LONDON (Reuters - Actor Angela Bassett and veteran filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive Academy Honorary Awards this year in honour of their careers and contribution to cinema, Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said.The Academy announced it had voted to present the awards to two-tim
LONDON (Reuters - Actor Angela Bassett and veteran filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive Academy Honorary Awards this year in honour of their careers and contribution to cinema, Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said.
"The Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to honor four trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans," Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement on Monday. Bassett is known for portraying Tina Turner in"What’s Love Got to Do with It", for which she got a best actress nomination, and films like “Waiting to Exhale” and “Black Panther". She earned a best supporting actress nod for her “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" role as Queen Ramonda this year.
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