Tom Cruise finally gets an Oscar
Los Angeles. More than 35 years after his first Oscar nomination, Tom Cruise is finally receiving one of the coveted film awards. Cruise will be honored with an honorary Oscar for his lifetime achievement, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday.
In addition to him, Debbie Allen, who has choreographed seven Academy Awards, and production designer Wynn Thomas ("Do The Right Thing") will also receive Oscar statuettes at the Governors Awards. Singer Dolly Parton will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her decades of charitable work in education.
“This year’s Governors Awards will honor four legendary individuals whose extraordinary careers and dedication to our film community have left a lasting impression,” said Academy of Motion Picture President Janet Yang in a statement.
Most recipients of the award have never previously won a regular Oscar. Cruise, 62, has been nominated four times: twice for Best Actor in "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Jerry Maguire," once for Supporting Actor in "Magnolia," and once for Best Picture for "Top Gun: Maverick." Yang highlighted Cruise's "incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the moviegoing experience, and to the stunt people."
The awards will be presented at a non-televised ceremony on November 16 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, several months before the regular Oscars. Last year's winners included the late Quincy Jones, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, filmmaker Richard Curtis, and casting director Juliet Taylor.
The award winners, who are honored for their lifetime achievement, their contribution to the art and science of film, and their service to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, are selected by the Academy's Board of Governors.
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