Sean Connery honored

Sean Connery honored
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's elite gathered to pay tribute to Sean Connery, who received The American Film Institute's annual lifetime achievement award.
Directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and actors Harrison Ford, Andy Garcia and Mike Myers were among the stars who cheered on the legendary actor Thursday at the ceremony at the Kodak Theatre.
Connery was launched to stardom in the 1960s and 1970s, playing agent 007, or "Bond, James Bond," as he introduced himself to foes.
He also starred in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "The Hunt for Red October" and "The Untouchables," which earned him an Oscar for best supporting actor.
He is the 34th recipient of the award, the Institute's highest honor for a career in film.
Sex tape viewing OK'd
CHICAGO -- A judge will allow the public and the media to view a videotape in court that prosecutors allege shows singer R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
In his ruling Thursday, Judge Vincent Gaughan said he saw no "overarching interest" in banning the tape from public view.
Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of child pornography. Prosecutors claim the videotape was made sometime during a nearly three-year span between January 1998 and October 2000, when the girl may have been as young as 13.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys had asked Gaughan to limit the viewing of the video to only jurors, attorneys and the judge himself. They argued that the video is so lewd it would embarrass the girl, who is now 21. trial date has not been set.
Successful surgery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Loretta Lynn has undergone shoulder joint-replacement surgery and is expected to make a full recovery, a spokesman said.
The 71-year-old country music queen injured her left shoulder Sunday in a fall at her home in Hurricane Mills, about 60 miles west of Nashville.
Spokesman William Smithson said the surgery Thursday went well and Lynn was resting in her room.
She was expected to be hospitalized through the weekend.
Today's birthdays
Britain's Prince Philip is 85. Columnist Nat Hentoff is 81. Author Maurice Sendak is 78. Attorney F. Lee Bailey is 73. Country singer-songwriter Thom Schuyler is 54. Singer Maxi Priest is 45. Actress Gina Gershon is 44. Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn is 43. Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley is 41. Rapper The D.O.C. is 38. Rock singer Mike Doughty is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Faith Evans is 33. Actress Leelee Sobieski is 24. Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski is 24.