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Oscars: Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton to Receive Honorary Academy Awards, Michelle Satter Earns Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary… Read More

June 26, 2023

Honorary Oscars to go to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann; Danny Glover to receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Honorary Awards… Read More

June 24, 2021

Governors Awards Highlights: Honorary Oscars for Wes Studi, David Lynch, Lina Wertmüller; Jean Hersholt to Geena Davis

Isabella Rossellini presents director Lina Wertmüller with her Honorary Oscar In honor of the 11th Annual Governors Awards, the Board… Read More

October 28, 2019

Honorary Oscars: David Lynch, Wes Studi, Lina Wertmüller; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Geena Davis

Wertmüller was the first woman nominated for the Best Director Oscar; Davis has been a force in gender equality in… Read More

June 3, 2019

Oscars: Kathleen Kennedy, Marvin Levy, Frank Marshall, Lalo Schifrin, Cicely Tyson to receive Honorary Oscars

Kennedy is the first woman to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award; Levy is the first publicist to receive… Read More

September 5, 2018

Charles Burnett, Owen Roizman, Donald Sutherland, Agnès Varda to receive Honorary Oscars

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night… Read More

September 6, 2017

2016 Honorary Oscars: Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmaster, Frederick Wiseman

[divider style="solid" top="20" bottom="20"] The recipients of this year's Honorary Oscars are a worldwide martial arts superstar, an Oscar-winning film… Read More

September 1, 2016

WATCH: Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands, Debbie Reynolds Receive Honorary Oscars at Governors Awards

Often the Governors Awards are a bit overshadowed with a slew of current year Oscar contenders acting like politicians scrounging… Read More

November 15, 2015