Tony Todd
Household Fuming Over Oscars Snub …
Why No In Memoriam?!?
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Tony Todd‘s household is fuming on the Academy Awards … and it is all as a result of the late actor’s title wasn’t included in an annual phase honoring those that died.
The “Candyman” star’s widow, Fatima, tells TMZ … she’s indignant the Oscars snubbed Tony from the In Memoriam tribute.
Tony’s widow believes there is a racial component at play right here too … telling us she looks like individuals of shade and girls are sometimes ignored as a lot as doable when it comes time for the Academy to honor the lifeless.
Fatima says Tony’s lengthy profession in Hollywood — over 250 movie and TV credit — ought to have been sufficient to incorporate him within the In Memoriam … and he or she says the Academy ought to decide to highlighting artists like Tony who labored onerous and made an affect.
Plus, Fatima says Tony was a member of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences for 30 years … so one thing’s not including up for her.
There are snubs yearly and Tony’s widow says he is not the one one who was deserving final evening … and he or she says the Oscars must eradicate different elements of the printed to get extra of us into the phase.
As we reported … 69-year-old Tony died of pure causes again in November at his Marina Del Rey residence within the L.A. space.
His widow says his dying was current sufficient that he shouldn’t have been forgotten on the Oscars … and he or she says a number of of us are reaching out and telling her it is not proper he was missed.
Tony’s rep, Jeffrey Goldberg, tells TMZ he is acquired a bunch of calls and emails from associates and colleagues within the business indignant about Tony not being acknowledged Sunday evening.
“I’ll simply say that I’m disenchanted that Tony was forgotten … the Academy may need to rethink the way in which they do that part of the printed as a result of though it’s nice that they keep in mind a few of these we’ve misplaced up to now yr, they usually overlook others that must be honored. Tony was my pal and consumer for over 30 years and I’m simply unhappy that he wasn’t given the consideration that he deserved.”
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Tony was honored on the SAG Awards — and his spouse Fatima says they used one among his greatest images and made her pleased — however no cube on the Oscars.
One attention-grabbing tidbit about Tony’s dying … Fatima says he held on lengthy sufficient to vote for Kamala Harris for president, and when he came upon she misplaced the election, he died that evening. She jokes, “He mentioned if she did not win he wished out.”
