President Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sidney Poitier in Washington
President Barack Obama hugs Sidney Poitier after President Obama presented him the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in Washington on August 12, 2009. UPI/Gary Fabiano/Pool
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Clint Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Sidney Poitier and Rita Moreno are to pay tribute to U.S. actor Morgan Freeman at the 39th AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony.
Film star Sidney Poitier was involved in a car accident this week but was not injured, said police in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Hollywood actor Will Smith has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2008 in Quigley Publishing Company's 77th annual poll, the company said.
Organizers of the 44th Chicago International Film Festival say they plan to honor screen icon Sidney Poitier with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sydney Pollack, 73, known for directing such movies as "Tootsie" and "Out of Africa," died of cancer Monday at his Los Angeles home, a family spokeswoman said.
