Keaton to recieve AFI Award

January 21, 2004

the AFI Star Award and playwright August Wilson will be given the Freedom of Speech Award at the 10th annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival next month.
Keaton, winner of an Academy Award for best actress for 1977’s ”Annie Hall,” has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her latest film, ”Something’s Gotta Give.”
Wilson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, is the author of ”Fences” and ”The Piano Lesson,” which documents the experience of black Americans.
Previous winners of the AFI Star Award include Steve Martin, Mike Myers, Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal. Past recipients of the Freedom of Speech Award include Michael Moore and the Smothers Brothers.

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