The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced another change in the Oscar ceremony. They're going to set up a separate, non-televised ceremony each November at which they'll present the special Oscars — the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and any Honorary Awards they see fit to bestow. These honors will be mentioned on the telecast but that's about it: A quick mention.
Rough translation: We just realized that those awards usually don't help the movie studios promote current product so there's no point in wasting valuable television time on them…plus the recipients are usually old and we don't want people on the Oscars who are old and aren't Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood. Oh and by the way, is it possible to get some hotter celebs into that boring Death Montage?