Actress Mira Sorvino has spoken out against the Film Academy for omitting her father Paul Sorvino from their In Memoriam segment at the 95th Academy Awards.
Sorvino first took to Twitter on Sunday night to share: “I for one am remembering Dad on this Oscars night…” Accompanying the comment was a loving tribute to her actor dad, who died of natural causes last July, aged 83 — a video of her own 1996 Oscar win for Mighty Aphrodite, which an emotional Paul Sorvino was in the room to see.
Sorvino went on to say in a note posted to Twitter on Monday that she’s “incredibly hurt and shocked that my father’s lifelong, irreplaceable, enormous contribution to the world of cinema was overlooked by whomever made that list.
We his adoring family, and you, his adoring public, know just how unique and incredible he was. We hope @theacademy does something to put this right.” Added the Shining Vale and American Crime Story actress: “It is baffling beyond belief that my beloved father and many other amazing brilliant departed actors were left out.
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