Ridley Scott and Glenn Close to Receive Honorary Oscars at 2026 Governors Awards

Director Ridley Scott and histrion Glenn Close are among the artists who volition yet person their agelong overdue Oscars, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.

Joining Scott and Close arsenic a recipient of an honorary Oscar is Floyd Norman, Disney’s archetypal Black animator. The honorary Oscars volition beryllium presented astatine the Governors Awards gala wherever the Academy's Board of Governors volition besides contiguous the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

This year’s Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award volition beryllium fixed to longtime indie producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. The duo’s Killer Films banner has produced specified Oscar fare arsenic Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven, I’m Not There, Still Alice, First Reformed, Carol, Past Lives, May December, and A Different Man.

Floyd Norman, present property 90, has antecedently been honored arsenic a Disney Legend for his enactment connected animated films specified arsenic Sleeping Beauty, The Sword successful the Stone, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mulan. Norman near Disney successful the second 1960s to co-found the AfroKids animation workplace with Leo Sullivan earlier rejoining the institution successful the aboriginal ‘70s.

Glenn Close, 79, has been a surface beingness since the 1970s, having earned 8 Oscar nominations but ne'er winning. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The World According to Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, and Hillbilly Elegy. Close was nominated arsenic Best Actress for Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, Albert Nobbs, and The Wife.

Legendary manager Sir Ridley Scott, 88, has made immoderate of the astir iconic movies of each time, including Alien and Blade Runner, but helium lone ever received 3 Best Director nominations (for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down). As a producer, helium shared an Oscar information for Best Picture for The Martian. While Scott himself has ne'er won an Oscar, his 2000 epic Gladiator did triumph Best Picture.

Oscar statuettes volition beryllium presented astatine the Academy’s 17th Governors Awards connected November 15, 2026.

The Governors Awards sum volition past beryllium rolled into the Academy’s March 14, 2027 broadcast of the 99th Oscars, which volition beryllium hosted by Conan O’Brien for the 3rd consecutive year.

(Ridley Scott thumbnail photograph by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)