One of the best and truly remarkable directors in the past twenty years (at least) has yet to win an Oscar! But, perhaps this year’s Academy Awards will Lucci (as in Susan Lucci) Scorsese and put the poor man out of his misery and give him the award (Best Director for The Departed) he bloody well deserves. If you give a toss about the Emmy’s or daytime TV, you’ll remember that Susan Lucci was nominated 18 times before finally earning a Best Actress win at the 1999 Emmys. I hope to goodness Scorsese, who is a hell of a better director than Lucci is an actress, does not have to wait so ridiculously long. But, it’s well know that more likely than not, if you win the coveted Directors Guild Of America’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, you will win the Best Director award at the Oscars the same year. Only 6 times since the DGA’s inception in 1949 has this not occured. I’m crossing my fingers that the Academy doesn’t screw Scorsese this year!