Quincy Jones awarded posthumous Oscar

The late Quincy Jones was posthumously awarded an honorary Oscar at an emotional and star-packed Hollywood gala on Sunday that also handed golden statuettes to the producers of the James Bond movie franchise. Jones produced seminal Hollywood movies including "The Color Purple," and received multiple Oscar nominations for film songs and soundtracks including "In Cold Blood" and "The Wiz." Acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar conversed with his exiled Iranian counterpart Mohammad Rasoulof - Bond, James Bond - Daniel Craig -- who stars in this year's William S. Burroughs adaptation "Queer" -- chatted with friends by the bar, his lips firmly sealed about the identity of his successor as James Bond. British writer and director Richard Curtis, 68, who created "Notting Hill," "Bridget Jones's Diary," "Love Actually" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," received the Jean Hersholt statuette, which is specifically for humanitarian work by a film industry figure. A fifth honorary Oscar went to Juliet Taylor, the acclaimed casting director behind "The Exorcist," "Taxi Driver," "Annie Hall," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Schindler's List."