The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Governors Awards honor Michael J. Fox, songwriter Diane Warren and filmmakers Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir.
with a 6-foot train and an expression that could be read as either sheer delight or abject terror.. And, as Warren notes, Cher never goes east of the 405 for anybody.Warren is the most nominated woman in Oscar history, with 13 nods for songs like “Because You Loved Me” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” She has never won, though, a fact that she acknowledged immediately upon receiving the honor, raising the Oscar and looking skyward, saying, “Mom, I finally found a man.
Palcy was the first Black female filmmaker to direct a movie for a major Hollywood studio, “A Dry White Season,” the ferocious 1989 drama about the brutality of South African apartheid that lured Marlon Brando out of a self-imposed nine-year retirement. The evening’s celebration of her work was also tinged with sadness and anger at the lack of opportunities she had within the studio system.
The 78-year-old Weir, nominated four times as a director , has been in a self-imposed retirement since making “The Way Back” in 2010, though several stars — Harrison Ford, Ethan Hawke, Colin Farrell — urged him to reconsider in a video tribute. Jeff Bridges described working with Weir on the thought-provoking 1993 drama “Fearless” as a process that went on for a “psychedelically long time” — much like his speech introducing the filmmaker.
But the evening’s biggest ovation may have been reserved for Fox, who was presented by longtime friend Woody Harrelson in a funny, discursive speech that can best be summarized by Harrelson’s early observation: “I think of myself as pretty funny ... andBut by the end, Harrelson had turned serious, saying, “Michael J. Fox never asked for the role of Parkinson’s patient, disease advocate. But make no mistake, it is his greatest performance. Vulnerable? Yes. Victim? Never. An inspiration? Always.
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