Art director Boyle to receive honorary Oscar
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LOS ANGELES  - Production designer Robert Boyle will receive an honorary Oscar during the Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, organizers said Wednesday.
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David A. Grafton, a designer of lenses used for optical effects, will receive an Academy Award.
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary knighthood from Britain Wednesday.
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Emmy-winning actor Peter Boyle, who played the dancing monster in the movie "Young Frankenstein" and grouchy father Frank Barone in the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died, his publicist said on Wednesday.
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Arthur Penn will receive an honorary award at the Berlin film festival for his role in helping reshape Hollywood during the 1960s and `70s with films such as "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Night Moves."
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The glitz of the film industry comes to London on Sunday for the BAFTAs, Britain's showpiece movie awards, which have taken on extra significance this year.
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NEW YORK  - It has been almost a year since Robert Altman stood on the stage of the Kodak Theater on March 5 to receive his long-overdue honorary Academy Award.
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Shah Rukh Khan will be awarded the Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of Arts and
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The end may be nigh in âSunshineâ â the Sun is dying, as is, alas, poor Earth â but director Danny Boyle is having a grand old time.
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Veteran director Sidney Lumet, who picked up five Oscar nominations but never took home a prize, will receive an honorary statuette at the 77th annual Academy Awards on Feb.
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker  who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido  Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary  knighthood from Britain Wednesday.
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Film director Stephen Spielberg, singers Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Zubin Mehta will be honored in December by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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âAtonement,â adapted from the Ian McEwan novel and starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy as suffering lovers, was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (popularly known as the Baftas) on Sunday night in London, The Associated Press reported. Daniel Day-Lewis, above, came away with best actor honors for his performance as the oilman in âThere Will Be Blood,â and Marion Cotillard was named best actress for her portrayal of Ãdith Piaf in âLa Vie en Rose.â Joel and Ethan Coen won the award for directing for âNo Country for Old Men,â and the prize for best original screenplay went to Diablo Cody for âJuno.â.
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Gwyneth Paltrow joins the growing list of stars lining up to present a coveted Academy Award.
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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary knighthood from Britain Wednesday. The 81-year-old opera lover and director of films "Romeo and Juliet," "La Traviata" and "The Taming of the Shrew" will be honored at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Rome.
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Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will receive a lifetime achievement honor during the European Film
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Director Sidney Lumet can't head to the West Coast until four days before the Feb. 27 Academy Awards ceremony where he will receive an honorary Oscar, because of post-production deadlines on his latest feature, "Find Me Guilty." So the Academy will throw him a "Congratulations, Sidney" party here at the Plaza Athenee on Feb. 23.