Kirk Douglas, Quentin Tarantino, Anjelica Huston and Jonathan Demme will be presenting at what you could call the pre-Oscars. It’s the Governors Awards.
On November 14 they’ll be presenting honorary Oscars to Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis.
They’ll also give the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley.
It’s a black tie dinner with 600 invited guests at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland Center. That’s next door to the Kodak Theatre where the Oscars will be held March 7.
As a side note, we don’t know who’ll host the Oscars next year, but we do know who won’t. Hugh Jackman.
Variety reports that Jackman has turned down the job, saying he didn’t want to do it two years in a row.
He didn’t rule out hosting again in the future.
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