Director Haile Gerima appears at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 2, 2008, left, and Sophia Loren arrives at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019.
Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
(Photos by Andrew Medichini/AP, left, and Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 4PM ET/1PM PTThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September.
Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards, and Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are being saluted for their efforts to raise $388 million for the long gestating museum, the organization said Monday.
Designed by architect Renzo Piano, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the historic Saban Building.