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  • Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer To Poor Things, A Look At The Complete List Of Nominees | Movies News

    New Delhi: The 96th annual Academy Awards are scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles on March 10, reported Deadline.

    With 13 nominations in total, director Christopher Nolan's biopic 'Oppenheimer' leads the nominations list, followed by 'Poor Things' with 11 noms and Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' with 10.

    Big names like Jodie Foster, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Robert Downey Jr. are among the actors nominated.

    See the full list of nominees below:

    1. Best Picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest

    2. Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper Colman Domingo Paul Giamatti Cillian Murphy Jeffrey Wright

    3. Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening Lily Gladstone Sandra Huller Carey Mulligan Emma Stone

    4. Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K Brown Robert De Niro Robert Downey Jr Ryan Gosling Mark Ruffalo

    5. Actress in a Supporting Role Emily Blunt Danielle Brooks America Ferrera Jodie Foster Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    6. Directing Justine Triet Martin Scorsese Christopher Nolan Yorgos Lanthimos Jonathan Glazer

    7. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction Barbie Oppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest

    8. Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Maestro May December Past Lives

    9. International Feature Film Io Capitano Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest

    10. Animated Feature Film The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Robot Dreams Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    11. Documentary Feature Film Bobi Wine: The People's President The Eternal Memory Four Daughters To Kill a Tiger 20 Days in Mariupol

    12. Live Action Short Film The Actor Invincible Knight of Fortune Red, White and Blue The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    13. Documentary Short Film The ABCs of Book Banning The Barber of Little Rock The Island In Between The Last Repair Shop Nai Nai and Wai Po

    14. Animated Short Film Letter to a Pig Ninety-Five Senses Our Uniform Pachyderme War Is Over!

    15. Film Editing Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    16. Production Design Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    17. Costume Design Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    18. Music (Original Score) American Fiction Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things

    19. Music (Original Song) The Fire Inside I'm Just Ken It Never Went Away Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) What Was I Made For?

    20. Makeup and Hairstyling Golda Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things Society of the Snow

    21. Sound The Creator Maestro Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer The Zone of Interest

    22. Visual Effects The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Napoleon

  • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ enters Sunday’s Oscars as unlikely favorite

    By AFP

    HOLLYWOOD: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a wacky sci-fi film featuring multiple universes, sex toys and hot dog fingers, enters Sunday’s Oscars ceremony as the highly unorthodox frontrunner for best picture.

    Academy bosses hope audiences will tune in to see whether the zany $100 million-grossing hit can claim Hollywood’s most coveted prize — and draw a line under Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s gala.

    “Everything Everywhere” — which leads the overall nominations count at 11 — follows a Chinese immigrant laundromat owner locked in battle with an inter-dimensional supervillain who happens to also be her own daughter.

    Michelle Yeoh’s heroine Evelyn must harness the power of her alter egos living in parallel universes, which feature hot dogs as human fingers, talking rocks and giant dildos used as weapons.

    The film has dominated nearly every awards show in Hollywood, with its charismatic, predominantly Asian stars becoming the feel-good story of the season.

    “It’s a group of very likable people behind the movie who it’s impossible to not be happy for,” Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg told AFP.

    But although the quirky film is widely expected to dominate Oscars night, it could hit a stumbling block for best picture.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses a special “preferential” voting system for that award, in which members rank films from best to worst.

    The approach punishes polarizing films.

    One Oscars voter who asked not to be identified told AFP that some members — particularly among the Academy’s older ranks — are “more divided about ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’”

    “It was very bold and unique, but not a traditional movie… it could be further down the ballot for a lot of people,” the voter said.

    If any rival can benefit, it is likely “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Netflix’s German-language World War I movie that dominated Britain’s BAFTAs.

    Another potential beneficiary is “Top Gun: Maverick,” the long-awaited sequel from Tom Cruise — no less a figure than Steven Spielberg recently said the actor and his film “might have saved the entire theatrical industry” from the pandemic.

    “It was that movie that brought audiences back to movie theaters,” said the anonymous Oscars voter.

    REVIEW | ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: This multiversal madness is absurdist comedy at its best

    Toss-ups

    While the best picture race has a clear favorite, the acting contests are incredibly tight.

    “I can’t remember a year, at least in the time I’ve been doing it, where three of the four acting categories were true toss-ups,” said Feinberg.

    For best actress, Cate Blanchett had long been favorite to win a third Oscar for “Tar,” but “Everything Everywhere” love could propel Yeoh to a historic first win by an Asian woman in the category.

    “I think that Michelle Yeoh will probably win,” said the Oscars voter. “Cate Blanchett has already won twice… some people vote with that in the back of their mind.”

    Best actor is a three-horse race between Austin Butler (“Elvis), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    And the supporting actress race may be even closer.

    Angela Bassett, the first Marvel superhero actor ever nominated with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is up against “Everything Everywhere” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “Banshees” actress Kerry Condon.

    One category does appear to be locked.

    Ke Huy Quan, the former child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” has won every best supporting actor prize going and looks near-certain to complete a comeback story for the ages.

    ‘The Slap’

    Hanging over the ceremony is the specter of “The Slap” — the shocking moment at last year’s Oscars when Smith assaulted Chris Rock on stage for cracking a joke about his wife.

    At a press conference this week, Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney said: “We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re going to move on.”

    Organizers were criticized last year for allowing Smith to remain at the show after the attack, and even collect his best actor award.

    He was later banned from Oscars events for a decade, meaning he cannot present the best actress statuette this year, as is traditional.

    A “crisis team” has been set up for the first time, to immediately respond to any unexpected developments.

    READ MORE | ‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame

    Blockbusters

    Partly thanks to “The Slap,” last year’s Oscars TV ratings improved from record lows, but remained well below their late 1990s peak, as interest in awards shows wanes and doomsayers continue to predict the demise of theatergoing.

    This year, organizers have brought back Jimmy Kimmel as host for a third stint, and hope that nominations for widely watched blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” will bring viewers back.

    In 1997, when the wildly popular “Titanic” won 11 Oscars, a record 57 million tuned in.

    “If the public cares about the movies, they care about the Oscars, relatively more,” said Feinberg.

    HOLLYWOOD: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a wacky sci-fi film featuring multiple universes, sex toys and hot dog fingers, enters Sunday’s Oscars ceremony as the highly unorthodox frontrunner for best picture.

    Academy bosses hope audiences will tune in to see whether the zany $100 million-grossing hit can claim Hollywood’s most coveted prize — and draw a line under Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s gala.

    “Everything Everywhere” — which leads the overall nominations count at 11 — follows a Chinese immigrant laundromat owner locked in battle with an inter-dimensional supervillain who happens to also be her own daughter.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Michelle Yeoh’s heroine Evelyn must harness the power of her alter egos living in parallel universes, which feature hot dogs as human fingers, talking rocks and giant dildos used as weapons.

    The film has dominated nearly every awards show in Hollywood, with its charismatic, predominantly Asian stars becoming the feel-good story of the season.

    “It’s a group of very likable people behind the movie who it’s impossible to not be happy for,” Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg told AFP.

    But although the quirky film is widely expected to dominate Oscars night, it could hit a stumbling block for best picture.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses a special “preferential” voting system for that award, in which members rank films from best to worst.

    The approach punishes polarizing films.

    One Oscars voter who asked not to be identified told AFP that some members — particularly among the Academy’s older ranks — are “more divided about ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’”

    “It was very bold and unique, but not a traditional movie… it could be further down the ballot for a lot of people,” the voter said.

    If any rival can benefit, it is likely “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Netflix’s German-language World War I movie that dominated Britain’s BAFTAs.

    Another potential beneficiary is “Top Gun: Maverick,” the long-awaited sequel from Tom Cruise — no less a figure than Steven Spielberg recently said the actor and his film “might have saved the entire theatrical industry” from the pandemic.

    “It was that movie that brought audiences back to movie theaters,” said the anonymous Oscars voter.

    REVIEW | ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: This multiversal madness is absurdist comedy at its best

    Toss-ups

    While the best picture race has a clear favorite, the acting contests are incredibly tight.

    “I can’t remember a year, at least in the time I’ve been doing it, where three of the four acting categories were true toss-ups,” said Feinberg.

    For best actress, Cate Blanchett had long been favorite to win a third Oscar for “Tar,” but “Everything Everywhere” love could propel Yeoh to a historic first win by an Asian woman in the category.

    “I think that Michelle Yeoh will probably win,” said the Oscars voter. “Cate Blanchett has already won twice… some people vote with that in the back of their mind.”

    Best actor is a three-horse race between Austin Butler (“Elvis), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    And the supporting actress race may be even closer.

    Angela Bassett, the first Marvel superhero actor ever nominated with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is up against “Everything Everywhere” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “Banshees” actress Kerry Condon.

    One category does appear to be locked.

    Ke Huy Quan, the former child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” has won every best supporting actor prize going and looks near-certain to complete a comeback story for the ages.

    ‘The Slap’

    Hanging over the ceremony is the specter of “The Slap” — the shocking moment at last year’s Oscars when Smith assaulted Chris Rock on stage for cracking a joke about his wife.

    At a press conference this week, Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney said: “We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re going to move on.”

    Organizers were criticized last year for allowing Smith to remain at the show after the attack, and even collect his best actor award.

    He was later banned from Oscars events for a decade, meaning he cannot present the best actress statuette this year, as is traditional.

    A “crisis team” has been set up for the first time, to immediately respond to any unexpected developments.

    READ MORE | ‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame

    Blockbusters

    Partly thanks to “The Slap,” last year’s Oscars TV ratings improved from record lows, but remained well below their late 1990s peak, as interest in awards shows wanes and doomsayers continue to predict the demise of theatergoing.

    This year, organizers have brought back Jimmy Kimmel as host for a third stint, and hope that nominations for widely watched blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” will bring viewers back.

    In 1997, when the wildly popular “Titanic” won 11 Oscars, a record 57 million tuned in.

    “If the public cares about the movies, they care about the Oscars, relatively more,” said Feinberg.

  • ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ enters Sunday’s Oscars as unlikely favorite

    By AFP

    HOLLYWOOD: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a wacky sci-fi film featuring multiple universes, sex toys and hot dog fingers, enters Sunday’s Oscars ceremony as the highly unorthodox frontrunner for best picture.

    Academy bosses hope audiences will tune in to see whether the zany $100 million-grossing hit can claim Hollywood’s most coveted prize — and draw a line under Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s gala.

    “Everything Everywhere” — which leads the overall nominations count at 11 — follows a Chinese immigrant laundromat owner locked in battle with an inter-dimensional supervillain who happens to also be her own daughter.

    Michelle Yeoh’s heroine Evelyn must harness the power of her alter egos living in parallel universes, which feature hot dogs as human fingers, talking rocks and giant dildos used as weapons.

    The film has dominated nearly every awards show in Hollywood, with its charismatic, predominantly Asian stars becoming the feel-good story of the season.

    “It’s a group of very likable people behind the movie who it’s impossible to not be happy for,” Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg told AFP.

    But although the quirky film is widely expected to dominate Oscars night, it could hit a stumbling block for best picture.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses a special “preferential” voting system for that award, in which members rank films from best to worst.

    The approach punishes polarizing films.

    One Oscars voter who asked not to be identified told AFP that some members — particularly among the Academy’s older ranks — are “more divided about ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’”

    “It was very bold and unique, but not a traditional movie… it could be further down the ballot for a lot of people,” the voter said.

    If any rival can benefit, it is likely “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Netflix’s German-language World War I movie that dominated Britain’s BAFTAs.

    Another potential beneficiary is “Top Gun: Maverick,” the long-awaited sequel from Tom Cruise — no less a figure than Steven Spielberg recently said the actor and his film “might have saved the entire theatrical industry” from the pandemic.

    “It was that movie that brought audiences back to movie theaters,” said the anonymous Oscars voter.

    REVIEW | ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: This multiversal madness is absurdist comedy at its best

    Toss-ups

    While the best picture race has a clear favorite, the acting contests are incredibly tight.

    “I can’t remember a year, at least in the time I’ve been doing it, where three of the four acting categories were true toss-ups,” said Feinberg.

    For best actress, Cate Blanchett had long been favorite to win a third Oscar for “Tar,” but “Everything Everywhere” love could propel Yeoh to a historic first win by an Asian woman in the category.

    “I think that Michelle Yeoh will probably win,” said the Oscars voter. “Cate Blanchett has already won twice… some people vote with that in the back of their mind.”

    Best actor is a three-horse race between Austin Butler (“Elvis), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    And the supporting actress race may be even closer.

    Angela Bassett, the first Marvel superhero actor ever nominated with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is up against “Everything Everywhere” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “Banshees” actress Kerry Condon.

    One category does appear to be locked.

    Ke Huy Quan, the former child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” has won every best supporting actor prize going and looks near-certain to complete a comeback story for the ages.

    ‘The Slap’

    Hanging over the ceremony is the specter of “The Slap” — the shocking moment at last year’s Oscars when Smith assaulted Chris Rock on stage for cracking a joke about his wife.

    At a press conference this week, Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney said: “We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re going to move on.”

    Organizers were criticized last year for allowing Smith to remain at the show after the attack, and even collect his best actor award.

    He was later banned from Oscars events for a decade, meaning he cannot present the best actress statuette this year, as is traditional.

    A “crisis team” has been set up for the first time, to immediately respond to any unexpected developments.

    READ MORE | ‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame

    Blockbusters

    Partly thanks to “The Slap,” last year’s Oscars TV ratings improved from record lows, but remained well below their late 1990s peak, as interest in awards shows wanes and doomsayers continue to predict the demise of theatergoing.

    This year, organizers have brought back Jimmy Kimmel as host for a third stint, and hope that nominations for widely watched blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” will bring viewers back.

    In 1997, when the wildly popular “Titanic” won 11 Oscars, a record 57 million tuned in.

    “If the public cares about the movies, they care about the Oscars, relatively more,” said Feinberg.

    HOLLYWOOD: “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a wacky sci-fi film featuring multiple universes, sex toys and hot dog fingers, enters Sunday’s Oscars ceremony as the highly unorthodox frontrunner for best picture.

    Academy bosses hope audiences will tune in to see whether the zany $100 million-grossing hit can claim Hollywood’s most coveted prize — and draw a line under Will Smith’s infamous slap at last year’s gala.

    “Everything Everywhere” — which leads the overall nominations count at 11 — follows a Chinese immigrant laundromat owner locked in battle with an inter-dimensional supervillain who happens to also be her own daughter.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Michelle Yeoh’s heroine Evelyn must harness the power of her alter egos living in parallel universes, which feature hot dogs as human fingers, talking rocks and giant dildos used as weapons.

    The film has dominated nearly every awards show in Hollywood, with its charismatic, predominantly Asian stars becoming the feel-good story of the season.

    “It’s a group of very likable people behind the movie who it’s impossible to not be happy for,” Hollywood Reporter awards columnist Scott Feinberg told AFP.

    But although the quirky film is widely expected to dominate Oscars night, it could hit a stumbling block for best picture.

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses a special “preferential” voting system for that award, in which members rank films from best to worst.

    The approach punishes polarizing films.

    One Oscars voter who asked not to be identified told AFP that some members — particularly among the Academy’s older ranks — are “more divided about ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’”

    “It was very bold and unique, but not a traditional movie… it could be further down the ballot for a lot of people,” the voter said.

    If any rival can benefit, it is likely “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Netflix’s German-language World War I movie that dominated Britain’s BAFTAs.

    Another potential beneficiary is “Top Gun: Maverick,” the long-awaited sequel from Tom Cruise — no less a figure than Steven Spielberg recently said the actor and his film “might have saved the entire theatrical industry” from the pandemic.

    “It was that movie that brought audiences back to movie theaters,” said the anonymous Oscars voter.

    REVIEW | ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: This multiversal madness is absurdist comedy at its best

    Toss-ups

    While the best picture race has a clear favorite, the acting contests are incredibly tight.

    “I can’t remember a year, at least in the time I’ve been doing it, where three of the four acting categories were true toss-ups,” said Feinberg.

    For best actress, Cate Blanchett had long been favorite to win a third Oscar for “Tar,” but “Everything Everywhere” love could propel Yeoh to a historic first win by an Asian woman in the category.

    “I think that Michelle Yeoh will probably win,” said the Oscars voter. “Cate Blanchett has already won twice… some people vote with that in the back of their mind.”

    Best actor is a three-horse race between Austin Butler (“Elvis), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”).

    And the supporting actress race may be even closer.

    Angela Bassett, the first Marvel superhero actor ever nominated with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” is up against “Everything Everywhere” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “Banshees” actress Kerry Condon.

    One category does appear to be locked.

    Ke Huy Quan, the former child star of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” has won every best supporting actor prize going and looks near-certain to complete a comeback story for the ages.

    ‘The Slap’

    Hanging over the ceremony is the specter of “The Slap” — the shocking moment at last year’s Oscars when Smith assaulted Chris Rock on stage for cracking a joke about his wife.

    At a press conference this week, Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney said: “We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re going to move on.”

    Organizers were criticized last year for allowing Smith to remain at the show after the attack, and even collect his best actor award.

    He was later banned from Oscars events for a decade, meaning he cannot present the best actress statuette this year, as is traditional.

    A “crisis team” has been set up for the first time, to immediately respond to any unexpected developments.

    READ MORE | ‘Larger than life’: Indian film-maker Rajamouli shoots for Oscar fame

    Blockbusters

    Partly thanks to “The Slap,” last year’s Oscars TV ratings improved from record lows, but remained well below their late 1990s peak, as interest in awards shows wanes and doomsayers continue to predict the demise of theatergoing.

    This year, organizers have brought back Jimmy Kimmel as host for a third stint, and hope that nominations for widely watched blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” will bring viewers back.

    In 1997, when the wildly popular “Titanic” won 11 Oscars, a record 57 million tuned in.

    “If the public cares about the movies, they care about the Oscars, relatively more,” said Feinberg.

  • Film academy apologises to Littlefeather who faced harassment for 1973 Oscars speech on Native Americans

    By Associated Press

    NEW YORK: Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured.

    The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday said that it will host Littlefeather, now 75, for an evening of “conversation, healing and celebration” on Sept. 17.

    When Brando won best actor for “The Godfather,” Littlefeather, wearing buckskin dress and moccasins, took the stage, becoming the first Native American woman ever to do so at the Academy Awards. In a 60-second speech, she explained that Brando could not accept the award due to “the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.”

    Some in the audience booed her. John Wayne, who was backstage at the time, was reportedly furious.

    The 1973 Oscars were held during the American Indian Movement’s two-month occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

    In the years since, Littlefeather has said she’s been mocked, discriminated against and personally attacked for her brief Academy Awards appearance.

    In making the announcement, the Academy Museum shared a letter sent June 18 to Littlefeather by David Rubin, academy president, about the iconic Oscar moment. Rubin called Littlefeather’s speech “a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity.”

    “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote Rubin. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”

    Littlefeather, in a statement, said it is “profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago.”

    “Regarding the Academy’s apology to me, we Indians are very patient people — it’s only been 50 years!” said Littlefeather. “We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. It’s our method of survival.”

    At the Academy Museum event in Los Angeles, Littlefeather will sit for a conversation with producer Bird Runningwater, co-chair of the academy’s Indigenous Alliance.

    In a podcast earlier this year with Jacqueline Stewart, a film scholar and director of the Academy Museum, Littlefeather reflected on what compelled her to speak out in 1973.

    “I felt that there should be Native people, Black people, Asian people, Chicano people — I felt there should be an inclusion of everyone,” said Littlefeather. “A rainbow of people that should be involved in creating their own image.”

    NEW YORK: Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured.

    The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday said that it will host Littlefeather, now 75, for an evening of “conversation, healing and celebration” on Sept. 17.

    When Brando won best actor for “The Godfather,” Littlefeather, wearing buckskin dress and moccasins, took the stage, becoming the first Native American woman ever to do so at the Academy Awards. In a 60-second speech, she explained that Brando could not accept the award due to “the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.”

    Some in the audience booed her. John Wayne, who was backstage at the time, was reportedly furious.

    The 1973 Oscars were held during the American Indian Movement’s two-month occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

    In the years since, Littlefeather has said she’s been mocked, discriminated against and personally attacked for her brief Academy Awards appearance.

    In making the announcement, the Academy Museum shared a letter sent June 18 to Littlefeather by David Rubin, academy president, about the iconic Oscar moment. Rubin called Littlefeather’s speech “a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity.”

    “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote Rubin. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”

    Littlefeather, in a statement, said it is “profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago.”

    “Regarding the Academy’s apology to me, we Indians are very patient people — it’s only been 50 years!” said Littlefeather. “We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. It’s our method of survival.”

    At the Academy Museum event in Los Angeles, Littlefeather will sit for a conversation with producer Bird Runningwater, co-chair of the academy’s Indigenous Alliance.

    In a podcast earlier this year with Jacqueline Stewart, a film scholar and director of the Academy Museum, Littlefeather reflected on what compelled her to speak out in 1973.

    “I felt that there should be Native people, Black people, Asian people, Chicano people — I felt there should be an inclusion of everyone,” said Littlefeather. “A rainbow of people that should be involved in creating their own image.”