Peter O'Toole to accept honorary Oscar

Peter O’Toole has agreed to accept an honorary Academy Award after politely declining because he thought it meant his career was over, an Oscar official said.

The 70-year-old Irish actor, who has never won an Oscar despite being nominated seven times, apparently reassessed the situation and will now appear at the March 23 ceremony, Frank Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said.