An Academy Award will finally be engraved with Angela Bassett’s name.
The “Boys n the Hood” icon, 64, will be given an honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards alongside comedy legend Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton (“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”).
The Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will also be presented with the illustrious Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Bassett was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress statue this year for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
However, she controversially lost to Jamie Lee Curtis from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” during the March 12 event.
When it was announced that Curtis, 64, won, Bassett appeared “kinda shady” and less than thrilled — and seemingly didn’t even stand up to clap while seated in the front row.
She had been sitting next to “Elvis” star and Oscar nominee Austin Butler, whose hands she held onto.
While some fans saw her as a “sore loser,” others felt sorry for the actress, who previously was Oscar-nominated for starring in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It” — but famously lost out to Holly Hunter for “The Piano.”
“Across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting,” Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement, lauding all four as “trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans.”
Yang also lauded Mel Brooks as someone who “lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment,” praised Littleton as “a model for those who come after her” and Satter as having “played a vital role in the careers of countless filmmakers around the world.”
The ceremony will go down on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Bassett broke her silence about her most recent Oscar diss by writing an essay about Butler, 31, for the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2023 series.
“On the evening of the Oscars, with Austin seated next to me, I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to learn if he would climb those stairs to the stage,” Bassett wrote of Butler, who, like her, did not win for his performance as Elvis Presley.
“So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced. Although his name wasn’t called, Austin is no less a winner,” she said.
“The time had come for Austin to say goodbye to ‘Elvis’ as he began to embrace an infinite universe of possibilities as an actor,” Bassett added. “I can’t wait to see what he brings us next.”