PATRICIA NEAL GETS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Hollywood icon Patricia Neal has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award at the Nashville Film Festival.The 82-year-old Nashville, Tennessee-born star began her career on New York City's Broadway, but later graduated to movies, winning a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 1963’s Hud alongside Paul Newman. Neal, who was married to legendary British author Roald Dahl, was presented with the prize at a ceremony yesterday by fellow actor Lyle Lovett, her co-star in Robert Altman’s 1999 film Cookie’s Fortune.Neal is currently filming forthcoming movie Flying By with Billy Ray Cyrus.