This town has been captured from every angle by filmmakers from Golden Age impresario Cecil B DeMille to Francis Ford Coppola.

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Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro is to receive the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes next year.

BBC: Robert De Niro to receive lifetime Golden Globe award

Two-time Oscar winner, Jodie Foster, who has also won two Globes from seven nominations, received the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

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Silence of the Lambs actress Jodie Foster is to receive the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes next year.

BBC: Jodie Foster

Chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Cecil B DeMille Award is given annually to the "talented individuals who have made an incredible impact on the world of entertainment".

BBC: Robert De Niro to receive lifetime Golden Globe award

With the venue for the final only four hours down the M6 from Glasgow, the Lancashire city will find itself acting as a makeshift set for a Cecil B DeMille Hollywood epic.

BBC: Echoes of 1972

On opening night, the premiere of Cecil B DeMille's The Kings of Kings - a biblical extravaganza - drew thousands to Hollywood Boulevard for a glimpse of the stars and the spectacle.

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Previous winners of the Cecil B DeMille Award - named for the famed director of The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show on Earth - include Robert DeNiro, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Al Pacino and Morgan Freeman, who was awarded the honour earlier this year.

BBC: Jodie Foster