The in memoriam phase on the Academy Awards opened not with a Hollywood star, however with a clip of Aleksei A. Navalny from “Navalny,” the Oscar-winning 2022 documentary in regards to the Russian opposition chief who died final month in a Russian jail.
“The one factor essential for the triumph of evil is for good folks to do nothing,” learn a quote onscreen that was attributed to Navalny.
Taking a second to acknowledge these within the movie business who’ve died for the reason that earlier Oscars ceremony, the telecast additionally paid tribute to stars similar to Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking performer and activist, and Chita Rivera, the Broadway star who additionally appeared in movies, in addition to filmmakers similar to Norman Jewison, the lauded director behind “Within the Warmth of the Night time,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Moonstruck.”
To accompany the tributes, the famous person tenor Andrea Bocelli sang “Time to Say Goodbye” — with a brand new orchestration by Hans Zimmer — alongside his son, Matteo Bocelli.
Listed here are a few of figures the Academy honored:
Alan Arkin, the acclaimed actor who gained an Oscar for his position in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Andre Braugher, a movie, TV and theater actor who had roles in Spike Lee and Edward Zwick movies
Michael Gambon, the acclaimed Irish-born actor who performed Albus Dumbledore within the “Harry Potter” films
William Friedkin, director of the field workplace hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist”
Bo Goldman, the admired Hollywood screenwriter who took house Oscars for his work on “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Melvin and Howard”
Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who turned to politics in her 50s
Piper Laurie, a revered actress with three Oscar nominations, together with for her position in “Carrie”
Invoice Lee, a jazz bassist and composer who scored the early movies of his son Spike Lee
Richard Lewis, the acerbic stand-up comedian who turned an everyday in films and TV
Ryan O’Neal, who turned an prompt film star within the 1970 hit movie “Love Story”
Matthew Perry, the “Associates” star who had roles in films similar to “The Complete 9 Yards”
Paul Reubens, the comedian actor behind Pee-wee Herman who had scores of film and TV credit
Richard Roundtree, one of many first Black motion heroes who was catapulted to fame within the film “Shaft”
Ryuichi Sakamoto, one in every of Japan’s most outstanding composers, who scored the movies “The Final Emperor,” “The Sheltering Sky” and “The Revenant”
Tina Turner, the pop sensation who appeared in movies similar to “Tommy” and “Mad Max Past Thunderdome”
Carl Weathers, a former professional linebacker, who performed Apollo Creed within the “Rocky” films
