Paul Sorvino’s family has slammed the Oscars for leaving the late Goodfellas’ star out of the show’s In Memoriam segment.
His daughter Mira and widow Dee Dee blasted organizers as ‘flunkies’ and said the snub was ‘baffling beyond belief’.
Mira told his fans that despite the spurn she would never forget him, while Dee Dee even called for a ‘Mafia hit on this situation’.
Sorvino was one of a number of celebrities whose names were left off the segment, with Anne Heche, Tom Sizemore and Leslie Jordan also not given a mention.
Instead they were simply added to a tributes page on the Oscars’ website along with their pictures.
The Office actor Andy Buckley, Dee Dee Benkie, Paul Sorvino and Mira Sorvino are pictured together in February 2020
Mira wrote on Twitter: ‘It is baffling beyond belief that my beloved father and many other amazing brilliant departed actors were left out.
‘The Oscars forgot about Paul Sorvino, but the rest of us never will!!’ She then shared a link to her own tribute to her father after he died last July aged 83.
Meanwhile Dee Dee took to the airwaves to voice her fury, joining The Joe Piscopo Show on Monday morning.
She said: ‘Who is the flunkie who put this list together?’ They can’t even give him one second?
‘Not even a freakin’ cannoli! What the heck?’ There is a Mafia hit that needs to go out on this situation.’
Paul Sorvino and his daughter, Mira Sorvino, who paid a moving tribute to her father after he passed away last July. Pictured are Paul and Mira
Paul Sorvino (center) is pictured with his first wife, Lorraine Davis (left) and their daughter Mira Sorvino (right) in December 1982 in New York City during the premiere of That Championship Season
The star was best known for his role as Paul Cicero in the 1990 smash-hit mobster movie Goodfellas with Ray Liotta, who also died last year, and Robert De Niro. From left, Liotta, De Niro, Sorvino and Joe Pesci
It comes after viewers took to Twitter to express their outrage that Sorvino, Heche, Sizemore and Jordan did not have their pictures featured in the annual slide show.
‘No Anne Heche In Memorium? Wasn’t she an actress her entire life?’ an irate user wrote. ‘Pretty foul.’ ‘Where the F**k was Anne Heche,’ wrote another.
‘Every year, the Oscars In Memoriam leaves people out. This year, the segment seemed short, and it’s awful that they left Anne Heche out. I’m sure there are many more,’ lamented a third.
The annual in memoriam segment was introduced by John Travolta, who teared up mentioning his late-Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John before Lenny Kravitz began singing Calling All Angels while the slide show played.
Though they didn’t make it onto the big screen, Heche, Sorvino, Sizemore, and Jordan, were all featured on an In Memoriam section of the Oscars’ website. Also missing from the slideshow was actress Charlbi Dean.
Gone but not forgotten: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences neglected to share tributes to the late Anne Heche (L) and Charlbi Dean (R) in its in memoriam segment during Sunday’s ceremony in Hollywood
Paul Sorvino (left) and Leslie Jordan (right) were both left out of the In Memoriam slideshow
Tom Sizemore was not included in the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam slideshow
Heche died, age 53, on August 5 after crashing her Mini Cooper into an LA-area home.
The Daytime Emmy winner – who’s survived by her sons Homer and Atlas – was best known for her roles in Donnie Brasco, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wag the Dog, and Six Days, Seven Nights.
Anne next stars as the rodeo trainer Diana Jones in Eric Parkinson’s family film Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse and she might appear in HBO‘s six-episode drama The Idol from The Weeknd.
And on January 24, Viva Editions published the Ohio-born blonde’s 176-page ‘part memoir and part self-acceptance workbook’ Call Me Anne.
John Travolta teared up while introducing the In Memoriam segment on Sunday
Dean – whose spleen was removed after a 2009 car crash – tragically died, age 32, on August 29 from bacterial sepsis caused by Capnocytophaga.
The South African model got to see her performance as Yaya in Triangle of Sadness, which received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and won the coveted Palme d’Or one year ago.
But on Sunday, Ruben Östlund’s shipwreck satirical comedy lost the best picture, best original screenplay, and best director Oscars to Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
Charlbi passed away four months after her engagement to her boyfriend of four years, Luke Chase Volker, and she is survived by her parents Johan and Joanne Kriek as well as her brother Alexi Jacobs Kriek.
Sorvino died in July after a career that saw him portray everything from gangsters to loveable father figures. Sizemore died in March after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down.
Leslie Jordan was beloved for his hilarious roles in television, as well as the daily TikToks he filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Also missing from the ABC telecast were Robert Blake, Philip Baker Hall, Cindy Williams, and Coolio.
However, the Academy did include many of the above on their in memoriam gallery on the website.
On Sunday, two-time Oscar nominee John Travolta introduced four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz, who performed his somber 2004 song Calling All Angels for the dearly departed onstage the Dolby Theatre.
The Academy featured actors like Olivia Newton-John, Louise Fletcher, Robbie Coltrane, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Irene Cara, Nichelle Nichols, Angela Lansbury, Gina Lollobrigida, James Caan, and Raquel Welch.
The segment also included masterful composers Angelo Badalamenti and Vaneglis, songwriter Burt Bacharach, and filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.
RIP: Heche died, age 53, on August 5 after crashing her Mini Cooper into an LA-area home (pictured with her son Homer in 2022)
Legacy: The Daytime Emmy winner – who’s survived by her sons Homer and Atlas – was best known for her roles in Donnie Brasco, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wag the Dog, and Six Days, Seven Nights (pictured in 1998)
Curtain call: Anne next stars as the rodeo trainer Diana Jones in Eric Parkinson’s family film Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse (pictured) and she might appear in HBO’s six-episode drama The Idol from The Weeknd
RIP: Dean – whose spleen was removed after a 2009 car crash – tragically died, age 32, on August 29 from bacterial sepsis caused by Capnocytophaga (pictured May 21)
‘I had the best year making this’: The South African model got to see her performance as Yaya in Triangle of Sadness, which received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival and won the coveted Palme d’Or one year ago (pictured May 22)
Made its mark: But on Sunday, Ruben Östlund’s shipwreck satirical comedy lost the best picture, best original screenplay, and best director Oscars to Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
‘I said yes!’ Charlbi passed away four months after her engagement to her boyfriend of four years, Luke Chase Volker (R), and she is survived by her parents Johan and Joanne Kriek as well as her brother Alexi Jacobs Kriek
In Memoriam: On Sunday, two-time Oscar nominee John Travolta (R) introduced four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz (L), who performed his somber 2004 song Calling All Angels for the dearly departed onstage the Dolby Theatre
Hopelessly devoted to you: The Academy featured actors like Olivia Newton-John (pictured), Louise Fletcher, Robbie Coltrane, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Irene Cara, Nichelle Nichols, Angela Lansbury, Gina Lollobrigida, James Caan, and Raquel Welch
Behind the camera: The segment also included masterful composers Angelo Badalamenti (pictured) and Vaneglis, songwriter Burt Bacharach, and filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard
