Actor feted for lifetime’s work

MORGAN FREEMAN has been honoured with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award.

Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Helen Mirren, Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins and Forest Whitaker were among the stars who feted Freeman during a ceremony at Sony Studios, former home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In a room filled with hundreds of his colleagues and friends, Freeman listened to star after star share what they admire about him and his work.

The 74-year-old Oscar winner said: “This is easy to take but hard to believe.

“Where I come from in Mississippi, they call this walking in high cotton. For me, heaven has always been about acting in the movies.”