Paul Sorvino’s widow calls for apology after Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ omission – New York Daily News

The widow of actor Paul Sorvino wants Oscars organizers to say they’re sorry following his omission from the ceremony’s “In Memoriam” segment.

The Brooklyn-bred Sorvino, who played Paul Cicero in the mobster movie “Goodfellas,” died in July at age 83.

“Paul Sorvino was one of the greatest actors in cinematic history in Hollywood. It is unconscionable that he would be left out of the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of the Oscars,” Dee Dee Sorvino said Monday, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Dee Dee, who married the actor in 2014, said the Oscars’ decision to include additional tributes through a QR code that viewers could scan was not sufficient.

[ Oscars In Memoriam had several glaring omissions: Anne Heche, Paul Sorvino, Tom Sizemore and more ]

“It’s a three-hour show, they can’t give a couple more minutes to get it right?” Dee Dee said in her statement. “Paul Sorvino gave decades to this industry and was loved by all … The Academy needs to issue an apology, admit the mistake and do better.”

Anne Heche, Tom Sizemore and Charlbi Dean, whose film “Triangle of Sadness” was nominated for best picture at Sunday’s Oscars, were also notable omissions from the “In Memoriam” tribute, which honors artists who died in the past year. Sorvino’s “Goodfellas” co-star Ray Liotta was included in the segment.

Sorvino starred in “Law & Order,” Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” and “Godfather of Harlem” during an acting career spanning more than five decades.

His absence from the Oscars segment also outraged his daughter, actress Mira Sorvino, who wrote Monday that she hopes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences does “something to put this right.”

“It is baffling beyond belief that my beloved father and many other amazing brilliant departed actors were left out,” she tweeted. “The Oscars forgot about Paul Sorvino, but the rest of us never will!”