Listen Live
Magic 95.5 Featured Video
CLOSE

harry-belafonte

 

After years without a proper Oscar nomination, Legendary actor/singer and social activist Harry Belafonte will be getting his due at a stand-alone ceremony later this year.

Belafonte will be receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work on and off-screen. Aside from blazing trails in films such as “Carmen Jones” and “The World, The Flesh, and The Devil,” Belafonte was active in the Civil Rights Movement and named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1987.

Other recipients this year include Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki and actress Maureen O’Hara. The ceremony will take place on November 8.

Harry Belafonte To Receive Honorary Academy Award  was originally published on wzakcleveland.com