‘This is going to be cherished’: Samuel L Jackson and Elaine May receive honorary Oscars

Amy Schumer is toeing the line many comedians in the current climate are wary of when it comes to joking about certain topics or events that occur under the show business umbrella. In a recent Instagram post, the "Life & Beth" star, 40, addressed rumors that she had a bit prepared about Alec Baldwin’s tragic "Rust" incident while hosting the 94th Academy Awards. "I also was never going to say the Alec Baldwin joke at the Oscar’s [sic].

Walking it back? Amy Schumer is seemingly clearing the air after revealing she was told not to joke about Alec Baldwin‘s Rust incident at the 2022 Oscars.

Oprah Winfrey is herself receiving a literary honor.The PEN/Faulkner Foundation is giving Winfrey its inaugural Literary Champion award, a lifetime achievement prize for contributions to literacy and for inspiring younger readers and writers. PEN/Faulkner is otherwise known for the annual fiction prize it has presented since 1981.“Oprah Winfrey is a literary force field,” PEN/Faulkner Board Vice President Mary Haft said in a statement Tuesday.

Taylor Swift is graduating.

Samuel L. Jackson will return to Broadway next season after a 10-year absence with a revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson, to be directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson in her Broadway directorial debut.

Oscars, Amy Schumer made a joke about siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal and referenced them as a couple. During her opening monologue, Schumer acknowledged how many couples were attending the 94th Academy Awards.

Taylor Swift is set to receive an honorary doctorate in fine arts from New York University.The university will honour the singer on May 18 during their “doubleheader” 188th and 189th Commencement Exercises – which will celebrate the Classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 – at Yankee Stadium in New York City.Swift will receive her doctorate – becoming a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa – and address the graduates and guests on behalf of all the degree recipients for the Class of 2022 during the morning ceremony.Lifelong disability rights advocate Judith Heumann will also receive a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, during the evening ceremony, where she will address the Classes of 2020 and 2021.A post shared by New York University (@nyuniversity)“I cannot overstate how thrilled I am to be coming together in person with graduates, parents, faculty, and honourees for NYU’s Commencement,” NYU President Andrew Hamilton said in a statement.“Since 2019, we have been deprived of Commencement’s festive, communal joy, and its absence has been keenly felt.

Taylor Swift is receiving a big honor!

Chris Willman Music WriterNew York University will award Taylor Swift an honorary doctorate of fine arts May 18, and will speak at commencement at Yankee Stadium, the institution announced Monday.Swift will deliver her address and receive her honors from NYU along with the class of 2022 at the stadium on the morning of May 18.Three graduating classes will be honored that day. Swift will be part of what is described as a “traditional” ceremony for the current graduating class on the morning of May 18.

The Oscars were back in the Dolby Theater this year with social distancing and eight categories presented before the live show even began. While there was a joke about Samuel L.

Wilson Chapman editorThe Academy Awards’ starry red carpet is often the first place  to see which attendees are using their outfits to make a statement.At this year’s red carpet, many celebrities showed up sporting blue ribbons provided by the United Nations Refugee Agency. These blue ribbons sport the hashtag #withrefugees, referring to the refugee crisis caused by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in solidarity with all people forced to flee oppression.See more: Oscars Red Carpet ArrivalsIndividuals who showed up to the red carpet sporting the pins included Jamie Lee Curtis, Samuel L.

Regina Hall got very handsy with two handsome hunks at the 94th Annual Academy Awards. The actress, 51, hilariously felt up Jason Momoa, 42, and Josh Brolin, 54, while performing a self-described “COVID pat down” on the duo on stage. As Jason and Josh came out to present the award for Best Sound, Regina — who is hosting the award show with Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, walked over to both men to perform her duties.

Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles.

last year video went viral of him shouting compliments at his neighbors. The Governors Awards were created in 2009, to boost the honorary awards that didn’t get the coverage they deserved on Oscars night.

The first Oscars of the weekend were handed out last night in Hollywood, and you can bet no is going to argue about the worthiness of these four new recipients of the industry’s highest award.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles. Her fellow honorees, Samuel L. Jackson, Liv Ullmann and Danny Glover, all arrived hours earlier, each holding court at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, posing for photos and enjoying their moment amid the lead-up to the 94th Academy Awards.

Governors Awards, an annual event that presents Hollywood luminaries with honorary Oscar statuettes, is a reprieve, of sorts, from the awards season grind.Sure, there’s plenty of small talk and crudités to go around. But unlike most shows, which announce the winners in real time, this stop on the Oscar trail is void of a certain kind of anxiety. Recipients — this year’s batch consisted of Samuel L.