Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann picked up honorary statues at the Governors Award.
The first four Oscars — the honorary ones — of the weekend were given out Friday night at the Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom.were awarded their golden statues at the annual Academy event, which was postponed from its original date of January 15 due to the COVID-19 surge.
called her to convince her to attend the event and accept the award. "He said, 'Go there. I’ll give you the award’ …and then he never called me again,'" she joked. In’s introduction for the iconic actress, director and screenwriter, he said she had “saved my life on multiple occasions, professionally.”
“When I got this call last year it was totally unexpected, but I guarantee you, this thing is going to be cherished,” Jackson said, holding his Oscar. Thestar went on to joke about the “indelible impressions” he’s made on audiences as “gang member no. 2” and “bum.”
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