COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The European Film Academy says it presented Dame Judi Dench with a lifetime achievement award at its gala in Copenhagen, Denmark.
MIAMI, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Academy award-winning actress Marlee Matlin will sign the national anthem in American Sign Language during the Super Bowl XLI pre-game show Sunday in Miami.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Actress Sigourney Weaver became the first recipient of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's Diamond Award this week for her cinematic career.
GLASGOW, Scotland, July 4 (UPI) -- Comedian Billy Connolly, singer Annie Lennox and actress Tilda Swinton Tuesday received honorary degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The film version of John Le Carre's "The Constant Gardener" was named best picture and took top actor and actress honors at the British Independent Film Awards.
EDINGBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton will receive an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh's Napier University, Scotland's first specialist film school.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Meryl Streep won the Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 12 (UPI) -- Scottish actress Tilda Swinton has won the role of Narnia's White Witch in the New Zealand-based film of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe."
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Academy Award-winning actress Catherine Zeta Jones will be a presenter at the 76th U.S. Academy Awards, telecast producer Joe Roth has announced.
LOS ANGELES, July 9 (UPI) -- Academy Award winning actor Rod Steiger died Tuesday of pneumonia and kidney failure. He was 78. Steiger won the Academy Award as best actor of 1967 for his role in "In the Heat of the Night."
