People: Maine film festival honors Glenn Close
Six-time Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close has been honored by the Maine International Film Festival.
Close called the Mid-Life Achievement Award – a moose statuette – she received Sunday night in Waterville “the best award I’ve ever received.”
The ceremony followed a showing of “Albert Nobbs,” a 2011 film Close starred in and co-produced about a woman in 19th-century Ireland who dresses as a man in order to be able to work.
The Morning Sentinel reported the 67-year-old Close, who has a home in Scarborough, Maine, also spent about an hour with film enthusiasts, answering questions about her career.
The 17th annual film festival runs until July 20.
Previous winners of the award include Malcolm McDowell, John Turturro and Sissy Spacek.
Ex-President Bush has knee surgery
Former President George W. Bush has had his left knee partially replaced – seven weeks after having the same procedure on his right knee.
Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said the procedure on Bush’s left knee took place Saturday at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Ford said the ex-president and his wife, Laura, were on their way back to Dallas on Monday morning.
Ford said Bush is “looking forward to getting back on his mountain bike in a few weeks.”
Bush, who recently turned 68, is known as a fitness enthusiast.
Skater Baiul ordered to pay legal fees
A New York judge has ordered figure skater Oksana Baiul to pay legal fees she caused NBC to incur when she sued the company.
In awarding fees of at least $35,000 to NBC Universal Media and NBC Sports Network, Manhattan U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest noted the frivolous nature of the lawsuit the 1994 Olympic gold medalist filed last year.
Forrest said Baiul made “wild claims” she was owed tens of millions of dollars in lost profits after being accidentally mentioned in publicity about a show she did not skate in.
The Ukrainian-born skater had claimed her reputation was damaged because the incorrect publicity resulted in her being labeled a “no show,” making it harder to get work.
The birthday bunch
Actor Ken Kercheval (“Dallas”) is 79. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 68. Guitarist Joe Satriani is 58. Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 53. Drummer Jason Bonham is 48. Actor Scott Foley is 42. Actor Brian Austin Green is 41. Actress Diane Kruger is 38. Actress Lana Parrilla (“Once Upon a Time”) is 37.