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De Niro to get lifetime Golden Globes award
Posted on: Thu November 11, 2010
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NEW YORK: Double Oscar winner Robert De Niro will soon add another accolade to his legendary, 40-year movie career.
The Meet the Parents and Taxi Driver actor will be given a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes in January, joining the ranks of previous honourees including Steven Spielberg, Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand and Anthony Hopkins, organisers said on Tuesday.
De Niro, 67, has made more than 70 movies in a career that started in 1968. He won Oscars for his role as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II , and for playing boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull .
The taciturn actor later surprised audiences with his comedic turns in the Meet the Parents franchise, and its upcoming third movie Little Fockers. De Niro also founded the Tribeca film festival in 2001 as a bid to revitalise lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre, and promote New York City as a filmmaking centre. De Niro will be presented with his award at the Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills on Jan. 16 that will also hand out awards to the best movies, TV shows and actors of 2010.
Courtesy : The News