Tinseltown award for film

Silent movie “The Artist” was given yet another Hollywood award, though this one not from the Oscars or Golden Globes organisers, but from city fathers in Tinseltown itself.

The cast and crew of the French-directed movie received the Made in Hollywood honour from the Los Angeles City Council, in the form of local councilman Tom LaBonge.

The black-and-white film, a tribute to the silent movie era, has won a string of awards and nominations, and is nominated in 10 categories for the Oscars on Feb 26.