GREASE - FRANKIE VALLI TO COLLECT NIAF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Veteran singer FRANKIE VALLI will be presented with the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Lifetime Achievement Award on 21 October (06). The GREASE star will collect his honour at the NIAF's 31st Anniversary Awards Gala at Hilton Washington + Towers in Washington DC. The night before (20OCT06) the ceremony, Valli will perform at the hotel with his group THE FOUR SEASONS. Elsewhere at the awards event, late actress ANNE BANCROFT will be posthumously inducted into the NIAF Italian American Hall Of Fame. Her film-maker husband MEL BROOKS will pick up the award, which will be presented by actor ALAN ALDA, on her behalf.