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oscars.org - 6/27/2009
Academy Board of Governors Votes to Honor Testimonial Award Recipients at New Event
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Beverly Hills, CA — The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to establish a new annual event at which it will present its testimonial awards – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award. ...
screendaily.com - 6/29/2009
Oscars moves testimonial awards to earlier dinner; changes Song rules
— screendaily.com — If there were worries that the increased 10 Best Picture Nominees were going to make the Oscars... telecast even longer, the Academy has taken at least one step to keep the telecast less bloated. Oscars moves testimonial awards to earlier dinner; ...

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Academy Determined To Undermine Self
Film Experience Blog — Just as the news of "10 Best Pictures" finally began to sink in the Academy announces a possibly even more idiotic move -- no honorary awards presented on the big night. As ...

Oscarcast nixes honorary awards
In Contention — ... Instead, the hitherto irregularly awarded Honorary (AKA lifetime achievement), Irving G. Thalberg Memorial and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards will be announced in September and handed out at a private dinner in November. AMPAS  president Sid Ganis explains in the press release: ...

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