Warren Beatty honored with lifetime achievement award

Oscar winning actor Warren Beatty received The American Film Institute’s annual lifetime achievement award on Thursday, honoring his nearly 50-year career. The Los Angeles-based American Film Institute is one of the movie industry’s leading groups dedicated to film preservation and restoration.

Beatty, 71, began his career on television, graduated to feature films and saw his breakthrough as lead actor and producer of 1967 gangster film “Bonnie and Clyde,” widely seen as a milestone in the history of American movies.

He also has long been a champion of liberal politics and when accepting the AFI lifetime honor, he noted “I’m still a liberal when it’s coming back in style.”

Beatty’s wife, Annette Bening was by his side, along with Stars such as Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Diane Keaton, Faye Dunaway and ex-president Bill Clinton.

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