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UPDATED SUNDAY with Martin Scorsese remembrance: “Maureen O’Hara was a great actress and an enduring icon. Her face and her vibrant red hair and her beautiful Irish voice, sometimes lilting and sometimes ferocious, were made for the cinema. She was in several of the greatest movies ever made, many of them by John Ford…

Maureen O’Hara, now 94, took time to fondly remember the Hollywood greats from her past such as John Wayne and John Ford. Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki said he was just happy to be in the same room as Maureen O’Hara. Masterful screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere gave a moving tribute to Hollywood’s…

To many, it's a surprise that 94-year-old actress Maureen O'Hara—she of How Green Was My Valley and Miracle on 34th Street fame—has never won, or even been nominated for, an Academy Award. That is, until now. "I got a phone call, and I was sure it was a joke, " O'Hara exclaims about hearing she would be one of this…

For the first two or three years of the now six-year-old Governors Awards, I regularly wrote a column “suggesting” who I considered to be a deserving choice for Honorary Oscars, people who have been overlooked in their fields over the years. Related: Big Names, Deserving Recipients For 2013 Governors Awards On every…