Tyler Perry will be recognized yet again at a prestigious awards show. The 51-year-old filmmaker, along with the Motion Pictures and Television Fund (MPTF), will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at this year's Oscars.The Academy notes in a press release that Perry is being honored with this award for his «wide spectrum of charitable and social justice causes has been particularly impactful during the challenges of the past year, addressing economic distress caused by the pandemic, racial reckoning and homelessness in his community.»«There has been such widespread generosity in our industry that limiting the Hersholt Humanitarian Award to one recipient, this year in particular, was impossible.
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