Star of ‘McHale’s Navy’ receives lifetime achievement award from Rhode Island film festival

September 30th, 2009 Novelist Leonard to receive PEN USA awardLOS ANGELES — Novelist Elmore Leonard will receive PEN USA's lifetime achievement award at a December ceremony. Leonard, 83, has written over 40 westerns, crime novels and mysteries, including "The Bounty Hunters," ''Road Dogs" and "Cuba Libre." Many of his books — notably "Out of Sight," ''Get Shorty" and "Be Cool" — have been made into films.

September 27th, 2009 Controversial filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been arrested in Switzerland. He was taken into custody on Saturday (26Sep09) on a 1978 U.S.

September 24th, 2009 SIR IAN MCKELLEN was handed a a lifetime achievement award for his illustrious acting career at a film festival in Spain on Wednesday evening (23Sep09). The veteran star was guest of honour at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, picking up the Donostia Award to mark his 40 years in Hollywood.

September 22nd, 2009 Acclaimed singer/songwriter BUDDY MILLER pulled off a near-clean sweep at the eighth Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show in Nashville, Tennessee last week (17Sep09). Miller took home trophies in almost every category for which he was nominated, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Written In Chalk, Duo/Group of the Year and Song of the Year for Chalk, which he performed with Patty Griffin.

September 17th, 2009 Miller, Fogerty honored at Americana Music AwardsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Buddy Miller won four awards and veteran John Fogerty received a special honor Thursday night at the eighth annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Directors of Pixar Animation Studios in the US have been awarded the Venice Film Festival's lifetime achievement award, making them the first team to bag the honour. Pixar has made 10 films, four of which have won best animation Oscars, with chief creative officer John Lasseter, 52, and other directors helming hits like 'Finding Nemo' and 'Toy Story'.

September 6th, 2009 Pixar wins lifetime award at Venice Film FestivalVENICE, Italy — The Venice Film Festival's red carpet was festooned with balloons on Sunday to mark the lifetime achievement award for director and producer John Lasseter and his crew of Pixar directors. They were rewarded for their work creating a new generation of childhood memories populated with Nemo, Woody and Sulley.

August 29th, 2009 Oscar winner MATT DAMON is set to be honoured for his film career at an award ceremony next year (10). The actor, whose career took off following the success of 1997's Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with pal Ben Affleck, will be feted with the prestigious American Cinematheque Award, reports Variety.

August 7th, 2009 Chaka Khan leads lineup at RI jazz festivalNEWPORT, R.I. — Grammy-winning singer Chaka Khan leads the list of entertainers at the Newport Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 55th anniversary this weekend.

August 3rd, 2009 Award-winning American composer MARVIN HAMLISCH is to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Belgium's Ghent Film Festival, marking his outstanding career. Hamlisch shares the rare honour of being awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize with late American composer Richard Rodgers - and will be handed his latest accolade during the festival's 17 October (09) World Soundtrack Awards.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - American singer Tito Jackson recently accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of his brother late King of Pop Michael Jackson. Tito had performed with The Funk Brothers band as part of the 17th annual Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica, over the weekend before he accepted the award, reports the Daily Star.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has been honored with a lifetime achievement honour at the Mojo magazine awards in London. Ono, who was given the first music prize of her career, thanked Mojo for their "courageous" decision.

May 10th, 2009 Venice film fest to honor Pixar directorsROME — The Venice Film Festival says it will give lifetime achievement awards this year to Disney's chief creative officer and four Pixar directors for their work in animation. Festival organizers say John Lasseter will be presented with the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement on Sept.

May 5th, 2009 Cormac McCarthy receives PEN awardNEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy has received another literary honor. The author of "The Road," ''All the Pretty Horses" and several other novels was named the winner Monday of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for lifetime achievement in American fiction.

May 4th, 2009 Composer Jerry Herman set for a special Tony AwardNEW YORK — Jerry Herman is set for a special Tony Award. The Tony administration committee says the composer of "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame" will receive a special lifetime-achievement prize during the awards ceremony June 7 at Radio City Music Hall.