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This weekend the Academy toasted the careers of film historian Kevin Brownlow, French auteur Jean-Luc Godard and character actor Eli Wallach with a trio of Honorary Oscar statuettes and bestowed the Irving Thalberg Award on legendary helmer Francis Ford Coppola. I didn’t attend the ceremony, but there’s lots of coverage out there. Rather than pack […]
AMPAS honors quartet at Governors Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:46 am · November 15th, 2010
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Honorary Oscared and Thalberged
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:13 am · November 14th, 2010
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Hanks was AMPAS’s first choice for President, search is on for telecast talent
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:47 pm · August 22nd, 2009
I stumbled onto this item over at Deadline Hollywood Daily earlier this afternoon. Apparently Tom Hanks, who was elected First Vice-President of the Academy earlier this week, was the group’s first choice for the top spot. In fact, Tom Sherak, who was ultimately elected president, is the one who nominated Hanks in the first place. […]
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