Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Photo: Marvel Studios/dpa
From BZ/dpa
US actress Angela Bassett (64) and American comedian legend Mel Brooks (96) will be awarded honorary Oscars this year.
The film editor Carol Littleton (81) is also honored with the “Honorary Award”, as the Oscar Academy announced on Monday in Beverly Hills. Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter is set to receive the Jean Hersholt Award for her work in independent film. The trophies will be presented at the Governors Awards Gala on November 18th in Los Angeles.
There is no competition for the honorary Oscars, but the academy selects people who have made a special contribution to film and society.
Her screen role as Tina Turner in the biopic Tina – What’s Love Got To Do With It? earned Bassett an Oscar nomination in 1994. This year, the actress was in the running for the Supporting Actor Oscar for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Comedy star Brooks is known for cult films such as “Frankenstein Junior” or “The Wild Wild West”. His slapstick directorial debut The Producers (1968, Spring for Hitler) about Nazis, show girls and Broadway producers earned him an Oscar for best screenplay. Littleton has served as an editor on dozens of films, including Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi film ET: The Extra-Terrestrial.