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Wes Studi accepts an honorary award at the Governors Awards on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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This combination photo shows Italian film director Lina Wertmuller at her home in Rome, Italy on June 7, 1993, left, and Wertmuller on Jan. 18, 1978. Wertmuller, who became the first woman to get a best director nomination in 1976, will receive an honorary Oscar on Sunday at the annual Governors Awards. (AP Photo)

Pioneering director Lina Wertmüller to finally get her Oscar

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