Sean Lennon accepts the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 96th Annual Academy Awards.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
Sean Ono Lennongave his mom the ultimate shoutout on theOscarsstage.
The only child ofJohn LennonandYoko Ono, Sean, 48, took the stage to accept the award for Best Animated Short Film forWar Is Over!, and he got the entire star-studded audience to join him in wishing Yoko a happyMother’s Day.
“Thank you, I just wanna quickly say, my mother turned 91 this February,” Sean said as he began his brief remarks. “And today is Mother’s Day in the U.K., so could everyone please say, Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko?”
rad Booker, Dave Mullins and Sean Lennon accept the Best Animated Short Film award for “War Is Over!.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
Kevin Winter/Getty Images
While Sean is the only child of John and Yoko,who were married for 13 yearsbefore John’s death in 1980, he has a sister, Kyoko Chan Cox, from Yoko’s second marriage to filmmakerAnthony Coxin 1963.
Sean also has a brother,Julian Charles John Lennon, from Lennon’s first marriage to Cynthia Lennon.The pair are closeand continue to honor their father’s legacy to this day. They celebrated what would have been their father’s 80th birthday in 2020 with a special BBC Radio show.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrive at London airport from New York in 1971.R. Brigden/Daily Express/Getty
R. Brigden/Daily Express/Getty
Earlier on Sunday, Sean weighed in onthe upcoming Beatles moviesthatSam Mendeswill be making — one for each of the band’s members, John,Paul McCartney,George HarrisonandRingo Starr— as he shared one of his dream casting scenarios.
“Well I’m hoping thatEmma Stonemight consider it,” Sean toldVarietywhen asked who should play his father,who died at age 40 in 1980.
He continued of why Stone, who is nominated for Best Actress at Sunday’s Oscars, should be considered for the role: “Because she did such a good job inPoor Thingsand I think if you’re going to reach like that as an actor, the next obvious step is to really go for it.”
Sean also admitted that it’ll be “very hard to cast” the film about his father, given how “famous” John was.
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