Another press release for the upcoming AFI Life Achievement Award to Mike Nichols has been released. From this latest one, it looks like Amy will not be in attendance after all. I will check my sources the day of the taping just in case though. A new Amy event would be awesome!

NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ — The American Film Institute and TV Land announced today that many of Hollywood’s finest will be on hand to salute acclaimed and beloved film, television and stage director Mike Nichols when he receives the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award on June 10, 2010 on the historic Stage 15 at the Sony Pictures Studios. Warren Beatty (“The Fortune”) and Annette Bening (“Postcards from the Edge”), Candice Bergen (“Carnal Knowledge”), Nora Ephron (“Heartburn”), Calista Flockhart (“The Birdcage”), Harrison Ford (“Working Girl”), Dustin Hoffman (“The Graduate”), Eric Idle (“Spamalot”), Shirley MacLaine (“Postcards from the Edge”), Elaine May (“An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May”), Mary Louise Parker (“Angels in America”), Natalie Portman (“Closer”), Kevin Spacey (“Heartburn”), Emma Thompson (“Angels in America”), and Robin Williams (“The Birdcage”) join previously announced Cher, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep to celebrate Nichols’ storied career. “TV Land Presents The AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols” premieres on TV Land on Saturday, June 26th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Many of these luminaries participating in this gala event to honor their friend and colleague are also part of the AFI Benefit Committee for the tribute. Other members of the committee include Amy Adams, Whoopi Goldberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Steve Martin, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Elizabeth Taylor and Sigourney Weaver.

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