Oscars viewers were disappointed to see some major late stars missing from the televised tribute to those in the film industry who have died in the past year, including Anne Heche.
The 2023 Academy Awards broadcast its annual ‘In Memoriam’ segment during the celebratory ceremony, allowing everyone in attendance to reflect on much missed colleagues.
The film montage was introduced by John Travolta, who choked up as he paid tribute to his former Grease co-star and close friend Dame Olivia Newton John, who died last August at the age of 73, after a long battle with breast cancer.
Accompanied by Lenny Kravitz, who sang and played Calling All Angels on the piano, stars such as Ray Liotta, Burt Bacharach and Dame Angela Lansbury featured on the slides.
However, viewers were unimpressed to see some glaring omissions during the segment.
Actress Anne Heche, who died in a car crash aged just 53 in August, was one notable missing person, despite her career including the films Donnie Brasco and Six Days Seven Nights, as well as extensive TV work, which even earned her an Emmy nomination.
Goodfellas star Paul Sorvino wasn’t anywhere to be seen either, after his death in July, aged 83.
He had also appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Once Upon A Time in Queens and TV shows like hat’s Life, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and The Goldbergs.
Charlbi Dean was also missing, despite appearing as the lead actress in one of this year’s best picture Oscar-nominated films, Triangle of Sadness, opposite Woody Harrelson.
Dean died aged only 32 in August from bacterial sepsis, with her death ruled an accident.
The South African model-turned-actress had also featured in the superhero TV show Black Lightning.
‘No Anne Heche In Memorium? They did her dirty,’ tweeted one annoyed viewer, while another added: ‘I know cutting time but too too many left out of the Memoriam [sic].’
‘Anne Heche wasn’t included In Memoriam by @TheAcademy tonight. She was a film star and should have been included,’ insisted an unhappy fan.
Two-time Oscar nominee Melina Dillon, for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice, was also absent.
Israeli star Chaim Topol, best-known for starring as Tevye in the classic 1971 film Fiddler On The Roof, was missing following his death on Wednesday aged 87.
Oscar winners 2023
Here are the winners for the 95th Oscar Awards:
Best motion picture of the year
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Naatu Naatu from RRR, Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
Achievement in directing
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Best animated feature film of the year
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Achievement in cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front
Achievement in costume design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Best documentary feature
Navalny
Best documentary short subject
The Elephant Whisperers
Achievement in film editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best international feature film of the year
All Quiet on the Western Front – Germany
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
The Whale
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann
Achievement in production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Best animated short film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Best live action short film
An Irish Goodbye
Achievement in sound
Top Gun: Maverick
Achievement in visual effects
Avatar: The Way of Water
Adapted screenplay
Women Talking
Original screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once
This year’s big winner at the Oscars was Everything Everywhere All at Once, which scooped seven awards including best film and best director and also three of the four acting gongs.
Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan were all first-time nominees.
Metro.co.uk has contacted The Academy for comment.
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