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  • Oscars Return to Their Roots For Governors Awards!

    Published on: November 15, 2009

    By Shannon Nystedt
    MovieSet.com

    The 82nd Academy Awards is filled with surprises! Not only will they be breaking with tradition to have the proceedings co-hosted, but they returned to tradition to honor four Governors Award recipients with an elegant evening of high spirits and warm intimacy, unlike most years where the Governors Awards are handed out on television.

    The dinner-kudos ceremony, held Saturday at the Hollywood and Highland grand ballroom, saw producer Roger Corman, cinematographer Gordon Willis and thesp Lauren Bacall each get multiple standing ovations during a half-hour apiece of clips, testimonials and toasts. The fourth honoree, producer John Calley was absent due to illness.

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