People News Roundup: Meghan and Harry, Alan Alda to get lifetime achievement award

'I was told I would never make it in film,' veteran Judi Dench says

Veteran actress Judi Dench, who has won an Oscar, BAFTAs, Golden Globes and various theatre awards during her 60-year career, says her biggest achievement was to star in a movie - because she was once told she had the "wrong" face for films. The 83-year-old, whose big screen roles have included Queen Elizabeth I and James Bond's mentor M, said on the green carpet at the Zurich Film Festival on Wednesday evening she had been told early on in her career "you'll never make a film".

Meghan and Harry inspect U.S. Declaration of Independence in England

Meghan Markle may now be part of the British royal family, but the former American actress' first visit to her new royal duchy began with a viewing of a copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence from the British crown. Meghan married Queen Elizabeth's grandson Harry in May this year, and on Wednesday the couple visited the so-called Sussex Declaration one of only two known handwritten parchment copies of America's formative text, at Edes House in Chichester.

'M*A*S*H' star Alan Alda to get lifetime achievement award

Alan Alda, the "M*A*S*H" TV star with a long career on stage and screen, will receive the annual lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild, the actor union said on Thursday. Alda, 82, who announced in July that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, will receive the honour at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards dinner in Los Angeles on Jan. 27.

Chinese movie star Fan Bingbing hit with huge tax evasion fines

China has ordered A-list movie star Fan Bingbing to pay about 884 million yuan ($129 million) in overdue taxes and fines, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, as a crackdown on tax evasion in the entertainment industry gathers momentum. The 37-year-old actor, whose June disappearance touched off wild speculation about her whereabouts, has appeared in the "X-Men" and "Iron Man" film franchises, attracting more than 62 million online followers in China.

(With inputs from Reuters)