Dustin Hoffman to Receive Distinguished Actor Award from Costume Designers Guild, March 16.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003 Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman Noun 1. Dustin Hoffman - versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) Hoffman (for "Kramer vs Kramer" and "Rainman") will receive the first Distinguished Actor Award from the Costume Designers Guild The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) was founded in 1953 by a group of 30 motion picture costume designers. As of 1999, its membership includes motion picture, television, commercial, and stage costume designers throughout the world and totals some 470 members. (CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. ) during the organization's Fifth Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Sunday, March 16, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, it was announced today by CDG President Deborah Nadoolman Landis. "The CDG is most proud to present its first Distinguished Actor Award to Dustin Hoffman, a most worthy recipient. From 'The Graduate' through his other great performances in 'Midnight Cowboy,' 'Little Big Man,' 'All the President's Men,' 'Tootsie,' 'Lennie' and dozens of other films and from his distinguished work on Broadway and television that included a Drama Desk and Emmy Award for 'Death of a Salesman,' Hoffman has shown himself to be a true American icon; an actor for the ages," said Landis. Hoffman is also the winner of six Golden Globe Awards, four BAFTA Baf´ta n. 1. A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. honors, two awards from both the National Society of Film Critics and the People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. and further awards from the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. As previously announced, Ann Roth, the Academy Award-winning Motion Picture Costume Designer, whose distinguished career spans five decades of costume design on some of the industry's most memorable and high-profile films, has been voted the Guild's prestigious Career Achievement for Film Award. CDG will soon announce other honorary awards for Career Achievement in Television, a new President's Award, and induction of three famed Costume Designers into its Hall of Fame. CDG Awards Co-chairs are Lois DeArmond, Robin Richesson and Bonnie Nipar. Sponsors of this year's CDG Awards include Bvlgari and International Creative Management. |
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