He is cheered by the warmwelcome he's had in the USA and the extraordinarily warm words of former President Bill Clinton who has described him as "one of the ablest, most creative public servants of our time".
Having had relatively few roles since she won the Best Actress statue in 1980 for Coal Miner's Daughter, the Academy will want to give her a warmwelcome back for her icy portrayal of a bitter, stoic matriarch.