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Academy Members Cringe as ‘Star Wars’ Boss Kathleen Kennedy Lobbies for Bob Iger to Receive an Honorary Oscar (EXCLUSIVE)
Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy has been stumping for Disney CEO Bob Iger to receive an Honorary Oscar this year. Some Academy voters see a conflict.
The producer-executive has been ardently lobbying select members of the group to obtain an Honorary Oscar for her boss, Disney chief Bob Iger, four insiders with knowledge of the matter told Variety. Kennedy has reached out to select players at the board level inside AMPAS, encouraging them to recommend one of the annual honors go to Iger – the man who secured Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm for Disney’s war chest of intellectual property, selling billions of dollars’ worth of movie tickets in the process. Kennedy has been nominated for producing some of Steven Spielberg’s most iconic films, including “E.T.” and “The Color Purple.” She’s also been a contender in the Best Picture category for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Sixth Sense” and “Seabiscuit.”
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