{"id":1899390,"date":"2023-03-16T15:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goodfellas-actors-widow-questions-oscars-memorial-snub-amid-political-bias-allegations\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T15:40:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T19:40:29","slug":"goodfellas-actors-widow-questions-oscars-memorial-snub-amid-political-bias-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goodfellas-actors-widow-questions-oscars-memorial-snub-amid-political-bias-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Goodfellas\u2019 Actor\u2019s Widow Questions Oscar\u2019s Memorial Snub Amid Political Bias Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgoodfellas-actors-widow-questions-oscars-memorial-snub-amid-political-bias-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1899390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>Dee Dee Sorvino, author and TV personality, is asking why Sunday&#8217;s Academy Awards did not include her husband. &#8220;Goodfellas&#8221; Actor Paul Sorvino, taken from their &#8220;In-Memoriam&#8221; segment. The widow expressed concern that her husband&#8217;s conservative views might have caused him to be at odds with the Hollywood socially liberal gathering. This contributed to the snub.<\/p>\n<p>John Travolta, actor, presented the &#8220;In-Memoriam&#8221; Segment by paying tribute to him &#8220;Grease&#8221; Olivia Newton-John was Olivia Newton-John&#8217;s co-star, who died in August. Lenny Kravitz, an actor and song-writer, performed the song. &#8220;Calling All Angels&#8221; The awards show paid tribute to many actors as it went on. As the memorial segment was ending, viewers noticed several prominent actors and actresses were missing from the segment.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Dee Sorvino criticized the Oscars for their snubs over the past few days. Fox News recently reported that she was upset by her husband&#8217;s exclusion and had to cry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so cold and callous,&#8221; She said.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Dee Sorvino claimed that her friends, as well as critics, of the Academy Awards started to reach out through social media. It was suggested that the show&#8217;s organizers had been critical of Paul Sorvino\u2019s past support for gun right and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s the case,&#8221; Dee Dee spoke out about the accusations that political bias was a contributing factor to the memorial snub. &#8220;It&#8217;s just conjecture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For now, she said she hopes it was a simple oversight by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)\u2014which hosts the awards show\u2014and not a deliberate decision motivated by politics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to give them the benefit of a doubt that it was just a mistake,&#8221; Fox News reported that she said so.<\/p>\n<p>NTD News was informed by a spokesperson from AMPAS that they receive hundreds of requests to include colleagues in the Oscars In Memoriam section. The executive committee is responsible for narrowing down the shows to fit a specific time slot. Sorvino called this defense of her husband\u2019s exclusion from the memorial section &#8220;pathetic and ridiculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One social media user suggested that Paul Sorvino and Ray Liotta would have been great partners for the memorial segment. The screen time was shared by the two of them. &#8220;Goodfellas&#8221; Tony Sirico was also exempted from the memorial segment, despite his death in July.<\/p>\n<p>A.Frame on the website of AMPAS has a longer list of deceased film industry professionals, including Sorvino.<\/p>\n<h2>Sorvino&#8217;s Political Views<\/h2>\n<p>In a 2017 Fox Business interview, Paul and Dee Dee Sorvino\u2014who has also worked as a Republican political strategist\u2014described the political alienation they felt in Hollywood for supporting Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the studio people, the business people\u2014I think they are a little cooler about it. But it&#8217;s these actors, these crazy actors\u2026 they are insane\u2026 Unless you say you hate Trump, you are not part of their club,&#8221; Dee Dee Sorvino spoke at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Sorvino was also interviewed in 2017 and asked him questions about his comments. &#8220;Goodfellas&#8221; Robert DeNiro was a co-star and joked about Trump&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Sorvino had pulled out his gun to warn Amanda&#8217;s ex boyfriend during a confrontation in 2007. This was after Amanda&#8217;s ex approached her at a hotel and began to pound on her door.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Dee Sorvino posted a June photo of her husband building a double-barreled shotgun. &#8220;You liberals who are talking about gun grabs. Try and come get our guns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dee Dee Sorvino stated that politics should not be a factor when AMPAS decides whether to recognize members of the film industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should be a meritocracy,&#8221; Fox News reported that she said so. &#8220;It should not be about that. And that is why it&#8217;s so upsetting, because nobody can say Paul is a bad actor. Nobody can say he was mediocre. Everybody said Paul was one of the best actors ever and that&#8217;s what he should be judged on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>NTD News\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> &#8230;..<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> &#8220;Continue reading More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/goodfellas-actors-widow-questions-oscars-memorial-snub-amid-political-bias-allegations_5128561.html?utm_source=partner&#038;utm_campaign=conservnewsd\">\u2018Goodfellas&#8217; Actor&#8217;s Widow Questions Oscar&#8217;s Memorial Snub Amid Political Bias Allegations<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author and television personality Dee Dee Sorvino is questioning why Sunday\u2019s Academy Awards show excluded her late husband, \u201cGoodfellas\u201d actor Paul Sorvino, from their \u201cIn-Memoriam\u201d segment. The widow shared concerns that her late husband\u2019s conservative political views may have put him at odds with the socially liberal Hollywood gathering and contributed to the snub. 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