While Gene Hackman and Quincy Jones received stand-alone memorial tributes during Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast, but several other notables did not appear in the show’s annual “in memoriam” segment.

Oscars got reflective with the traditional In Memoriam segment celebrating the entertainment figures who died over the past year as the names scrolled onscreen. Notable names in filmmaking including David Lynch,

Academy Awards took place Sunday in Los Angeles, where several late movie stars were remembered by their grieving peers.

The 97th Academy Awards were held just four days after Michelle Trachtenberg died at the age of 39, and many viewers slammed the awards show for not including the Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum in the In Memoriam segment.

Fans were left outraged when late actress Michelle Trachtenberg was noticeably missing from the In Memoriam segment during the 97th Academy Awards ceremony.

In the same segment, the Academy also honoured notable names like Gena Rowlands, Teri Garr, Maggie Smith, Shelley Duvall, Roger Corman and Robert Towne.

The decision about which stars are included -- or excluded -- from the tribute at the Oscars comes down to time.

The Academy Awards faced backlash after Michelle Trachtenberg was left out of the 2025 Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ segment, less than a week after her tragic death.Fans took to social media to express

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While Gene Hackman and Quincy Jones received stand-alone memorial tributes during Sunday’s Oscars telecast, several other notables did not appear in the show’s annual “in memoriam” segment. Michelle Trachtenberg, who died suddenly last week at age ...