Honorary Oscar for Cicely Tyson, Irving G. Thalberg Award to producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to present the Honorary Oscar Awards to actress Cicely Tyson, composer Lalo Schifrin and veteran publicist Marvin Levy at the Academy's 10th annual Governors Awards, which is set to take place Nov. 18.
It also decided to give the Irving G. Thalberg Award to Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall. The award, which was last given to Francis Ford Coppola in 2010, is given to producers "whose body of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production.”
Tyson was nominated for an Academy Award as best lead actress in 1973's 'Sounder', has starred in many films such as 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter', 'Fried Green Tomatoes', Diary of a Mad Black Woman, was last seen at Aretha Franklin's funeral ceremonies in Detroit on Friday wearing an interesting hat.