He drinks your milkshake – he drinks it up – and then goes onto win Oscars for his performances in films like “There Will Be Blood” and “My Left Foot.” But, as selective as he is with his film work, sometimes Daniel Day-Lewis is too pinned down by his acting commitments to receive all the honors that arts groups want to bestow on him. And then a year later, he makes up for his absences.
On Monday, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass., said that Mr. Day-Lewis would be one of the 180 new members of that organization (whose roster includes many leading artists, writers, scientists, executives and philanthropists) when its 232nd class is officially inducted on Saturday.
Careful students of history may recall that Mr. Day-Lewis was first announced as a member of the academy in 2011. But his work on “Lincoln,” the coming Steven Spielberg film in which he plays the 16th president of the United States, prevented him from attending that year’s induction event.
Now, four score and a bunch of days later, the actor will be brought forth to attend the ceremony, where he will present a special reading of works by Presidents Lincoln and Washington.