Twenty-five years after Tom Cruise obtained his first Oscar nomination, he’s finally getting a trophy. It’s not for his death-defying stunts, both. At least, not completely.
Cruise, choreographer Debbie Allen and “Do The Right Thing” manufacturing designer Wynn Thomas have all been chosen to obtain honorary Oscar statuettes on the annual Governors Awards, the movie academy stated on Tuesday (June 17, 2025). Dolly Parton will even be acknowledged with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her decades-long charitable work in literacy and training.
“This year’s Governors Awards will celebrate four legendary individuals whose extraordinary careers and commitment to our filmmaking community continue to leave a lasting impact,” Academy President Janet Yang stated in a press release.
Most recipients of the prize traditionally haven’t but gained a aggressive Oscar themselves. Cruise, 62, has been nominated 4 instances, twice for finest actor in “Born on the Fourth of July” and “Jerry Maguire,” as soon as for supporting actor in “Magnolia” and as soon as for finest image with “Top Gun: Maverick.” He’s additionally championed theatrical moviegoing and big-scale Hollywood manufacturing by way of the coronavirus pandemic.
Yang spotlighted Cruise’s “incredible commitment to our filmmaking community, to the theatrical experience, and to the stunts community.”
Allen, 75, has by no means been nominated for an Oscar. But the multi-hyphenate entertainer — she additionally acts and produces — has performed an integral function within the Oscars present, having choreographed seven ceremonies over time. Four of these had been nominated for prime-time Emmy awards.
A nomination had additionally eluded Thomas, a number one manufacturing designer whose movies have usually gone on to finest image nominations and even one win, for Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind.” Thomas is most identified for his long-term collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee, from “She’s Gotta Have It” and “Malcolm X” by way of “Da 5 Bloods.”
Parton has been nominated twice for finest authentic music, for “9 to 5” and, in 2006, “Travelin’ Thru” from the movie “Transamerica.” But her honor celebrates her humanitarian efforts over time, by way of organizations just like the Dollywood Foundation and the literary program “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.”
Yang stated Parton “exemplifies the spirit” of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The awards will be handed out throughout an untelevised ceremony on Nov. 16 on the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. Last 12 months’s recipients included the late Quincy Jones, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, filmmaker Richard Curtis and casting director Juliet Taylor.
Recipients of the prizes, which honor lifetime achievement, contributions to the state of movement image arts and sciences and service to the academy are chosen by the movie academy’s board of governors.
Published – June 17, 2025 11:46 pm IST
