Jim Carrey and Clint Eastwood Among Colleagues and Friends
Expected at Tribute Gala at Kodak Theatre on June 10th
LOS ANGELES, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Meryl Streep will receive the American
Film Institute's (AFI) 32nd Life Achievement Award on June 10, 2004, at a gala
event which will be taped for a television broadcast later in the month.
Filmmaker Mike Nichols will present Ms. Streep with the award at the tribute,
which will be held at the Kodak Theatre. THE 32nd AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
A TRIBUTE TO MERYL STREEP will then air on USA Network on Monday, June 21,
2004, at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT).
The event will feature tributes from a number of Streep's friends and
colleagues -- including past recipients Robert De Niro and Clint Eastwood, as
well as Jim Carrey, Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton,
Kevin Kline, Mike Nichols, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Kurt Russell,
Tracey Ullman and Claire Danes.
During the past 32 years, AFI's Life Achievement Award has become the
highest honor for a career in film. As the first award in the film community
to acknowledge career achievement, the honor has been bestowed upon many of
the greatest artists in history such as Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Tom
Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Jack
Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, Gregory Peck, Barbara Stanwyck,
Billy Wilder, Fred Astaire, James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis,
Orson Welles, James Cagney and John Ford
AFI's 32nd LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A TRIBUTE TO MERYL STREEP is executive
produced and written by Bob Gazzale and directed and co-produced by Louis J.
Horvitz. The event is sponsored by Microsoft.
AFI
AFI is the preeminent organization dedicated to advancing and preserving
the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image. AFI trains
the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, provides
film preservation leadership and explores new digital technologies in
moviemaking. AFI's New Media Ventures programs bring together the creative and
digital communities, as the department seeks to develop a literacy program for
the 21st century, helping young people learn to read and write screens of all
sizes-cinema, television, computer and the Internet. With AFI ON SCREEN, the
institute is the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, with programs at the
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI FEST); the AFI National Film
Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,
DC; and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.
A 49,000 square foot complex with three theatres-one historic, two new state-
of-the-art stadium-style theatres-the AFI Silver exhibits film and video
generally unavailable elsewhere in the region. AFI's annual almanac for the
21st century, AFI AWARDS, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and
television programs of the year. AFI's 100 Years . . . 100 Movies, 100 Stars,
100 Laughs, 100 Thrills, 100 Passions and 100 Heroes & Villains have ignited
extraordinary public interest in classic American movies. More information
about AFI can be found by visiting its Web site, located at
http://www.AFI.com.
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USA NETWORK
USA Network is cable television's leading provider of original series and
feature movies, sports events, off-net television shows, and blockbuster
theatrical films. USA Network is available in 82% of all U.S. homes and is
seen in over 88 million U.S. homes. The USA Network Web site is located at
http://www.usanetwork.com.
USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC
Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the
development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information
to a global audience.
SOURCE USA Network; AFI
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Related links:
http://www.usanetwork.com
http://www.AFI.com
CONTACT:
Andrea Tiano, USA Network, West Coast,
+1-818-777-6679, andrea.tiano@nbcuni.com, Aurli Bokovza, USA
Network, East Coast, +1-212-413-5552, aurli.bokovza@nbcuni.com;
Liza DeVilla, +1-323-856-7896, ldevilla@AFI.com, Lauren Clark,
+1-323-856-7603, lclark@AFI.com, both of AFI
NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE NOTE: FOR GALA EVENT COVERAGE, ALL MEDIA
MUST APPLY FOR CREDENTIALS BY MAY 28th TO KELLEY NEWMAN
818.777.6649 or Kelley.newman@nbcuni.com
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