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Chapel ComeCome joinjoin us Sunday, February 26, 2017 WednesdayWednesday MarchNov. 41 & MarchNov. 18 15 1-810-629-9321 2017 Academy Awards airs Sunday night on ABC By Vera Hogan Winners likely to share [email protected]; 810-433-6823 The 89th annual Academy Awards activities will air Sunday night, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. political opinions The event takes place at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. n This year’s Oscars are being hosted This year’s statements by Jimmy Kimmel and promises to be may be ‘trumped’ by an “interesting” event considering all of the political controversy that is expected speeches of past years from winners and their speeches. By Vera Hogan [email protected]; 810-433-6823 It’s almost a certainty that many of the winners of and the nominees are... the coveted “Oscar” in tonight’s Academy Awards are going to use the platform to share what they think is wrong with this country, among other things. BEST PICTURE: They won’t be the firstand likely won’t be the last. n “Arrival,” Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aar- Actors have been using the Academy Award stage to on Ryder and David Linde, producers drive their points home for decades. The following n “Fences,” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington are just some of the more politically charged. and Todd Black, producers n “Hacksaw Ridge,” Bill Mechanic and David PINTEREST One of the most notable, occurred in 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather took the place of when Marlon Brando won Best Actor for Permut, producers n “Hell or High Water,” Carla Hacken and Ju- Marlon Brando in 1973 when he won an “The Godfather.” Instead of the usual thank lie Yorn, producers Oscar for his role in “The Godfather.” you speech, Brando sent Sacheen Littlefeather, president of the National Native American Af- n “Hidden Figures,” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Brando sent the Native American woman Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and to “not” accept his award because of the firmative Image Committee, to accept his award. Or rather, not accept it, in protest of the way Native Theodore Melfi, producers way Native Americans were being treated n “La La Land,” Fred Berger, Jordan Horow- in the film industry. Americans were being treated by the film industry. In a long written statement Brando spoke about the itz and Marc Platt, producers n WONDERWALL.COM issue and the reasons he rejected the award. “Lion,” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and In 2002, Halle Berry (left) made history when she Angie Fielder, producers became the firstblack actress ever to win an Oscar for n “Manchester by the Sea,” Matt Damon, best actress for her performance in Monsters Ball. The Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck significance of that did not go unrecognized and Kevin J. Walsh, producers by Berry, who utilized her speech n “Moonlight,” Adele Romanski, to thank all the black women who Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, came before her — and weren’t producers recognized by the Academy. 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