Tyler Perry To Receive Honorary Academy Award
The entertainment mogul will be given one of two Humanitarian Awards during the telecast on April 25.
Published January 14th
Written by BET Staff
Tyler Perry will soon be able to add Oscar winner to his already illustrious biography. The entertainment mogul will receive one of two Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards during this year s telecast airing on April 25 on ABC, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced on Thursday (Jan. 14). Tyler’s cultural influence extends far beyond his work as a filmmaker. He has quietly and steadily focused on humanitarian and social justice causes from the beginning of his career, caring for people who are most often ignored, says Academy President
ACADEMY AWARDS 2021: THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS
As any movie lover knows, this year’s award season has been turned upside-down due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the Sundance Film Festival took place before all the shutdowns, the big three fall festivals a canceled Telluride, a diminished semi-virtual TIFF, and Venice failed to have the usual impact to influence what films are deemed front-runners so far this year. Also complicating matters is the large number of highly-anticipated big-budget films that have been rescheduled to come out after the qualifying periods for 2021 honors, such as “No Time to Die,” Daniel Craig’s final appearance as James Bond, and Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune.
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By Mary Murphy & Michele Willens
It was a year like no other. Cameras were turned off, theaters went dark, deals were halted and dreams were put on hold. And then there was the necessary reckoning engendered by the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
The entertainment community took on the role of second responders: Reunions of TV and movie casts and virtual performances of all types raised awareness of and funds for heroic health care providers. At the same time, almost every media entity looked closely at staffs and projects to make sure that the reel reflected the real.