American Film Institute

Denzel Washington was the man of the hour Thursday night with everyone from Julia Roberts to Spike Lee turning out to celebrate him as this year’s recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award.

James Karen, a prolific and beloved character actor whose hundreds of credits included memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “The Return of the Living Dead,” has died. He was 94. Karen’s friend Bruce Goldstein told The Associated Press that he died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He had been battling respiratory ailments.

The American actress set to marry Prince Harry May 19 spent her formative years in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood, a more working-class place than its famous name suggests.

Home video released by a childhood friend shows an 8-year-old Meghan Markle playing a queen in a backyard production of “Your Royal Highness” at a birthday party in 1990. The actress will be an official member of a real royal family when she weds Britain’s Prince Harry on May 19th.

Nine-year-old Adalyn Ficken snuggled next to her dad in the reclining movie-theater seats, clutching a teddy bear in one hand and a cup of popcorn in the other, waiting for the film to start.

Take a look at some of the key moments in the history of the Golden Globe Awards.

Chuck Todd, host of “Meet The Press,” talks to NBC’s Eric Hinton on the legacy of the iconic show as it celebrates its 70th anniversary, the impact of the Trump presidency on his media colleagues and living up to the Tim Russert standard.

Morgan Freeman will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award at next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony.

More than a dozen film and TV stars helped the Hollywood Foreign Press Association share proceeds from the show with some 55 film schools and arts organizations at its annual grants dinner.

When the National Endowment for the Arts was established in 1965, organizers had different models to choose from. They could have looked to the French Ministry of Culture, a cabinet-level institution committed to maintaining France’s cultural heritage. Or they could have copied the generous and government-directed support favored by some Scandinavian countries, or even the state-controlled art of their Cold...

Diane Keaton, who serenaded Steve Martin last year when he received the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, will get the honor herself next year. The institute said Thursday that the Oscar-winning actress will be given AFI’s highest honor at a June 8 gala that will be broadcast on TNT. Keaton won an Oscar for her role in “Annie Hall”...

Catherine E. Coulson, an actress best known as the quirky Log Lady in the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died.