VIDEO : Martin Scorsese to Receive Friars Club Icon Award

Martin Scorsese is set to be honored with the Friars Club Icon Award. The Oscar-winning director, whose career spans more than 50 years, becomes one of only seven recipients of the award in the club?s 100-year history. Scorsese is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in movie history and has directed such classics as Taxi Driver , Raging Bull , Goodfellas , Casino and The King of Comedy , which stars Friars Club Abbot Jerry Lewis.