Angela Bassett and Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars

Angela Bassett, who earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance in ‘Black Panther’ sequel earlier this year, is all set to receive honorary Oscars from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Governors Awards.

Along with Bassett, Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton will also receive honorary Oscars in November.

Michelle Satter, the founding senior director of the Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs, will also be given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the untelevised event.

‘The Academy’s Board of Governors is thrilled to honour four trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans,’ Janet Yang, the academy’s president, said in a statement.

Most of the academy’s honorary awards recipients have not won competitive Oscars. However, Brooks is an exception, having won an original screenplay Oscar for ‘The Producers.’ He also received two other Oscar nominations, for writing the lyrics to John Morris’s “Blazing Saddles’ song and another screenwriting nod for ‘Young Frankenstein,’ which he shared with Wilder.

Bassett received her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ and her second for playing the grieving queen in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.

Yang said in a statement said that, ‘across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting.’

The honorary awards are given, ‘to honour extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.’

The Governors Awards will be held on November 18 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

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