LOS ANGELES — The first Oscar statuettes of the season were presented Saturday night at the film academy’s Governors Awards.

The Hollywood ceremony honors this year’s recipients of honorary Academy Awards: Actress Maureen O’Hara, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere. Actor and activist Harry Belafonte is receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

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Harry Belafonte

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Governors Awards in 2009 as an untelevised gala.