In this April 18, 2018 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. The prosecutors who put Cosby away said Sunday, April 29, 2018, they’re confident the conviction at his suburban Philadelphia sexual-assault retrial will stand. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
By Lynn Elber, Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --
The TV academy said it is reviewing Bill Cosby's inclusion in the academy's Hall of Fame following his sexual assault conviction.
Cosby's spokesman didn't immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment.
Although the academy hasn't decided whether he'll remain in the Hall of Fame, Cosby's name had previously been removed from a list of Hall of Fame honorees on the academy's website.
A bust of Cosby no longer will be part of a rotating Walk of Fame exhibit honoring TV heavyweights at the academy's Los Angeles headquarters, an academy spokesman said.
Last week, jurors in Pennsylvania convicted Cosby of drugging and molesting a Temple University employee in 2004. He awaits sentencing.
Fernanda Torres, right, embraces Walter Salles after he wins the award for "I'm Still Here" from Brazil, for best international feature film during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced "I'm Still Here" as the winner of the international feature at the Academy Awards, millions of Brazilians roared at home and on the streets, where Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.
On Monday, as parties continued nationwide, many revelers took time to take a quick look at newspapers, peek on their social media and watch TV to rejoice even more for the country's first-ever Oscar victory. The film shows a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades.
"I promised I would watch ' I'm Still Here ' again tonight if it won, right after I come back from a Carnival street party, wearing my Wonder Woman costume," said Fernanda Rocha, 38, a pharmacist and tourist from Brasilia. "I live in a city where the military almost helped former President Jair Bolsonaro throw a coup just two years ago. This movie is a win against that too."
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced an expensive way to celebrate. His administration will buy the house where the film was shot in the upscale region of Urca, currently priced at 20 million Brazilian reais ($3.35 million) so it can be transformed into a cinema museum.
"We will make it public and open it for visitation, the place that brought Brazil's first Oscar in almost 100 years of the awards," Paes said in his social media channels.
Rio's O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo, two of Brazil's most popular newspapers, had almost identical headlines: "At last, Brazil has an Oscar win." The South American country has had four other films nominated for Academy Awards: "Keeper of Promises" (1963), "O Quatrilho" (1996), "Four Days in September" (1998) and "Central Station" (1999).
