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13 June 2008 7:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Video courtesy APThe actor-filmmaker Time magazine once dubbed "Mr. Hollywood" was saluted by that very town Thursday night, as Warren Beatty became the 36th annual American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement honoree. Several generations of actors – from Robert Downey Jr. to Angela Lansbury – turned out at the Kodak Theatre for the 71-year-old, who's been a movie star since his 1961 vehicle opposite Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass, and a Tinsel Town force since his groundbreaking Bonnie and Clyde – which he starred in and produced in 1967. But other distinctions were singled out, too. Halle Berry, Beatty's 1998 Bulworth costar, referred to him as

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9 May 2008 12:16 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Angela Lansbury fears drugs would have killed her children had a devastating domestic fire not forced the family to relocate to Ireland.

The Murder, She Wrote star and her late husband Peter Shaw endured "a terrible time" after an inferno destroyed their much-treasured California abode in the late 1960s.

Adding to their woes were children Deirdre and Anthony, who had succumbed to the temptations of narcotics and were spiralling toward an untimely death.

In a bid to consign their bad luck firmly to the past, the family uprooted to Ireland - and Lansbury is convinced the bold decision saved her kids' lives.

She says, "When my house burned down, it was a terrible time. We lost everything. But I also helped change our lives. Our children were on drugs - their friends were overdosing and dying, and the outlook was very bad.

"After the fire, with nothing to stay for, we moved to Ireland. So some good came of it. I don't think my children would have survived if we hadn't moved away from temptation."

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17 April 2008 6:45 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury has literally dodged a bullet in a hard-hitting new ad campaign for the Als Association in its bid to solve the mysteries of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateralsclerosis).

The actress, who lost her sister to the paralysing killer illness, steps out of the way of the bullet at the last minute in the TV ad.

She says, "We use the bullet as a metaphor and it's a very apt one.

"With Als, you don't really know where it comes from, and you don't know when it might hit.

"It's a terrible disease and I wanted to get on board and help to make the American public aware how desperate the need for research is."

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30 March 2008 6:31 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Christian Slater's producer mother is making a movie about a New York apartment block that has been home to stars like Alicia Keys, Angela Lansbury and Larry David.

The trio all lived at Manhattan Plaza, a government-subsidised building for performing artists in the city's Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood.

Mary Jo Slater, who lived there from 1977 to 1986, has gathered together famous former residents - and actor Samuel L. Jackson who once worked as a security guard in the block - to help her make The Miracle on 42nd Street.

The documentary is due for release later in 2008.

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