Denzel Washington gets the Golden Globe lifetime achievement award

Oscar-winning actor 61-year-old Denzel Washington gets the Golden Globe lifetime achievement award to join the ranks of Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro - Denzel is the third black actor to be recognized in the more than 60-year history of the award. He received this Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes ceremony in recognition of his work in front of and behind the camera.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 11 January 2016.

He is known for his ability to play both tough and sensitive characters and is a seven-time Golden Globe nominee who has twice taken home a Golden Globe award.
Denzel Washington is the third black actor after Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman to receive the prestigious Cecil B. De Mille award. Last year’s recipient was George Clooney. Other honorees since 1952 include Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Frank Sinatra and Robin Williams.

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This is a non-profit organization that gives proceeds to charity, allows patrons to buy food for homeless people and is staffed partly with people who were once homeless themselves.

This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 16 December 2015.
It seems Josh Littlejohn, co-founder of Social Bite, has revealed that last year they asked the public to pay £5 to allow us to open on Christmas Day and give local homeless people a place to go for a good meal. The target was to provide 800 meals and were surprised at the huge response. They received over 36,000 donations from all over the world.
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 October 2015.

The 2001 film had starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt was a remake of the 1960 original starring Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack and it was a thundering success at the box office. Ocean's Eleven had given rise to two sequels.
Incidentally, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney had worked together in Gravity and the actress is currently promoting her new film Our Brand Is Crisis which clooney has produced.
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 27 October 2015.

While speaking on the red carpet at the premiere in Los Angeles, Sandra Bullock revealed that she had approached producers Clooney and Grant Heslov about recasting the character as a female. As the debate over inequality in Hollywood continues, she hopes there would be more roles written for men that will be given to women.
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