GOVERNORS AWARDS 2010. THE ACADEMY AWARDS.


 Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Francis Ford Coppola (center) and Honorary Award recipient Kevin Brownlow at the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood®, CA, Saturday, November 13.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood®, CA, Saturday, November 13. Pictured here at the event (left to right): Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy, Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipient Francis Ford Coppola, Previous Oscar-nominee Talia Shire, Previous Oscar-nominee James Caan, Oscar-winning director Sofia Coppola and Two time Oscar®-winning actor Robert DeNiro.

 Four-time Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood (left), Honorary Award recipient Eli Wallach (center) and Two-time Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro at the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 13.

Academy President Tom Sherak asks the audience at the 2010 Governors Awards to remember past Thalberg recipient Dino De Laurentiis, who recently died.

Actor Vincent Cassel speaks as part of the award presentation to Honorary Award recipient Jean-Luc Godard during the 2010 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, November 13.

ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards – in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners – the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.