NEWS LITE : FILM FESTIVAL TABS DOUGLAS AS HONOREE.Kirk Douglas has been selected as the first recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Film Festival, organizers said. The festival, in its first year, will honor the ``Spartacus'' and ``Lonely Are the Brave'' star Oct. 18, organizer Carlos de Abreu said Monday in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``All through his life, he has overcome adversity,'' de Abreu said. ``He's a symbol of fighting the good fight.'' Douglas, 80, suffered a minor stroke in 1996, the year in which he won an honorary Oscar for 50 years of achievement in the film industry. The festival, running Oct. 14-19, will showcase new movies made outside the studio system. More than 200 movies have been submitted for competition. Organizers include Gene Hackman, Rob Reiner Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, children's advocate and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie Bunker's and Edith Baines-Bunker's son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on and studio executives, Sherry Lansing Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois as Sherry Lee Heimann) is the former CEO of Paramount Pictures and the first woman to head a major studio. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. and Mike Medavoy. New dad-director gets clean sweep clean sweep n to make a clean sweep (SPORT) → arrasar, barrer clean sweep n to make a clean sweep (Sport) → rafler tous les prix Gary Oldman, the baddest guy in the movie ``Air Force One,'' and his wife, Donya Fiorentino  Per Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy, this article about or related to a living person may require immediate attention. , had a 6-pound 6-ounce boy Tuesday in L.A. Oldman also won the top award last weekend at the 51st Edinburgh Film Festival. ``Nil by Mouth,'' a depiction of working-class alcoholism and domestic violence in South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. , is the actor's first time out as director. Sly home yours for $27.5 million Sylvester Stallone intends to move out of his Miami mansion, but it doesn't necessarily mean he'll also be moving out of town. It doesn't, however, mean he'll be staying either. The actor put his extravagant 11.7-acre bayfront estate on the market Monday with a $27.5 million asking price that would easily rank it South Florida's most expensive private home. Alan Jacobson, co-owner of Wimbish-Riteway Realtors, the Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. agency listing the home, said the move reflected a change in Stallone's lifestyle, not in his attitude toward a city he embraced when he bought the compound in 1993 for $8 million - then a Dade County record. Jacobson said Stallone wants to ``downsize'' and was considering other homes in Miami, Miami Beach and elsewhere in South Florida for himself and his wife, model Jennifer Flavin, and their 4-year-old daughter, Sophia Rose. ``He loves Miami and the Miami Beach area,'' Jacobson said. ``He's more of a family man now and feels like all this is perhaps something that he doesn't need anymore.'' ``All this'' is an awful lot: The estate - originally part of the vast James Deering compound, Villa Vizcaya - includes a 4-bedroom, 9-1/2-bath, 24,000-square-foot main house with a ballroom that features an orchestra loft and ceiling frescoes, a mini-movie theater and, naturally, a killer gym; three guesthouses; a security gatehouse equipped with military microwave gear and infrared cameras; Olympic pool, lush tropical landscaping; and a boat house with four docking slips and space for a 100-foot yacht. Action star set to show song chops Steven Seagal - yes, that Steven Seagal - will embark on an 11-day blues-and-country tour Wednesday in Dallas. Among the other spots he and his band will hit are Nashville, Tenn., New Orleans, Chicago, Toronto, 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 and San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. . The action movie star's turn to tour is not exactly a whim. There's a tie-in with his new movie, ``Fire Down Below,'' which will open Sept. 5 and contains music Seagal will perform in his stage debut as singer and guitarist. ``When I read the script for `Fire Down Below,' I saw the opportunity for great bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. , great blues and great country music,'' Seagal said. ``We tried to cast it that way by combining great actors and great musicians.'' To that end, the movie also stars Kris Kristofferson, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart, Patsy and Peggy Lynn plus Levon Helm, who organized the band and will also make the tour. The Nashville performance Sept. 4 will be carried live on The Nashville Network. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos PHOTO (1 -- 2) Deep-sea dip Mehgan Heaney-Grier of Little Torch Key Little Torch Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys. U.S. Route 1 (also known as the Overseas Highway), crosses the key at approximately mile markers 28--29. It is immediately preceded to the northeast by Big Pine Key, and is followed by Middle Torch Key to the southwest. , Fla., plunges down 165 feet to break her own American women's free-diving record Monday off the Florida Keys. The world record is 203 feet. Associated Press (3) Stallone (4) Douglas (5) Seagal |
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