Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Articles
Oprah Winfrey Says Your Life Matters, Plugs THE HELP: Governors Awards 2011
Oprah Winfrey James Earl Jones, THE EXORCIST Makeup Artist Dick Smith Receive Honorary Oscars Many were surprised and/or upset that the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was going to be handed to a television — not film — personality. Although Oprah Winfrey did receive a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple back in 1985, her participation in the world of filmmaking has [...]
Oprah Winfrey Jean Hersholt Award Controversy Has Precedents
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' decision to hand Oprah Winfrey a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the November 12 Governors Ball ceremony, has been widely criticized. Some have remarked that Winfrey, rumored as a possible host for the 2012 Oscarcast, is a television — not a film — personality. Others have complained that Winfrey doesn't deserve the Humanitarian Award, period. Academy president [...]
James Earl Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Dick Smith: Honorary Oscar, Jean Hersholt Award 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 [...]
Elizabeth Taylor: More Than Love Triangles, Husbands, Divorces, Diamonds
Elizabeth Taylor I wonder if Elizabeth Taylor would have become a legend, still remembered more than 40 years after the release of her last major box-office hit, had it not been for her multiple marriages and divorces, the Eddie Fisher-Debbie Reynolds scandal, the Eddie Fisher-Richard Burton scandal, the many brushes with death, the runaway costs of Cleopatra (adjusting for inflation, quite possibly the most expensive [...]