AFI Honors Mike Nichols

Cher and director Mike Nichols arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Calista Flockhart arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

Director Steven Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw, arrive at the AFI Lifetime, Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Natalie Portman arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Mary Louise Parker arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Michael Douglas arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Director Mike Nichols is greeted by actress Emma Thompson on the red carpet at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring him, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

Journalist Diane Sawyer and her husband, director Mike Nichols, arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Cher arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Natalie Portman arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actor John Goodman arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

Actress Annette Bening and actor Warren Beatty arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Director Taylor Hackford and actress Dame Helen Mirren arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Journalist Diane Sawyer and her husband, director Mike Nichols, arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actor Tim Curry and Marcia Hurwitz arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

Actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Candice Bergen and Marshall Rose arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Journalist Diane Sawyer arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring her husband, director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Actress Mary Louise Parker arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

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Tania Kosevich and actor Eric Idle arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring director Mike Nichols, presented by TV Land at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.

Director Mike Nichols arrives at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring him on Thursday, June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif.