Jodie Foster to receive lifetime achievement award at Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced to honour veteran Hollywood actress Jodie Foster with a lifetime achievement award at the prestigious Golden Globes awards ceremony next year. HFPA said, the 49-year-old actress, who is working in the industry since she was just three-year-old, will receive the ‘Cecil B DeMille award’.

Announcing the honour for Foster on behalf of the HFPA, actress Kristen Stewart, said: "This is a special moment for me. She's been really important in my life for a long time." However, HFPA President Aida Takla-O'Reilly said, "Jodie is a multi-faceted woman (who) has achieved immeasurable amounts of success and will continue to do so in her career." The award will be conferred on Jodie on January 13, 2013.