De Niro, Gere, Affleck feted at early film awards
By Sandy Cohen
Hollywood warmed up for its awards season with a love fest that recognized top actors and directors for films that haven’t been released yet.

Hollywood warmed up for its awards season with a love fest that recognized top actors and directors for films that haven’t been released yet.
Richard Gere once saw Utah from horseback while moving cattle, but his trip to the Sundance Film Festival to premiere “Arbitrage” is his first actual visit to the state.

Richard Gere will collect an honorary acting award at the Rome Film Festival opening next month.

Hollywood star Richard Gere on Wednesday voiced concern at what he called torture and killing in Tibet, during a visit to South Korea to promote an exhibition of photos he took in the Himalayan territory.

SEOUL—Richard Gere visited a Buddhist temple in Seoul where he received gifts of prayer beads, ceremonial clothing and porcelain incense burners. The practicing Buddhist said Tuesday at Jogye Temple that he appreciates Korean Buddhism’s traditions and wants them to stay strong. Gere is in Seoul promoting an exhibition of photographs of Tibet and India taken [...]