Billy Crystal Named Lifetime Achievement Recipient At 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards

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Billy Crystal, whose multi-faceted career covers movies, TV, Broadway, books, standup comedy, directing, producting and writing in all mediums, not to mention hosting the Oscars nine times, has been named recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday March 13 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel and broadcast live 7pmET on both TBS and The CW (taped delayed PT).Crystal, a Tony and Emmy winner is currently prepping his Broadway return in his first musical comedy, an adaptation of his 1992 film Mr.

Saturday Night which is set to open on April 27.He joins Lauren Bacall, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy, Robert Wise as the only past Life Achievement honorees in the organization’s 27 year history.

As previously announced, Halle Berry will receive the sixth annual SeeHer Award during the ceremony.Crystal’s many feature film credits include the buddy cop comedy Running Scared (1986), Rob Reiner’s comic fairy tale The Princess Bride (1987), and Danny DeVito’s dark comedy Throw Momma from the Train (1987).

But his breakthrough role came in 1989 when he starred opposite Meg Ryan in Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally…, which became a romantic touchstone for a generation of moviegoers.