Beatty and Goldberg pay tribute to Brando

Actors Warren Beatty and Whoopi Goldberg have paid tribute to Marlon Brando at a black-tie gala awards ceremony and benefit for the famed acting school where the late two-time Oscar winner once studied.

Brando was posthumously honoured with the Stella Adler Award, which was accepted on his behalf by Beatty.

Brando and Beatty studied at what is now called the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

The school was founded in 1949 by actress Stella Adler, who also coached Robert De Niro, Elaine Stritch, Harvey Keitel and Candice Bergen.