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| From IMDB The family of late great singer Peggy Lee have lashed out at the Oscars organisers for leaving her out of the annual In Memoriam segment of the awards show. Lee, who died in January, was mysteriously left out of the tributes at the Academy Awards last month, leading her daughter Nicki Lee Foster to write to Academy director Bruce Davis demanding an explanation. Foster is also demanding that her mother be remembered next year, but Davis insists that won't happen. He admits he has hundreds of similar letters from people who feel their loved ones were wrongly omitted. He says, "The In Memoriam segment generates more response than anything else we do and it's all negative." Davis admits the telecast simply doesn't have time to remember the 100-plus Academy members who pass each year. He adds, "It is a very cruel couple of weeks toward the end as selections are made." And by way of explaining to Lee's family why the singer was left out of this year's tribute to the dead, he explains that she was more known for hits like Fever and Is That All There Is? than her film work, even though she was Oscar-nominated for her role in 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues. Foster insists she'll battle on to get her mother an Oscar tribute, after the Academy chose to honour Aaliyah, who made just two films before her death last year. Family spokeswoman Holly Azzari says, "Aaliyah didn't have a distinguished film career and yet they eliminated a 20th century icon." |
