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Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy honored at Governors Awards

Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox walk the red carpet at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 13th Governors Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy’s Governors Awards returned to its November calendar date for the first time since 2019 on Saturday night, with Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy, Australian director Peter Weir and songwriter Diane Warren receiving honorary Oscars, and actor Michael J. Fox delivering an emotional, 12-minute speech while accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

In prepandemic times, the untelevised event served as something of an unofficial first campaign stop for contenders trying to capture academy voters’ attention. And that was again the case this year, as actors and filmmakers from just

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