Film star Ralph Fiennes presented actress Vanessa Redgrave with a lifetime achievement award at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year event in London. Redgrave, 72, was honored for her charity work, as well as her performances on stage and screen, at a ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel, the BBC said.

Corrects film name in the 14th paragraph By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It seems fitting that new movie "The White Countess" tells of the end of an era and a friendship because it also marks the final collaboration of filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant.

By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It seems fitting that new movie "The White Countess" tells of the end of an era and a friendship because it also marks the final collaboration of filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant.

"I sometimes feel that if I had written a book like Kafka's Trial, people would say to me, 'What a strange judicial system the Japanese have.'" -Kazuo Ishiguro, qtd.