HarryCarter Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Debbie Reynolds will be this year's recipient of the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee will also be receiving honorary Oscars. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (August 25) to present Honorary Awards to Spike Lee and Gena Rowlands, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Debbie Reynolds. All three awards will be presented at the Academy’s 7th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 14, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center®. “The Board is proud to recognize our honorees’ remarkable contributions at this year’s Governors Awards,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “We’ll be celebrating their achievements with the knowledge that the work they have accomplished – with passion, dedication and a desire to make a positive difference – will also enrich future generations.” Lee, a champion of independent film and an inspiration to young filmmakers, made an auspicious debut with his NYU thesis film, “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” which won a Student Academy Award® in 1983. He proceeded to blaze a distinctive trail with such features as “She’s Gotta Have It,” “School Daze” and “Do the Right Thing,” which earned him a 1989 Oscar® nomination for Original Screenplay. His work as a director ranges from the Oscar-nominated documentary feature “4 Little Girls” to such mainstream successes as “Malcolm X” and “Inside Man.” Lee’s other feature credits include “Mo’ Better Blues,” “Jungle Fever,” “Crooklyn,” “He Got Game,” “25th Hour,” “Miracle at St. Anna” and “Red Hook Summer.” He currently serves as the artistic director of the graduate film program at NYU. Rowlands, an original talent whose devotion to her craft has earned her worldwide recognition as an independent film icon, received Academy Award nominations for her lead performances in “A Woman under the Influence” (1974) and “Gloria” (1980), both directed by her husband and frequent collaborator, John Cassavetes. She got her start on the New York stage and in live television in the 1950s and has appeared in 40 feature films to date, from “The High Cost of Loving” in 1958 to “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” which she starred in earlier this year. Her other notable films include “Lonely Are the Brave,” “Faces,” “Minnie and Moskowitz,” “Opening Night,” “Another Woman,” “Unhook the Stars,” “Hope Floats,” “Playing by Heart,” “The Notebook” and “Broken English.” Reynolds, a Hollywood icon since she won hearts with her buoyant performance in “Singin’ in the Rain,” embarked on the role of a lifetime as a founding member of the Thalians, a charitable organization conceived and sustained by entertainers to promote awareness and treatment of mental health issues. She served as the group’s president almost continuously from 1957 to 2011, adding numerous terms as board chair and frequently presiding over its annual fundraising gala. Her tireless efforts have enabled the Thalians to contribute millions to the Mental Health Center at Cedars-Sinai and to UCLA’s Operation Mend, which helps military veterans recover from the physical and psychological wounds of war. Reynolds has appeared in more than 40 feature films, including “The Tender Trap,” “A Catered Affair” and “Mother,” and received a 1964 Oscar nomination for her lead performance in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.” The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, is given “to an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.” http://deadline.com/2015/08/governors-awards-2015-spike-lee-debbie-reynolds-gena-rowlands-1201507536/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Excellent choices in Debbie and Gena! I would have waited a decade or two before throwing Spike into the mix, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Debbie has been at the top of my honorary Oscar list for years. This is great news! Gena Rowlands is an interesting choice. Spike Lee is younger than my dad. I don't really know why he's getting anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 If anything... She was great as Liberace's mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 If anything... She was great as Liberace's mother. Great yes, but all too brief. Wish they'd beefed up her part! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 She's good in The Catered Affair and How the West Was Won A N D Connie and Carla (check out her deleted moments in THAT movie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Debbie won't be able to accept her Oscar in person due to health reasons. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/11/13/debbie-reynolds-heartbroken-miss-honorary-oscar-honors/75715094/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Too bad. I hope she feels better soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Wouldn't you know,as soon as she hits 83 and is recovering THATS when those dumbasses decide to give her the Oscar. MOLLY BROWN, CATERED AFFAIR, HOW THE WEST WAS WON...Too soon..didn't want to give her a big head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Jane Fonda's tribute to Debbie: Meryl's presentation, Debbie's remarks via phone, and Billie Lourd's acceptance: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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