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 has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 17 September 2015.

45-year-old Butler would be in the role of an ultra-resourceful US Secret Service agent and Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman also star in the movie. The movie is directed by Babak Najafi based on a script by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Chad St John.
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