Governors Awards Present Honorary Oscars To Juliet Taylor, Quincy Jones, Richard Curtis & Bond Producers In Emotional Kickoff To A Long Season

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If you had any doubt that the awards season was in full swing, Sunday night’s 15th Annual Governors Awards ceremony answered it.

If you are, or in any way think you might have a shot at an Oscar nomination this year, and were in Los Angeles, it is most likely I might have run into you last night at Ovation’s Ray Dolby Ballroom where this jam packed ceremony saluting this year’s honorary Oscar recipients took place.

In fact, just the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ PR team’s tip sheet was two pages of 207 single spaced names who were expected to attend (and by my count did) show up, not just to honor the deserving winners of the evening, but also perhaps to be in this place which is packed with Oscar voters who might be reminded to see your movie, if they haven’t done so already.

At least 90% of that list were names associated with movies in the race. The Academy likes to call this event the “kickoff” to Oscar season, but of course we already know Oscar season has been “kicked off” for months, if it ever ends in the first place.