Al Pacino picks up lifetime award

US actor Al Pacino has received the American Film Institute's highest honour, its lifetime achievement award.
"It means so many things to be honoured like this," the Godfather star, 67, said at a gala reception in Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. "It feels great".

Later, he joked: "Seeing my life in the movies, I have one question, and that is: Why aren't I in rehab?"

A host of Hollywood heavyweights, such as Oliver Stone and Andy Garcia paid tribute to Pacino at the reception.

"The depth of your artistry is only more overwhelmed by the generosity of your spirit and your warmth," said Garcia, who worked with Pacino on The Godfather: Part III and Oceans 13