Honorary Oscar Articles

James Earl Jones, Mary J. Blige James Earl Jones, Oprah Winfrey, and Dick Smith were honored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards on Saturday, November 12, at the ballroom adjacent to Hollywood & Highland’s Kodak Theatre. Jones, a Best Actor nominee for The Great White Hope (1970), and Smith, Oscar-winning makeup artist for Amadeus (with Paul LeBlanc), were the recipients [...]

Actor James Earl Jones and veteran makeup artist Dick Smith will receive Honorary Awards, and former television hostess Oprah Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced. The awards will be presented at the Academy’s 3rd Annual Governors Awards dinner on Saturday, November 12, at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center. The information [...]

Shocking news. Jean-Luc Godard has "regretfully" notified Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak that he will not pick up his Honorary Award in person at the Governors Awards on Nov. 13. The notification followed "a two-month-long cordial exchange of correspondence" between Godard and Sherak. According to Sherak, Godard "reiterated his thanks for the award, and also sent his good wishes to [...]

  Jean-Luc Godard has "graciously thanked" the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by way of a "cordial, hand-written note" sent to Academy president Tom Sherak last week. A couple of weeks ago, the Academy’s Board of Governors had voted Godard an Honorary Oscar, along with film historian/preservationist Kevin Brownlow and actor Eli Wallach. Producer/director Francis Ford Coppola will be given the Irving G. [...]