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AFI to honor Warren Beatty - Entertainment News - Variety.com

AFI to honor Warren Beatty
Actor to be given life achievement award

“Warren Beatty has charmed moviegoers as a dynamic leading man
from his first moment onscreen,” said AFI board chairman Howard
Stringer, CEO of Sony Corp. “He is also a master filmmaker -- a
writer, producer and director of such artistry and influence that
his movies -- from ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ to ‘Reds’ -- have left an
indelible mark on the cultural legacy of American film.”

Beatty will be feted June 12 at AFI’s annual gala dinner in Los Angeles.
Highlights from the ceremony will be telecast on USA.

Beatty’s long and varied career began in 1959 with a role on TV sitcom
“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” He made his Broadway debut the
following year in “A Loss of Roses,” earning a Tony nom. His bigscreen
entry came in 1961 opposite Natalie Wood in Elia Kazan’s “Splendor in
the Grass.”

Beatty moved into multihyphenate territory as producer and star of
1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” which earned an Oscar nom for best pic
and an actor nod for him. Beatty, the brother of actress Shirley
MacLaine, won the director Oscar for 1981’s “Reds” and garnered
best picture noms for “Reds,” “Heaven Can Wait” and “Bugsy.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences honored Beatty
with its 1999 Irving Thalberg Award.

This year’s AFI life achievement honoree was Al Pacino.

Source: The Associated Press via Google News
The Associated Press: Beatty Honored With AFI Career Prize

Beatty Honored With AFI Career Prize

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warren Beatty had two words to describe his
reaction at learning he would receive the American Film Institute's
career honor: "Concealed weepiness."

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the institute announced Thursday
that the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and actor would be
honored as the 36th recipient of its life-achievement award.

Beatty, 70, said he was told about the honor while heading with
wife Annette Bening to an AFI anniversary lunch.

"It's a very good feeling. It's always nice to be accepted," Beatty
told The Associated Press before the lunch. "I'm very happy to be
part of and am actually quite proud to be a member of the film
community."

The AFI award will be presented next June 12.

Beatty won the best-director Oscar for 1981's "Reds," which also
earned him a best-actor nomination. He had three other nominations
as best actor for "Bonnie and Clyde," "Heaven Can Wait" and "Bugsy."

Never a prolific filmmaker or actor, Beatty has not starred in a movie
since 2001's flop "Town & Country" and has not directed since 1998
's "Bulworth." Beatty said he does have a new film that he is writing
and directing nearly ready to go, but would not discuss details.

"I'm on the verge right now. I approach it always from somewhat a
combination of excitement and dread," said Beatty. "I find if I yak
too much about it, it gives me a good excuse to put it off. For me,
'right on the verge' can mean decades."

Gotta love a man who knows his own shortcomings!