Academy Weighs Honorary Oscar Candidates Including Harrison Ford and Glenn Close
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According to a Variety report, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expected to settle on its honorary Oscar awardees by mid-June. Studios, agents, publicists and other Hollywood stakeholders have been lobbying Academy leaders and board members, often over lunch or drinks at Chateau Marmont or through pointed phone calls. A maximum of four recipients can be chosen for the ceremony, which Jennifer Fox has produced for the past seven editions. Newly revised guidelines require that at least three individual disciplines be represented in any given year. Hundreds of names are submitted by the Academy’s 11,000 members, and the process remains one of the Academy’s most guarded secrets. An AMPAS spokesperson declined to comment on the deliberations.
What’s reported
Harrison Ford is described as a top candidate for an Honorary Award, with one decades-long Academy member expressing strong support.
Glenn Close has been proposed at least four times in the past decade and was nearly selected one specific year, according to one source.
Other names floated include Jerry Bruckheimer, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Martin Short, Bette Midler, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Nancy Meyers, Michael Mann, Terrence Malick, Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez, James Hong, Joan Chen, Ed Lachman, Thomas Newman, and Jack Fisk.
Posthumous recipients can be considered; Marilyn Monroe was among the final names in the running last year, ahead of her 100th birthday.
The Academy is averse to honoring anyone with a movie likely to be submitted as an Oscar hopeful, which may affect Ridley Scott and Mike Leigh.
Key figures
Harrison Ford, actor
Glenn Close, actress
Jerry Bruckheimer, producer
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, producers
Martin Short, comedian
Bette Midler, performer
Ridley Scott, director
Tim Burton, director
Nancy Meyers, director
Michael Mann, director
Terrence Malick, director
Don Cheadle, actor
Alfre Woodard, actress
John Leguizamo, actor
Rosie Perez, actress
James Hong, actor
Joan Chen, actress
Ed Lachman, cinematographer
Thomas Newman, composer
Jack Fisk, production designer
Marilyn Monroe, actress
Jennifer Fox, producer of the Governors Awards
Tom Cruise, actor
Sources: Variety
