Director Mike Nichols graduates to American Film Institute life-achievement honor

September 17th, 2009 Comedy Central revives comedy awards showNEW YORK — Comedy Central says it is reviving the defunct American Comedy Awards. The awards show took place for 15 years, the last time in 2001 and televised by Comedy Central.

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 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Salsa singer Marc Anthony's 41st birthday will probably be a bit more special, as he will be honoured by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute for his career achievements. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute will present Anthony with a Lifetime Achievement Award on 16 September, reports Contactmusic.

September 9th, 2009 Salsa singer MARC ANTHONY will have a birthday to remember this year (09) - he will be honoured by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute for his career achievements on the day he turns 41. Jennifer Lopez's husband, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, will spend the evening of 16 September (09) in the company of the Latin community in Washington, D.C.

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'.

August 10th, 2009 Folk music revivalist Mike Seeger dies at 75LEXINGTON, Va. —Mike Seeger, who helped revive traditional American folk music, has died at age 75.

August 6th, 2009 SIENNA MILLER and RACHEL NICHOLS struck up such a close friendship on the set of G.I. JOE, they spent Valentine's Day together.

August 4th, 2009 Lorrie Morgan joins Broadway's 'Pure Country'NEW YORK — Country music star Lorrie Morgan has been added to the cast of "Pure Country," which is expected to open on Broadway early next year. Producer Randall Wreghitt (REGG'-it) says Morgan will join Joe Nichols, another well-known country singer, in the musical based on the hit 1992 movie starring George Strait and Lesley Ann Warren.

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.

July 15th, 2009 Robert Redford marries German girlfriendHAMBURG — Robert Redford married his partner, a 51-year-old German artist, over the weekend, a German church said Wednesday. Renate Massfeller of the St.

June 26th, 2009 Producer: BET Awards will honor Michael JacksonNEW YORK — An executive producer for the Black Entertainment TV Awards says Sunday night's live broadcast from Los Angeles will honor Michael Jackson. Stephen Hill said the show will be dedicated to Jackson because of his influence on music and pop culture.

June 22nd, 2009 Danish-Swedish drama best film at ShanghaiSHANGHAI — The Danish-Swedish drama "Original" won best picture at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, with its male lead Sverrir Gudnason named best actor for playing the soul-searching son of a mentally ill mother. Reading from the citation, jury president "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle called the debut feature film of Antonio Tublen and Alexander Brondsted "a light, touching and subversive study of mental illness that is both compassionate and never sentimental." Accepting his trophy, Gudnason, who plays a character who tries to stop pleasing others, yelled in delight and said, "This is the best thing that anyone has ever given to me and it's going to keep me going on." The jury said "this young actor's brilliant, sensitive, and humorous performance is absolutely mesmerizing." Simone Tang was named best actress for another Danish film, "Aching Hearts," about the relationship of two high school sweethearts.

June 1st, 2009 Geena Davis speaks at Maine college's graduationLEWISTON, Maine — Actress Geena Davis says it's critical that young people see more women in movies and TV. Addressing Bates College graduates in Lewiston, Maine, Davis says that "society can only benefit if women are at the table." The founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media told the graduates on Sunday that studies show kids are seeing "a very unbalanced world," with three male characters for every one female.

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.