The film industry will honor Tom Cruise this fall with an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, along with the choreographer Debbie Allen and the production designer Wynn Thomas., Tom Cruise, choreographer-actor-filmmaker Debbie Allen, production designer Wynn Thomas and singer-songwriter Dolly Parton are being given honorary Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and , Actor and producer Tom Cruise, choreographer and actor Debbie Allen, and production designer Wynn Thomas will receive Honorary Awards. Music icon and philanthropist Dolly Parton will be, Dolly Parton and Tom Cruise can now add honorary Oscars to their long lists of accolades.. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday in a press release that the "9 to 5 , Oscar® statuettes to be presented to these honorees on November 16LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th , Tom Cruise is receiving an honorary Oscar, the academy has decided. Statuettes will also go to Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton and Wynn Thomas..