The Academy’s Governors Awards Serve Up Honorary Oscars and a Whole Lot of Emotion

“I’ve waited 34 years to say this: I’d like to thank the Academy,” Diane Warren began her acceptance speech, capturing what the annual Governors Awards are all about: honoring those in Hollywood whose recognition by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has been a long time coming. This year’s honorees — Warren, directors Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir, and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Michael J. Fox— were celebrated on Nov. 19 at the Fairmont Century City, where they were surrounded by collaborators, veterans of the screen, and others who they helped along the way. But the event… Read Full Article