Diane Keaton to Receive THR's 2012 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award

The Hollywood Reporter said Monday that Diane Keaton will receive this year's Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. The award recognizes a woman in the entertainment industry who is a pioneer, mentor and philanthropist. Keaton will accept the award at THR's 21st annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Dec. 5 at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

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The breakfast coincides with the publication of THR’s annual list of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment.

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"For four decades, Diane Keaton has shown women how far we can go and how deeply we can effect change," says THR editorial director Janice Min. "She is a brilliant actress and a role model for women across generations."

Keaton had her first memorable role in film as Kay Adams-Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 classic The Godfather.  Five years later, Keaton’s stronghold on Hollywood was cemented with her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s Woody Allen film Annie Hall.  

Keaton’s films have earned a cumulative gross of over $1 billion in North America.  

Her next acting project, The Big Wedding, reaches theaters in 2013. Keaton is well known within the Hollywood community for her dedicated work with the Los Angeles Conservancy to save and restore historic landmark buildings. She also is the author of Then Again, a 2011 autobiography published by Random House.  

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Keaton joins an illustrious group of women honored with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. Last year's recipient was Jane Fonda, and previous recipients include Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Halle Berry, Jodie Foster, Glenn Close and Barbara Walters.