LOS ANGELES — A few honorary Oscar winners are getting a jump on next year’s Academy Awards.
Film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and character actor Eli Wallach received Oscar statuettes Saturday evening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ second annual Governors Awards.
Director-producer Francis Ford Coppola was also to be presented with the academy’s Irving G. Thalberg award at the private black-tie dinner at Hollywood & Highland’s Grand Ballroom, which is adjacent to the Kodak Theatre, home of the Academy Awards.
Academy president Tom Sherak said he expects the event to remain untelevised, though highlights will be available online at and will also be included in the Academy Awards telecast Feb. 27. The Associated Press
