As seen on Infobeat: >Venice to honor Loren, Connery with golden lions > >Italian screen siren Sofia Loren and Sean Connery, the Scot >universally hailed as the finest James Bond, will receive >Golden Lion awards in honor of their career achievements at this >year's Venice Film Festival. The prestigious festival, which runs >from Sept, 3-13, will also honor veteran Polish director Andrzej >Wajda, the event's director Felice Laudadio said Wednesday. The >glittering plaudits will inject some pizazz into a festival >criticized in glitzy showbiz circles when Laudadio took the helm. [In other words: "This is not a festival for photographers" was the sentiment at last year's FilmFest] Gloria Monti ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.