Morgan Freeman to be honored at Golden Globes
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman can be assured of one thing this awards season: he'll be taking home a Golden Globe.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday that Freeman will receive the group's Cecil B. DeMille Award for a lifetime-achievement at the 69th annual Globes ceremony Jan. 15.
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The 74-year-old Freeman is a five-time Oscar nominee who won the supporting-actor prize for 2004's "Million Dollar Baby." Freeman's Oscar nominations include best actor for 1989's "Driving Miss Daisy," for which he won a Golden Globe.
The Memphis-born actor is known for playing Nelson Mandela in "Invictus" and God in "Bruce Almighty. He also had roles in such award-winning films as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Street Smart."
The DeMille Award went to Robert De Niro a year ago. Other past winners include Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson and Clint Eastwood, who directed Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby."