Crossing the Blues
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Oscar 2007, Meryl Streep, originally uploaded by Pulicciano.

The Oscar-winner Meryl Streep will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival, according to news agencies. Streep will receive the Marcus Aurelius Lifetime Achievement Award, which has previously been bestowed upon legends such as Sir Sean Connery and Al Pacino, reports contactmusic.com.

The fourth annual Rome Film Festival is scheduled to run from Oct 15-23 2009.