Actress Mira Sorvino criticized the Academy for leaving out her father, Paul Sorvino, following the In Memoriam segment during the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Paul died of natural causes in July. He was 83. "It is baffling beyond belief that my beloved father and many other amazing brilliant departed actors were left out," Mira tweeted. "The Oscars forgot about Paul Sorvino, but the rest of us never will!!" At the end of the televised segment, The Academy shared a QR code, which directed viewers to a larger online segment that included the hundreds of names of late stars, including Paul.
Paul's wife Dee Dee Sorvino exclusively told Fox News Digital that she "started crying" and was instantly "sick to her stomach" upon realizing the Academy made the decision to leave her husband out of the televised memorial. "It's hard enough.
It's difficult enough, and then they leave him out? Paul is the epitome of a movie star. He is a true, blue movie star, and this is the Oscars.
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