James Earl Jones and makeup artist Dick Smith have been chosen to receive Honorary Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Oprah Winfrey will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.The trophies will be handed out at the 3rd Annual Governors Awards, which will be held Nov. 12.
Writer-director Phil Robinson will produce the ceremonies, which aren't broadcast, along with the producing team of Charlie Haykel and Juliane Hare of Don Mischer Prods.
A new tradition, the Governors Awards were instituted two years ago as a way of celebrating the honorary Oscar winners without the time constraints of the annual Oscar broadcast, thereby freeing up the broadcast to focus on its competitive categories.
Last year, Francis Ford Coppola was the recipient of the Thalberg Award, while historian Kevin Brownlow and actor Eli Wallach were on hand to receive Honorary Awards. Director Jean-Luc Godard was also honored, although he chose not to attend the ceremony.
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