Angelina Jolie among winners of honorary Oscar

ANGELINA Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and costume designer Piero Tosi will receive honourary Academy Awards at a black-tie ceremony in LA.

FOR Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and costume designer Piero Tosi, Saturday night is Oscar night.

The four will accept Oscar statuettes at the film academy's Governors Awards ceremony Saturday night in the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.

Jolie will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while the others will accept honourary Academy Awards for their distinguished careers.

"Receiving the Hersholt award makes me feel like I am on the right path but also reminds me I have more to do," Jolie said. The actress-director is co-founder of the Prevent Sexual Violence Initiative and serves as special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The black-tie dinner ceremony is untelevised to preserve a sense of intimacy and allow for ample tributes to each honoree. This is the fifth year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has presented its honorary awards at a separate ceremony. Clips from the event may be included in the March 2 Oscar telecast.

"This event is a celebration of film, and it is really the beginning of Academy Awards season," said Paula Wagner, who is producing the ceremony.