Stallone, Freeman set for Hollywood Awards

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Sylvester Stallone and Morgan Freeman are to be honored at the upcoming 14th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, Starz announced.

Stallone is to receive the Hollywood Career Achievement Award and Freeman and his producing partner, computer scientist Lori McCreary, will be recognized with the Hollywood Innovator Award.

Tom Hooper is also to be presented with the Hollywood Director Award at the ceremony Oct. 25 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

"It is a privilege to honor and to celebrate Sylvester Stallone's extraordinary talent and remarkable career, as well as the great innovative work of Morgan Freeman and Lorie McCreary in the convergence of technology and filmmaking, and the outstanding directing talent of Tom Hooper in his new film 'The King's Speech,'" Carlos de Abreu, founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala, said in a statement Monday.