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By Tom Metcalf

February 22, 2019 at 4:35 PM UTC

While the glitz and glamour of show business will be on full display Sunday at the Academy Awards, one of Hollywood’s most successful producers will be merely a bystander this year.

Don’t weep for Jerry Bruckheimer, however. The man behind classic action films like “Top Gun” and “Beverly Hills Cop” has won a Hollywood status far rarer than an Oscar -- membership in the three-comma club.