DE NIRO LANDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR
ROBERT DE NIRO was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his fou= r-decade long career at a lavish ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday night= (16Feb10).
The star made his first movie in the 1960s and has won two Oscars and a= Golden Globe during his glittering career - and editors at AARP The Maga= zine picked De Niro to receive the annual lifetime trophy.
Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for his role in Crazy Heart, and Dame Helen= Mirren took Best Actress for The Last Station. Alec Baldwin (It’s Compli= cated) scooped Best Supporting Actor while his ex-wife Kim Basinger (The = Burning Plain) won Best Supporting Actress.
Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman, was n= amed the Best Movie for Grownups by bosses at the publication, which is a= imed at the over 50s, while Julie & Julia landed the Best Grownup Love St= ory nod.
Bill Newcott, entertainment editor of the magazine, says: "In 2009, 50+= actors and filmmakers took center-stage on the silver screen, turning in= performances and films that were riveting and nothing short of daring. T= ackling war, apartheid, sexuality and adding real depth to romantic comed= ies, the 50+ Hollywood community shows once again that they are an integr= al, much-needed element of the film industry. And 60-year old Meryl Stree= p proved without a doubt that she is the leading lady of our times, a cri= tical and box-office cottage industry."
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