Oliver Stone gets Director of Year award

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Oliver Stone will receive the Director of the Year award at the annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards gala.

The honors will be presented next Monday -- not in Hollywood, but at the nearby Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

Stone's films -- including "Platoon" and this year's "World Trade Center" -- will be part of a retrospective of his work during the festival.

STARZ, a sponsor of the event, said other honorees this year will include Sandra Bullock, Forrest Whitaker, Robin Williams and Lindsay Lohan.