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Gene Hackman, David Lynch and Maggie Smith honoured at 2025 Oscars ceremony

Traditional in memoriam segment at Academy Awards also remembered Donald Sutherland, Shelley Duvall and James Earl Jones

Also recognised in the Academy’s annual tribute was David Lynch, who won an honorary Oscar in 2019, following nominations for The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. Maggie Smith, the veteran British actor best known to younger audiences for her work in the Harry Potter films, also made an appearance in the montage. Others remembered included Donald Sutherland, Shelley Duvall, Gena Rowlings, James Earl Jones, Dick Pope, Jeff Baena, Bob Newhart, Kris Kristofferson, M Emmet Walsh, Robert Towne, Joan Plowright and Teri Garr.

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