Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey remembers Quincy Jones at Oscars
Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey reunited on the 2025 Oscars to have fun the achievements of late Quincy Jones.
Goldberg started the speech speaking about how Jones not solely contributed in music with 28 Grammy awards but in addition “had an equally powerful impact on the world of film, as a composer and producer.”
The actresses starred within the 1985 movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel The Shade Purple, for which John served as a producer and composer.
The co-stars delivered an emotional speech, sharing how Jones had an affect on them and the leisure trade.
“Paying tribute to him for all he has meant to our movie community is why we all honor Q’s memory tonight,” Winfrey mentioned.
Expressing profound appreciation for the deceased, The Oprah Winfrey Present host added, “Quincy was love lived out loud in human form, and he poured that love into others and into his work. My life changed forever and for the better after meeting him.”
Winfrey mentioned that Jones “discovered [her] for The Color Purple, which was [her] first film.”
Goldberg chimed in, “Me too. So tonight, we honour the true American legend whose music and movies continue to inspire us all.”
Itemizing his Oscar achievements, she famous, “In 1967, Quincy Jones was the first Black composer nominated in the Original Song category for The Eyes of Love in the film Banning.”
He additionally obtained seven nominations at Oscars for The Wiz, In Chilly Blood, For Love Of Ivy and The Shade Purple.
They then invited Queen Latifah on-stage for a particular efficiency in honour of the legendry icon.
Jones handed away on November third, 2024, resulting from pancreatic most cancers in Bel Air, Los Angeles.