Honorary Oscars, Hersholt and Thalberg in Separate Ceremony

This news also came our way yesterday but with so much going on it kind of got lost in the shuffle. Thanks to you readers we cannot ignore it any longer. This change seems like a way to streamline the ceremony even more. Is it a good thing? I guess it depends on who you are and what you are due. Here is how it will go down:

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to establish a new annual event at which it will present its testimonial awards – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award. Honorees will be selected and announced in September and presented their awards at a celebratory dinner event in November. They will also be acknowledged at the year’s Academy Awards ceremony.