Oprah Receives Oscar for Philanthropic Efforts

November 13, 2011 by in Latest News with 1 Comment

Saturday evening, at the third annual Governors Awards, 57-year-old Oprah Winfrey received the Academy of Motion Picture’s Arts & Science’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, for her philanthropic efforts. The ceremony took place at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.While receiving the award she said,

“I never imagined receiving an Oscar, especially for doing what is part of my calling, part of my being. If you are not a former colored girl born in Mississippi in 1954….it is impossible for you to know what this journey has meant.”

James Earl Jones and Dick Smith also received awards. [People]

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  1. Noel, at 1:23 am

    Hey, never ting that oprah win a award that
    great. She is a real preson alos a roll model for
    people. All the ting that she does for this counrty and us is awesome. She look very nice and
    beautiful with that dress and makerup awesome thank!

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