Celebrities including Gene Hackman, Shelley Duvall and James Earl Jones were honored during the In Memoriam segment at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2. Meanwhile, Michelle Trachtenberg, who died on Feb.

As in past years, the In Memoriam segment of Sunday’s Oscar telecast quickly became controversial because of the stars who were left out of the montage, notably ‘Gossip Girl’

Fans are not pleased with David Lynch's short Oscars tribute and the omission of Michelle Trachtenberg, Tony Todd, Olivia Hussey and several other actors and filmmakers from the In Memoriam section at Sunday's 97th Academy Awards.