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Jerry Lewis to receive Hersholt Award


December 10, 2008 Jerry Lewis finally is getting some respect from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose board of governors has voted to honor him with its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Lewis starred alongside Martin in 16 films before establishing a solo career as a screen performer, director and producer with such films as "The Bellboy," "The Nutty Professor," "The Disorderly Orderly" and Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy."

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