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LONDON - Actor Angela Bassett and veteran filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive Academy Honorary Awards this year in honour of their careers and contribution to cinema, Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said. The Academy announced it had voted to present the awards to two-time Oscar nominee Bassett and The Producers writer Brooks, as well as to...

Biden calls mutiny a struggle within the Russian system and says US and NATO played no part

Biden calls mutiny a struggle within the Russian system and says US and NATO played no part

Biden calls mutiny a struggle within the Russian system and says US and NATO played no part

Putin says the aborted rebellion played into the hands of Russias enemies

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars (AP) —Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee w

Most recipients of the academy’s honorary awards have not won competitive Oscars. Brooks is an exception, however.

Veteran US comic Mel Brooks, who turns 97 this week, will receive an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, more than half a century after he won for best original screenplay for "The Producers," the Academy said Monday. 

Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a golden statuette this year after all – and in very good company too.

Putin says the aborted rebellion played into the hands of Russias enemies