Rita Wilson, Oprah Winfrey, Maria Shriver
Actress Rita Wilson (Tom Hanks‘ wife), Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Oprah Winfrey, and author Maria Shriver, in the news a while back following her sensational split from actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, attend the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.]
Best Actor nominee James Earl Jones (The Great White Hope, 1970) was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, as he’s co-starring with Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy on the London stage; veteran makeup artist Dick Smith (Starman, The Cardinal), however, was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. Best known for her TV talk show, Oprah Winfrey was a 1985 Best Supporting Actress nominee for Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple.