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Marx To Get Oscar A Nostalgic Honor For Comedy Greats
LOS ANGELES AP The Academy will award Groucho Marx an honorary Oscar next Tuesday to address decades of overlooking comic talent. It notes past omissions by Chaplin Keaton Hope Lewis and others, and outlines the academy’s voting body of about 3200 members. Lemmon Brando Pacino Redford Nicholson Gibson and others vie for acting honors with Exorcist contenders and wide expected outcomes.
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