Meryl Streep to get lifetime achievement award at Rome film fest

August 10th, 2009 LONDON - More than 200 British couples are flying off to Greece for Mama Mia-style weddings. A travel agency is offering a special 'Mamma Mia! marriage' package to couples for custom-made ceremonies with the same rustic charm as the one seen in the romantic comedy featuring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Legendary Hollywood actress Meryl Streep is to be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome film festival. The 'Out of Africa' star will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, reports The Daily Star.

April 23rd, 2009 Santana to receive lifetime achievement awardCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Carlos Santana will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards.

April 19th, 2009 Winners at the 28th Hong Kong Film AwardsHONG KONG — A list of winners in the top categories at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards announced Sunday at the Hong Kong Cultural Center: Best film: "Ip Man" Best director: Ann Hui, "The Way We Are" Best actor: Nick Cheung, "The Beast Stalker" Best actress: Paw Hee-ching, "The Way We Are" Best supporting actor: Liu Kai-chi, "The Beast Stalker" Best supporting actress: Chan Lai-wun, "The Way We Are" Best screenplay: Lou Shiu-wa, "The Way We Are" Best cinematography: Arthur Wong, "Painted Skin" Lifetime achievement award: Josephine Siao

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will honour Tracey Ullman with a lifetime achievement prize. The British comedienne will be given first-ever BAFTA/LA Charlie Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy, said trade paper Variety.

March 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle will be the leading member of the jury at the Shanghai Film Festival. The Oscar-winner filmmaker told the Xinhua news agency that he had never been on a fest jury before.

March 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Hollywood stars like Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt were floored by the little kids who featured in Danny Boyle's Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', says Loveleen Tandon, the film's co-director. Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Tanay Cheda were the cynosure of all eyes at the Oscars ceremony last week.

February 26th, 2009 LONDON - Double Oscar-award winning actress Meryl Streep has revealed that she used to pad up her brassiere in a bid to land film roles. The multiple Oscar nominated icon admitted playing the sexy card to catch the eye of casting directors by boosting her assets to increase her chance of film offers, reports contactmusic.com.

February 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Two Indian films, - Nandita Das' directorial debut 'Firaaq' and a documentary 'Superman of Malegaon' - have won the Ciepie awards at the 7th Kara Film Festival here. After receiving the award Sunday, Nandita said she was glad at the response her film had received and the citation that the jury gave, Thenews.com.pk reports.

February 8th, 2009 LONDON - Indian composer A.R. Rahman has said he hoped to become only the third Indian to bag an Oscar after picking up the coveted BAFTA award for his score in the film 'Slumdog Millionaire.' 'It is a great feeling...

February 1st, 2009 NEW YORK - 'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson, 18, is keen to go for higher studies and looks up to Natalie Portman, Jodie Foster and Meryl Streep for inspiration because they too pursued their education whilst working in movies. Watson has applied to a number of colleges, both in Britain and the US, and hopes to emulate the senior actresses' academic success.

January 31st, 2009 LONDON - Irish-British filmmaker Danny Boyle's underdog drama 'Slumdog Millionaire' has bagged the Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film. The DGA is tipped as a barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director and only six times since the DGA awards began in 1948 has the winner not gone on to receive the Best Director Oscar, reports contactmusic.com.

January 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Films from over 10 countries, musical nights, exhibitions, amusement park for children - all this will be a part of the first Punjab International Film Festival (PIFF), starting Feb 13. The three-day festival will take place at Mohali, around 10 km from here, and is being organised by Punjab Entertainment Society (PES).

January 13th, 2009 LONDON - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey wanted to play Mrs. Miller in 'Doubt' but director John Patrick Shanley turned her down and chose Viola Davis over her for the role.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has been invited by the Tehran Film Festival to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. However, the actor is not sure he would be able to attend the event.