Clooney gets French honour
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Hollywood star George Clooney is honoured by the French government for his achievements in cinema.
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Actor George Clooney has been made a United Nations "messenger of peace" to promote the organisation's peacekeeping activities around the world.  The Hollywood star has campaigned to stop the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.   UN Secretary General Ban Ki-...
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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is awarded France's highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur.
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Oscar-winning actor George Clooney brought some Hollywood glamour to the United Nations as he used his star power to turn the spotlight on Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur.
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French President Jacques Chirac has awarded the Legion of Honour to actor and director Clint Eastwood, calling his latest films lessons in humanity.Comment
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France makes Steven Spielberg a Legion of Honour, in recognition of his film-making talent.
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The French government will confer 'Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters' title on Shah Rukh Khan for his contribution to Indian film industry.
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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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Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia's biggest film stars, will receive France's highest civilian honor later this year.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  named actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for refugees in  Darfur, as a U.N. "messenger of peace" on Friday to promote the  world body's peacekeeping efforts.
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French President Jacques Chirac bestowed the country&#39;s highest honour on director Steven Spielberg at a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Sunday.
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French basketball star Tony Parker, whose marriage to &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; star Eva Longoria made headlines, was inducted into the Legion of Honour on Saturday to mark France&#39;s national holiday.
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Leonardo DiCaprio won the Golden Globe Award on Sunday for best actor in a drama for his performance as billionaire Howard Hughes in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator."
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George Clooney will become an executive board member of a new Swiss energy company that will develop environmentally friendly techniques for car motors and other devices, the billionaire who is setting up the firm said Saturday.
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George Clooney has  signed on to two high-profile projects with Warner Bros.  Pictures and Warner Independent Pictures.
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George Clooney presents the producer of the Ocean's film series, Jerry Weintraub, with a lifetime award.
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BEVERLY HILLS, California  - French actress Marion Cotillard won the Golden Globe Award on Sunday as best actress in a movie musical for her role as legendary singer Edith Piaf in the subtitled biopic "La Vie En Rose."