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By Ian Mohr

Liza Minnelli honors dad and Italian roots

Liza Minnelli — who won an Oscar in 1973 for “Cabaret” — was honored over Academy Awards weekend at the Los Angeles-Italia Film Fest.

Minnelli picked up the Jack Valenti Lifetime Achievement Award, previously given to Al Pacino andAnjelica Huston.

Mark Canton — who produced Jennifer Aniston’s“Cake” — presented the award.

Minnelli quipped, “My father, Vincente Minnelli, directed some of the greatest motion pictures Hollywood has produced, and from him I received two wonderful things: my love of movies and my Italian heritage.”

Backstage she caught up with Franco Nero and Nastassja Kinski.

                                                     

  

                                                     

  

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Purple reign! Liza Minnelli, 68, puts on an effortlessly glamorous display as she attends the LA Italia Film Festival

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Purple reign: Liza Minnelli was a guest of honour at the LA Italia Film Festival closing night gala on Friday night

Her timeless beauty was emphasised by false lashes and pink lipstick while her locks were styled into her famous short crop.

 

 

 All smiles: Liza has recovered from a back surgery which she underwent late last year

By Nola Ojomu for MailOnline

Published: 09:06 EST, 21 February 2015 | Updated: 10:21 EST, 21 February 2015

Liza Minnelli was a guest of honour at the LA Italia Film Festival closing night gala on Friday night.

The actress looked every inch the theatrical icon that she is celebrated to be as she worked the red carpet at the Chinese 6 in Hollywood.

The 68-year-old sported a chic purple ensemble as she teamed a purple trousers with a matching top and shawl.

Last year saw Liza explain to New York Post columnist Cindy Adams that she injured herself 'picking up my dogs' and had to undergo surgery.

'I couldn’t go to Joan Rivers’ funeral, which I desperately wanted to because I loved her — but I couldn’t go because I can’t walk. I’m in bed. Going in for surgery,' the Oscar winner said. 

'I broke my lower back. Remember a few years ago I was in a wheelchair because I had trouble with my spine? They operated on it then. Well, now, again. They’ll have to fuse it.' 

The Broadway legend then elaborated as to the specifics of the incident.

'I was picking up my dogs — and they jumped. And I got twisted and fell. I thought it’s nothing. But it wasn’t nothing. It became something. After an X-ray, seems I busted it and have to have it fused. The operation’s next week.'

The Cabaret star has battled health issues for years and was even forced to cancel several concert dates last year for an undisclosed issue.

In the past she's also undergone two hip replacements, received a new knee and in 2000 recovered from viral encephalitis, a potentially deadly swelling of the brain.  

Liza, the daughter of legendary actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli, shot to fame when she starred in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Liza Minnelli To Receive Jack Valenti – Los Angeles, Italia Legend Award

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 | 06:22AM PT

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent@NickVivarelli

ROME – Liza Minnelli will be feted by the 10th Los Angeles-Italia Festival with its Jack Valenti – Los Angeles, Italia Legend Award.

The annual pre-Oscars event comprising movies and music and celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood will run Feb. 15-20 at the Hollywood and Highland Center.

The award, named in memory of long-time MPAA president Jack Valenti, will be presented to Minnelli on the evening of Feb. 20 during the fest’s closing night ceremonies.

“We are extremely honored and delighted to be presenting this year’s Jack Valenti Legend Award to the talented and lovely Liza Minnelli,” enthused fest topper Pascal Vicedomini and its honorary chair Mark Canton in a statement. “As in prior years our board aims to recognize highly talented Italian-Americans who have made an impact on the industry and without a doubt, Liza fits the bill.”

Al Pacino and Anjelica Huston are the prize’s prior recipients.

Jimmy Kimmel is also being honored by L.A.Italia this year, with its Award of Excellence.

As previously announced, the event will celebrate the centennial of Frank Sinatra’s birth with a performance by Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, known for his “Pavarotti Ping,” and a selection of films from Sinatra’s career, including “Some Came Running,” “From Here To Eternity,” “The Man with the Golden Arm,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s 11″ and “On the Town.”

As for Italian pics, L.A. Italia will open with the world premiere of director Marco Pontecorvo’s comedy “Partly Cloudy (With Sunny Spells),” a bittersweet tale about contemporary Italy’s vices and virtues starring John Turturro and Italy’s Luca Zingaretti (“Montalbano”).

L.A. Italia is a sister event to two Italian fests, Capri-Hollywood and Ischia Global, both founded by Vicedomini and dedicated to establishing a creative and business bridge between Hollywood and Italy’s film and showbiz communities.

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