IF yesterday's "interview" with Martin Scorsese in the Los Angeles Times seemed familiar, it's because the quotes were nearly 2 years old. Reporter Paul Lieberman couldn't get "The Departed" director to talk to him. "Marty is giving no interviews. He is hard at work on the documentary about the Rolling Stones, and doesn't have time," said a pal. So, for yesterday's piece in "The Envelope" section of the paper, Lieberman recycled quotes from his interview with Scorsese that ran on Feb. 27, 2005, when "The Aviator" was nominated for Best Picture. "It is outrageous that the L.A. Times, which likes to think it competes with the New York Times and the Washington Post, would recycle a 2-year-old interview with Marty just so it looks like they have an 'exclusive,' " said Scorsese's friend. The director, who's been nominated five times for Best Director and never won, is said to be purposefully not campaigning this year. "He was embarrassed by all of the hoopla over 'The Aviator' and 'Gangs of New York,' " said Leslee Dart, Scorsese's rep. "I think this is at best dubious ethics." Lieberman didn't return calls.
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