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The
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2001 will be presented on
Sunday, March 24, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland®.
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March 21, 2002
Sandra Bullock, Jodie Foster, Hugh
Grant, Ethan Hawke, Samuel L.
Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Ali
MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ryan
Phillippe, Will Smith, Sharon
Stone, Naomi Watts and Reese
Witherspoon will join the galaxy of star presenters at the 74th
Academy Awards®, producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
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March 20, 2002
Paul McCartney is set to make his Oscar® performance
debut at the 74th Academy Awards®.
He will sing his song "Vanilla Sky," the title track
for the Paramount film of the same name, for which he is nominated in the
Original Song category. He was nominated in 1973 for the title song "Live
and Let Die," for the now classic Bond film and won an Oscar in
1970 with The Beatles for "Let It Be."
Immediately following his performance, McCartney will return to the studio
where he is rehearsing for his upcoming DRIVING USA Tour, which launches in
Oakland on April 1.
John
Travolta will present at the 74th Academy Awards® presentation.
It will be his eighth appearance as an Oscar® show presenter.
Travolta has twice been nominated by the Academy in the Leading Actor category for "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977 and "Pulp
Fiction" in 1994. He currently is in production on "Basic"
and was most recently seen in "Swordfish" with Halle
Berry. Travolta's other film credits include "Domestic
Disturbance," "A Civil Action," "Primary Colors,"
"Face Off" and "Phenomenon."
Academy
Award®-nominated actress Maggie Smith will make her
fourth Oscar® show appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards.
Smith is nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Constance,
Countess of Trentham, in "Gosford Park." This marks
Smith's sixth nomination. She won the Oscar for Leading Actress for her role
in the 1969 film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and
won Best Supporting Actress in 1978 for "California Suite."
Her other film credits include "A Room with a View,"
"The Secret Garden," "Richard III" and "Tea
with Mussolini."
Smith, who just completed filming "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya
Sisterhood," recently starred in "Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone."
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March 19, 2002
Academy Award®-nominated actor Ian McKellen has been
tapped to make his first Oscar show appearance as a presenter at the 74th
Academy Awards®, producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
McKellen is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the legendary
wizard Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring." He was nominated as Best Actor for his performance as
film director James Whale in the 1998 film "Gods and
Monsters."
McKellen, whose other film credits include "Apt Pupil"
and "Richard III," is preparing to step back into
the role of Magneto in the "X-Men" sequel.
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March 18, 2002
Actor Hugh Jackman is scheduled to make his first
Oscar show appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®, producer
Laura Ziskin announced today.
Jackman, who stars with Meg Ryan in the Miramax film "Kate &
Leopold," is set to reprise the role of Wolverine in the sequel
to the 20th Century Fox film "X-Men."
His other film credits include "Swordfish," with
John Travolta and Halle Berry, and "Someone Like You,"
co-starring Ashley Judd and Greg Kinnear.
Actor Nathan Lane will make his second Oscar show
appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Lane's film credits include "The Birdcage," with
Robin Williams. He also has lent his voice to numerous animated films
including "The Lion King," "Stuart Little"
and "Titan A.E."
Lane, who presented at the 68th Academy Awards, currently is working on "Stuart
Little 2" and "Nicholas Nickleby." He
also is finishing up his year-long, Tony Award-winning run on Broadway in "The
Producers."
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March 15, 2002
Academy Award® winner Helen Hunt will make her fourth
Oscar show appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Hunt won the Oscar for Leading Actress for her role in the 1997 film "As
Good As It Gets."
Her other film credits include "The Curse of the Jade
Scorpion" with Woody Allen, "What Women Want"
co-starring Mel Gibson and "Cast Away" with Tom
Hanks.
Academy Award nominated actress Halle Berry will make
her second appearance as an Oscar® show presenter for the 74th Academy Awards®
Presentation, producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
Berry is nominated for an Oscar for her leading role in "Monster's
Ball." She currently is in production on the latest James Bond
feature and recently appeared in "Swordfish."
Berry's other film credits include "X-Men," "Bulworth,"
"Losing Isaiah," "The Flintstones," "Strictly
Business" and "Jungle Fever."
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March 14, 2002
Actor Josh Hartnett has been tapped to present at the
74th Academy Awards®. It will be his first appearance as an Oscar®
presenter.
Hartnett currently can be seen in "Black Hawk Down"
and "40 Days and 40 Nights." His other film credits
include "Pearl Harbor," "O" and "The
Virgin Suicides."
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March 13, 2002
Randy Newman and John Goodman
are scheduled to perform on this year's Academy Awards® Telecast, producer
Laura Ziskin announced today. They will perform Newman's Oscar-nominated song "If
I Didn't Have You" from the animated film, "Monsters,
Inc." for which Goodman provided the voice of
"Sullivan."
Newman, who has received 16 Academy Award® nominations, will be making his
seventh performance appearance on the telecast. His previously nominated songs
include "A Fool in Love" from "Meet the
Parents" (2000), "When She Loved Me"
from "Toy Story 2" (1999) and "I Love to
See You Smile" from "Parenthood"
(1989). In 1998, Newman received a nomination in each of the three music
categories: Original Dramatic Score for "Pleasantville,"
Original Musical or Comedy Score for "A Bug's Life"
and Original Song "That'll Do" from "Babe:
Pig in the City."
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March 12, 2002
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will make his
fourth appearance as a presenter on the 74th Academy Awards® telecast.
Spacey has received two Oscars of his own, for his lead performance in "American
Beauty" in 2000 and for his 1995 supporting role in "The
Usual Suspects."
Spacey was most recently seen in "The Shipping News,"
will be seen next in "The Life of David Gale" and
currently is producing "The United States of Leland"
for his Trigger Street Productions. Spacey's other film credits include "K-PAX,"
"Hurlyburly," "L. A. Confidential," "Swimming with
Sharks," "The Negotiator," "Seven" and
"The Big Kahuna."
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March 11, 2002
Actor-director Mel Gibson has been tapped to present
at the 74th Academy Awards®, producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will
be Gibson's seventh appearance as a presenter at the Oscars®.
Gibson is a two-time Oscar® winner for directing and producing the 1995 Best
Picture, "Braveheart."
Gibson will be seen next in "We Were Soldiers," due
out in March, and "Signs," to be released later in
2002. His other acting credits include "What Women Want,"
"The Patriot," "Payback," "Conspiracy Theory,"
"Ransom" and the "Lethal Weapon"
and "Mad Max" series.
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March 8, 2002
Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington is slated to
make his seventh appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Washington is nominated for Best Actor for his role as undercover narcotics
officer Alonzo Harris in the film "Training Day."
This marks Washington's fifth Oscar® nomination. He won a Best Supporting
Actor Oscar for his portrayal of runaway slave Trip in the 1989 film "Glory."
His other film credits include "Remember the Titans,"
"The Hurricane," "Philadelphia," "Much Ado about
Nothing," "Malcolm X" and "Cry
Freedom."
Washington currently stars in the New Line film "John Q.,"
with James Woods and Ray Liotta.
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March 7, 2002
Singer-songwriter Enya will perform for the first time
at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Enya will sing "May It Be" from "The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," which is
nominated for Best Original Song.
Enya, whose total album sales to date have reached 60 million, has become an
international success. Her latest album, "A Day Without
Rain," has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States
and won a Grammy Award in 2002.
Actor Tobey Maguire has been tapped to make his second
Oscar show appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®,
producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
Maguire, whose credits include "Wonder Boys," "The Cider
House Rules" and "The Ice Storm,"
previously presented at the 72nd Academy Awards.
He next stars as the title character in the action-adventure film "Spider-Man,"
with Willem Dafoe and Kirsten Dunst.
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March 6, 2002
Actress Cameron Diaz has been tapped to present at the
74th Academy Awards®,
producer Laura Ziskin announced today. It will be her third appearance as a
presenter at the Oscars®.
Diaz will be seen next in "The Sweetest Thing," due
out in April, and "Gangs of New York," to be
released later in 2002. Her other film credits include "Vanilla
Sky," "Charlie's Angels," "Any Given Sunday,"
"There's Something about Mary," "The Mask" and "My
Best Friend's Wedding."
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March 5, 2002
Chris Connelly, Leeza Gibbons
and Ananda Lewis have been set to co-host the Oscar
arrivals show "On the Red Carpet: Oscars 2002,"
preceding the 74th Academy Awards®
on Sunday, March 24. This is the first Oscar Night®
association for Lewis and Gibbons and the second for Connelly. All three
correspondents will interview the nominees and celebrities as they walk down
the red carpet.
Connelly is host of ESPN's "Unscripted with Chris Connelly"
and is a correspondent for "20/20." Prior to ESPN,
he was an on-air correspondent and editorial director of MTV News.
Leeza Gibbons is an anchor for "Extra" and formerly
was host of her own show, "Leeza."
Lewis recently began hosting her own show, "The Ananda Lewis
Show" and was previously a co-host on MTV's "TRL."
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March 4, 2002
Singer-songwriter Sting will perform at the 74th
Academy Awards®.
This will be his second time performing on the Oscar®
show.
Sting will sing "Until . . ." from "Kate
& Leopold," for which he is nominated in the Original Song
category. At the 73rd Academy Awards, he sang "My Funny Friend and
Me" from "The Emperor's New Groove,"
for which he also was nominated in the Original Song category.
In addition to his music, this multi-talented artist has acted in diverse
roles in over a dozen films that include "Quadrophenia,"
"Stormy Monday" and "Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels," as well as performing on Broadway in Kurt
Weill's "Threepenny Opera." Sting's last studio
record, "Brand New Day," won awards for Best Pop
Album and Best Pop Male Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
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March 1, 2002
Academy Award-winning designer Ann Roth will create the costumes for the 74th Academy Awards
Presentation, show producer Laura Ziskin announced today. Roth is a three-time
Oscar®
nominee, receiving nominations for her work in "Places in the
Heart," "The English Patient" and "The
Talented Mr. Ripley." She took home the Oscar for Best Costume
Design in 1996 for her work in "The English Patient."
Roth is a prolific designer who began her career as a scenery painter for the
Pittsburgh Opera Company. She has a long association with director Mike
Nichols, which began on Broadway and continued to the big screen for films such as "Primary Colors," "The Birdcage,"
"Regarding Henry," "Postcards from the Edge" and "Working
Girl." Her other film credits include "Finding Forrester," "In & Out," "Sabrina," "The
Mambo Kings," "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," "Jagged
Edge" and "Midnight Cowboy."
Roth continues to divide her time between stage and screen. She currently is
designing the Metropolitan Opera's spring production of "Falstaff"
and Nichols' upcoming "Angels in America" for HBO.
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February 27, 2002
Multiple Grammy-award winner Faith Hill will perform
at the 74th Academy Awards, producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will
be Hill's second time performing on the Oscar®
show and will mark her first public performance since September 21st, 2001.
She will sing her recording of "There You'll Be"
from "Pearl Harbor," written by Diane Warren, which
is nominated in the Best Original Song category.
"I'm honored to have been asked to perform Diane's song on the
Oscars," said Hill, "and I'm looking forward to being there
again."
At the 72nd Academy Awards telecast, Hill participated in a song medley with
Burt Bacharach, Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes, Queen Latifah and
Dionne Warwick. She is one of the world's most loved performers, has sold 25
million records worldwide and has garnered ten #1 singles.
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February 26, 2002
Academy Award®
winner Gwyneth Paltrow is slated to make her third
appearance as an Oscar presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®,
producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
Paltrow, who currently can be seen in Wes Anderson's "The Royal
Tenenbaums," co-starring Gene Hackman and Anjelica Huston, won
the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the 1998 film "Shakespeare
in Love."
Her other film credits include "Shallow Hal," "The
Anniversary Party," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and
"Great Expectations."
This summer, Paltrow will star in two films: "Possession,"
opposite Aaron Eckhart, and "A View from the Top,"
with Kelly Preston, Mark Ruffalo and Mike Myers.
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February 25, 2002
Actor-writer Owen Wilson will present at the 74th
Academy Awards®
Ceremony on March 24th, show producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This marks
his first time presenting for the Academy Awards.
Wilson recently completed filming "I Spy" opposite
Eddie Murphy and begins filming "Shanghai Knights"
in March. He currently can be seen in "The Royal Tenenbaums,"
for which he and Wes Anderson have received an Oscar®
nomination for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Wilson's other
acting credits include "Zoolander," "Meet
the Parents," "Shanghai Noon," "Bottle Rocket,"
"Behind Enemy Lines" and "Armageddon."
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February 22, 2002
Cirque du Soleil will present a unique performance at
the 74th Academy Awards®, show producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will
be the avant garde Cirque's first time performing on an Oscar telecast
offering a "tailor-made" presentation.
"Cirque du Soleil will be performing a piece that is a salute to a
particular aspect of film we will be honoring," said Ziskin. "I'm
not going to say exactly what they're planning, but I can tell you that it
will include a film element and will be spectacular and original."
For the first time, thirty artists from five Cirque du Soleil productions will
come together on Oscar Night to perform the salute to music composed by Benoit
Jutras and choreographed by Debra Brown.
Cirque du Soleil productions have been performed for nearly 30 million people
worldwide. From humble beginnings as street performers, Cirque du Soleil,
based in Montreal, Canada, offers a unique style of performance combined with
original music and unusual costumes that make for an altogether new
experience.
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February 21, 2002
Actress Charlize Theron will present the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday,
March 2, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire.
An Oscar®
statuette, the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, will be one of 25 awards presented at
the gala black-tie dinner. It will go to Edmund M. Di Giulio
for his lifetime of technological contributions to the industry.
Theron, who recently starred in Woody Allen's "The Curse of the
Jade Scorpion," made her film debut in the 1996 feature "2
Days in the Valley." Her other film credits include "The
Legend of Bagger Vance," "Celebrity" and "The
Cider House Rules."
Theron will next be seen in "Waking up in Reno,"
with Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze and Natasha Richardson, and in "24
Hours," with Kevin Bacon, Stuart Townsend and Courtney Love.
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February 15, 2002
Oscar®-winning
composer John Williams will return to the Oscar podium
for the first time since 1975 to serve as music director for the 74th Academy
Awards®,
telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today. He will co-conduct with
Mark Watters.
"It was a dream of mine to have John Williams be a part of this year's
Academy Award®
telecast," Ziskin said. "He is the absolute best at what he
does. His musicianship and showmanship will add incalculably to our
show.
"John will be joined by Mark Watters, with whom he appeared at this
year's Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies, and I am pleased to welcome this
wonderful musician as co-conductor for our event."
"It's a privilege to be conducting this year's Oscar orchestra as we
inaugurate the new Kodak Theatre and celebrate the unifying power of film in a
year that hopefully will be remembered as a time of progress and
healing," Williams said.
This will be the third time Williams has conducted the Academy Awards®
orchestra, and the first time for Watters. Williams was Music Director in 1972
for the 45th Academy Awards®
and in 1975 for the 48th.
Williams, who received two Original Score nominations for the 74th Academy
Awards®,
has been nominated forty-one times. In 2000, at the 73rd Academy Awards®, he
was nominated for "The Patriot," making him the
most-nominated living person. He has been the recipient of five Oscars in
music categories for "Fiddler on the Roof," "Jaws,"
"Stars Wars," "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and "Schindler's
List." Williams has composed the music and served as music
director for more than ninety films, including "A. I. Artificial
Intelligence," "Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone," "Star Wars Episode 1," "Saving Private
Ryan," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "JFK,"
"Jurassic Park," "Home Alone," "Angela's Ashes,"
"The Accidental Tourist," "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
and "Born on the Fourth of July."
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February 14, 2002
Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks will present at
the 74th Academy Awards®
Ceremony on March 24th, show producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will
be the tenth time that Hanks, who is also a governor of the Academy, has
served as a presenter on the telecast.
Last year, Hanks was nominated for an Academy Award®
for the leading role in "Cast Away." He has been
nominated five times and is a two-time Oscar®
winner. Hanks won consecutive Oscars in 1993 and 1994 for the leading
roles in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest
Gump," respectively. He currently is filming "Catch
Me If You Can" and will be seen next in "The Road to
Perdition" opposite Paul Newman. Hanks' other film credits
include "Big," "Apollo 13," "Saving Private
Ryan" and "A League of Their Own."
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February 13, 2002
Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez will participate in her
fifth Oscar® Show as a presenter on the 74th Academy Awards® telecast, producer
Laura Ziskin announced today.
Lopez made her feature film debut in the highly acclaimed "My
Family, Mi Familia" and received considerable praise from the
critics for her work in the title role of "Selena."
She will be seen next in "Enough," directed by
Michael Apted. Her other film credits include "Money
Train," "Out of Sight," "The Cell," "The Wedding
Planner" and "Angel Eyes."
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February 12, 2002
Nominations for
the 74th Annual Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, February 12) by
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Frank Pierson and Oscar®
winner Marcia Gay Harden.
Pierson and Harden announced ten of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. news
conference attended by over 400 international media.
Academy members selected the nominees in their respective branches, with the
exception of the Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film and Makeup
categories, where nominations were selected by vote of screening committees.
All members select the Best Picture nominees. The secret ballots were
mailed to 5,739 members in early January and were returned directly to
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the international accounting firm, for tabulation.
Official screenings of all pictures with a nomination will begin this weekend
for members at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings in
special categories also will be held in London, New York and San Francisco.
The Academy's entire active and life membership is eligible to select the
winners in all categories, although in five of them - the two short film, the
two documentary and the foreign language film categories - members can vote
only after attesting they have seen all of the nominated films in those
categories.
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February 11, 2002
Actress Kirsten Dunst will make her first Oscar show
appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®,
producer Laura Ziskin announced today.
Dunst's recent film credits include Disney's "Crazy/Beautiful,"
the Universal comedy "Bring It On" and the
critically acclaimed "The Virgin Suicides."
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February 8, 2002
Bruce
Vilanch
has been named head writer for the 74th Academy Awards telecast. This will be
the 13th time Vilanch has written for the Academy Awards. He won consecutive
Emmys for his work on the 63rd and 64th Academy Award Presentations.
Vilanch is one of Hollywood's most sought-after comedy writers, who
regularly writes for popular entertainers award shows and events. In addition
to writing for the Academy Awards, he has also written for the SAG Grammy,
Tony and Emmy Awards.
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February 7, 2002
Academy Award-winning actress Marcia Gay
Harden will make her first
appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Harden received her first Academy Award nomination last year and won the
Supporting Actress Oscar® for her portrayal of Lee Krasner, the artist wife of
abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock, in "Pollock." She
currently co-stars in the CBS Television series, "The Education of Max
Bickford," and starred in last summer's Central Park presentation of
"The Seagull." Harden's other film credits include "Space
Cowboys," "Meet Joe Black," "The Spitfire Grill" and
"Miller's Crossing."
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February 6, 2002
Actor-director Ben Stiller has been tapped to present at the 74th
Academy Awards®. This will be Stiller's second appearance as a presenter at the
Oscars.
Stiller currently is shooting
"Duplex" with co-star Drew
Barrymore and currently can be seen in "The Royal Tenenbaums." His
other film credits include "Zoolander," "Meet the Parents"
and "There's Something About Mary."
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February 5, 2002
Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro will make his first
Oscar® show
appearance as a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Del Toro received the
Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor last year honoring
his performance in Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic." His other film
credits include "Snatch," co-starring Brad Pitt; "The Pledge,"
with Jack Nicholson and "The Usual Suspects," opposite Kevin Spacey.
Del Toro will next star in the Paramount Pictures film
"The Hunted,"
co-starring Tommy Lee Jones.
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February 1, 2002
Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts will present at the 74th
Academy Awards®. This will be Roberts' third appearance as an Oscar® show
presenter.
Roberts received the Best Actress
Oscar® last year for her portrayal of the
title character in "Erin Brockovich." She also received nominations
for her supporting role in "Steel Magnolias" in 1989 and for the
leading role in "Pretty Woman" in 1990. Roberts can currently be
seen in "Ocean's Eleven" and will be seen next in "Full
Frontal." Her film credits include "America's Sweethearts,"
"Notting Hill," "My Best Friend's Wedding," "Something
To Talk About" and "Stepmom."
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January 30, 2002
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe will make his third appearance as
a presenter at the 74th Academy Awards®.
Crowe won the Academy Award for Best Actor last year for his role as
enslaved Roman general Maximus in Ridley Scott's "Gladiator." The
previous year, Crowe received a Best Actor nomination honoring his performance
in Michael Mann's drama "The Insider."
Crowe made his American film debut in the 1995 film
"The Quick and the
Dead" with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman. He later went on to star in the
Academy Award-winning movie "L.A. Confidential."
Crowe currently stars as Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Forbes Nash
in director Ron Howard's "A Beautiful Mind."
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January 28, 2002
Edmund M. Di Giulio, one of the industry's foremost engineering minds,
has been voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award by the Board of Governors of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Award, an
Oscar® statuette, will be presented at the Scientific and
Technical Awards Dinner on Saturday, March 2, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire
Hotel.
Established in 1981, the Sawyer Award is "presented to an individual
in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought
credit to the industry." Di Giulio is the 16th recipient.
Perhaps best known for his part in the engineering and development of the
Steadicam, Di Giulio has been active on various Academy subcommittees for many
years and chaired the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards Committee for
five years.
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January 25, 2002
Actor Robert Redford has been chosen to receive an Honorary Award by
the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The citation will read: "Robert Redford - Actor, Director, Producer,
Creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers
everywhere."
"Bob's dedication to independent filmmaking has had an enormously
positive impact on the motion picture industry since he created Sundance 20
years ago, and young filmmakers for years to come will continue to benefit
from the training that his institute provides and the world-class showcase
that his festival offers," said Academy President Frank Pierson.
Since his acting debut in the 1962 drama
"War Hunt," Redford has
appeared in more than 35 films including "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid," "The Way We Were," "All the President's Men"
and "The Sting," for which he received an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actor in 1973.
After gaining success as an actor, Redford tried his hand at directing and
won an Academy Award in his directorial debut for the film "Ordinary
People" in 1980. He received two nominations in 1994 for directing and
producing Best Picture nominee "Quiz Show."
Honorary Awards, in the form of
Oscar® statuettes, are given by the Academy
for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion pictures or for
outstanding service to the Academy." Previous recipients include Ernest
Lehman, Stanley Donen, Deborah Kerr, Federico Fellini, Ralph Bellamy, Michael
Kidd, Alex North and Hal Roach.
Redford's Honorary Award will be presented, along with other Academy Awards
for outstanding film achievements of 2001, on Sunday, March 24, at the Kodak
Theatre at Hollywood & Highland.
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January 23, 2002
Actor Sidney Poitier has been voted an Honorary Award by the Board
of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The award, an
Oscar® statuette, is being given to Poitier "for his
extraordinary performances and unique presence on the screen, and for
representing the motion picture industry with dignity, style and intelligence
throughout the world."
"When the Academy honors Sidney
Poitier," Pierson said, "it
honors itself even more."
In a career that has spanned more than 50 years, Poitier has been nominated
for two leading actor Oscars, in 1958 for his role in "The Defiant Ones,"
and in 1963 for "Lilies of the Field," for which he won the
statuette.
He has appeared in over 40 films since 1949, including such classics as
"Blackboard Jungle," "To Sir, with Love," "Guess
Who's Coming to Dinner," "A Raisin in the Sun" and "In the
Heat of the Night."
So many governors made comments seconding Poitier's nomination that it took
Actors Branch Governor Tom Hanks' remark - "When I was a young actor, I
worked as a bellboy. I carried Mr. Poitier's bags once, and he tipped me five
bucks!" - to finally bring the proposal to a vote.
Academy rules state that Honorary Awards, in the form of
Oscar® statuettes,
may be given for "exceptional distinction in the making of motion
pictures or for outstanding service to the Academy." Previous recipients
include Paul Newman, Satyajit Ray, Michelangelo Antonioni, Akira Kurosawa,
Sophia Loren, Walter Lantz, James Stewart and Henry Fonda.
Poitier's Honorary Award will be presented at the 74th Academy Awards
Presentation on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &
Highland.
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January 22, 2002
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present an Award of
Commendation to Rune Ericson at the Scientific and Technical Awards dinner on
Saturday, March 2.
Ericson is being honored for his ground-breaking efforts on and dedication
to the development of the Kodak Super 16mm film format for motion
pictures.
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January 7, 2002
Oscar®-winning actor Whoopi Goldberg will host her fourth Academy
Awards telecast in March. 
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