Or when long-lost acting pals get a chance to reunite, like Dragon Tattoo stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, or You Can Count On Me leads Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo. “That’s the biggest thing I try to tell young people”, Lee said.
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In 2012, at the 4th Governors Awards, held later than normal, on December 1, recognized Hollywood stuntman Hal Needham, along with documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and filmmaker-arts advocate George Stevens, Jr. “It’s such a hard, painful, awful, frightful situation and our hearts and our prayers go out to the families”.
This year you could feel the relative heat at the studio tables hosted by senior executive brass, who at this early stage are often supporting the hopes of their talent before reality sets in.
Director Paul Feig said carrying on after the attacks hard.
“She’ll put it in a place she’s always secretly saved for it”, said Lourd. We are there all the time. “We have friends there and when Paris bleeds we all bleed”.
“My heart goes out to all the people of Paris”, Lee told AFP.
“This industry is so behind sports, it’s ridiculous”, said Lee from the podium.
The director made the comments during a 15-minute speech at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ seventh annual Governors Awards on Saturday night, where he received an honorary Oscar. At the beginning of the ceremony Ms. Boone Isaacs announced a new initiative called A2020, a program that will spearhead more diverse hiring in Hollywood studios over the next five years. “We also mourn those who died”. He also acknowledged Boone Isaacs, twice, for her efforts to push the diversity movement forward.
Looking adoringly at the golden statuette, Gena thanked the Academy governors for “introducing me to this fine fellow”. Angelina Jolie received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. 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.
The actresses were followed by film clips, narrated by Angelina Jolie, of the actresses work over the years. He wished “peace and love to the people of France” during his speech, which you can watch below.
Cassavetes’ and Rowland’s son Nick Cassavetes presented the Honorary Academy Award to his mother. An all star presenting team of Samuel L. Jackson, a heavily accented Wesley Snipes and Denzel Washington were hilarious in giving Lee the reasons for his award. “Because your work force should reflect what this country looks like”, the director explained.
Lee wasn’t the only important figure to finally nab an Academy Award Saturday night.
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But most seemed far more interested in making new friends or renewing old acquaintances than in canvassing for votes.
