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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]