Michael Douglas, a two-time Academy Award-winning actor and producer, received the Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center and the Bette Davis Foundation. Douglas was honored with an extensive tribute to his life and career.

Following her sudden dismissal as executive editor of The New York Times in May, Jill Abramson, the first female to hold the position at the Times, returned to her roots at Harvard University as a visiting...