The fifteenth annual Governors Awards, hosted by the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, celebrated business legends on Sunday night time, most notably music and producing icon Quincy Jones, who died earlier this month on the age of 91.
The complete crowd was moved to tears when his daughter Rashida Jones, accompanied by three of her siblings, took the stage to discuss their legendary father. Rashida fought by way of feelings as she learn elements of her father’s speech that he had supposed to learn on the night time, and it was adopted by an uplifting tribute by Jennifer Hudson, who was accompanied by a 12-member gospel choir. She carried out “Possibly God Is Tryin’ to Inform You One thing’,” a track from the 1985 movie “The Colour Purple.”
There was no emcee for the celebration, which was stunning after comic John Mulaney’s showstopping duties final yr. As an alternative, following opening remarks from Academy President Janet Yang, the night started with actor Colman Domingo taking the stage to energise the gang. He praised every of the night’s honorees and managed to pitch himself to Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson as both the subsequent James Bond or a “Bond villain.” “You determine,” he quipped, whereas holding up his headshot.
Daniel Craig, who portrayed James Bond in six blockbuster movies, offered the Thalberg Award to Wilson and Broccoli. Broccoli is the primary individual to be the kid of a earlier Thalberg recipient, her father, Albert R. Broccoli, and solely the second girl to obtain it.
Through the video bundle that highlighted the manufacturing duo’s profession, an change between Broccoli and Wilson noticed them speaking in regards to the subsequent Bond. Wilson spoke about who “he” could possibly be, earlier than Broccoli corrected him and stated, “or she,” which made the gang erupt in cheer. Might our subsequent Bond, in truth, be a lady?
It was a star-studded affair that enables practically all of this yr’s awards contenders to rub elbows with voters. On deck have been contenders akin to actors Andrew Garfield, Angelina Jolie, Saoirse Ronan, Jennifer Lopez, Paul Mescal and Selena Gomez; administrators Ridley Scott, Jacques Audiard, Coralie Fargeat and Pedro Almodóvar; and producers akin to Jennifer Lawrence and extra.
Hugh Grant introduced the largest chuckles of the night time together with his notorious dry wit and humor as he roasted the Jean Hersholt Award recipient, Richard Curtis, whom he labored with on movies akin to “4 Weddings and a Funeral” and “Love Really.”
Curtis returned the joking favor when he took the stage: “Hugh is on this nice documentary known as ‘Heretic.’”
Additionally celebrated was legendary casting director Juliet Taylor, offered by Nicole Kidman, who needed to take away her excessive heels as a result of the rostrum was too quick. The Honorary Award is “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, distinctive contributions to the state of movement image arts and sciences, or excellent service to the Academy.” The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, additionally an Oscar statuette, is given “to a person within the movement image arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have introduced credit score to the business.”
