, his latest advertisement, which is entitled “The Audition”, travels much further afield by being filmed on location in Macau.

Macau is frequently known as being the Las Vegas of the East with its reputation for high stakes gambling in the many opulent casinos that are crammed into the tiny enclave on the southern coast of China.

Although recent reports have stated that Macau has actually overtaken Las Vegas as the world’s premier betting destination, the enclave has recently hit hard times with revenues falling due to corruption and the rise of online gaming.