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It was no oversight. The executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to the friends, family and fans of Farrah Fawcett, who was conspicuously omitted from Sunday night’s Oscar-event tribute to Hollywood personalities who had died over the past year.

While some agents and publicists, besides actors, were included in the memorial, Fawcett, a high-profile star better known for her TV work (and yet still appeared on the big screen), was not. Neither was Gene Barry – who was seen in both versions of War of the Worlds – or Bea Arthur.

Among those criticizing the Academy for its selective omissions were critic Roger Ebert and Oscar-winner Jane Fonda.

In response, the Academy’s Bruce Davis, who was responsible for the “in memoriam” segment (and has been since the tradition began in 1993), said late Tuesday: “There’s nothing you can say to people, particularly to family members, within a day or two of the show that helps at all. They tend to be surprised and hurt, and we understand that and we’re sorry for it.”

Academy Apologizes for Farrah Fawcett Snub

With tears in her eyes and her voice shaking at times, Marie Osmond donned her bravest face Tuesday night as she took to the stage for the first time since the death of her son for a show that she dedicated to him.

“The way Osmonds survive is we keep singing,” she told the audience at the Flamingo Las Vegas, performing one day after the funeral. “That’s what we want to do tonight. I know my son would want that and this show is for him.”

The crowd in the sold-out showroom applauded her throughout the 90-minute show, giving her a standing ovation when brother Donny said, “I think we need to give a big round of applause for my sister for even coming on stage.”

Marie Osmond Makes Emotional Return to Performing

"On behalf of myself, my father Ryan O’Neal and my entire family, we are deeply saddened that a truly beautiful and talented actress Farrah Fawcett was not included in the memorial montage during the 82nd Academy Awards. We are bereft with this exclusion of such an international icon who inspired so many for so many reasons. Beautiful, talented Farrah will never be forgotten by her family and amazing fans."

• Tatum O’Neal.

QUOTED: Tatum O’Neal ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Oscars’ Farrah Fawcett Snub

Tiger Woods’s wife Elin Nordegren and their 2 ½-year-old daughter Sam enjoyed manicures and pedicures at a spa near their Windermere, Fla., home on Tuesday.

The pair “acted like any other customers” at Magic Nails, a source tells PEOPLE. But while Nordergren is communicating with her husband again, the source notes she’s still not wearing her wedding ring. – Linda Marx

PHOTO: Spa Day for Tiger Woods’s Wife and Daughter

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