Oscar Hopefuls From Cate Blanchett To Steven Spielberg Hit Palm Springs As Awards Season Cranks Up
deadline.comIn Palm Springs they do it all a little differently. At least that is the impression you might have gotten if you attended last night’s 34th Annual International Film Awards gala which kicked off the Desert Film Festival, back in action for the first time since January of 2020, just weeks before Covid would shut everything down.
However the bejeweled and upper crust of Palm Springs society were gathered again at the massive Palm Springs Convention Center to celebrate a select group of stars who not so coincidentally all happen to be among the most buzzed of Oscar contenders.
With a red carpet that doesn’t stop at the front doors, but actually continues all the way through the huge lobby and then into the actual ballroom itself, this event was, and by the looks of it, a must stop on the way to the Dolby in March.
Perhaps that is why we saw the likes of Steven Spielberg and his entire cast of The Fabelmans, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Bill Nighy, Michelle Yeoh, Sarah Polley, Danielle Deadwyler, and Austin Butler all gracing the stage to accept various awards negotiated with the studios in order to put a spotlight on their campaigns in the glitziest way possible.
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