Valenti to be honored with sculpture

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The National Italian American Foundation and the American Film Institute will honor film industry leader Jack Valenti in a ceremony in Los Angeles.

Kirk Douglas will unveil a bronze sculpture of Valenti, designed by California artist Claudio D'Agostino, Feb. 22 at the AFI facility, the institute said.

Valenti is the former chair and chief executive officer of the Motion Picture Association of America and a recipient of NIAF's Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Service in 1999.

The bust will be part of the permanent collection in the Louis B. Mayer Library at the AFI campus.