‘The Whale’s Brendan Fraser Set For Palm Springs Fest’s Spotlight Award
deadline.comBrendan Fraser will receive the Spotlight Award, Actor at the Palm Springs Film Festival’s awards ceremony, taking place in person at the Palm Springs Convention Center on January 5.
The award comes in recognition of the actor’s performance in the critically acclaimed A24 drama The Whale from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
The presumptive Oscar nominee joins a list of Spotlight Award winners that includes Trumbo‘s Bryan Cranston and Hacksaw Ridge‘s Andrew Garfield, both of whom went on to noms from the Academy for their respective projects.
Additional, previously announced honorees of this year’s Palm Springs Film Awards include Tár‘s Cate Blanchett, (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress), Elvis‘s Austin Butler (Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor), The Woman King‘s Viola Davis (Chairman’s Award), Till‘s Danielle Deadwyler (Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress), The Banshees of Inisherin‘s Colin Farrell (Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor), Living‘s Bill Nighy (International Star Award, Actor), Women Talking filmmaker Sarah Polley (Director of the Year Award) and Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s Michelle Yeoh (International Star Award), as well as Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical feature, The Fabelmans (Vanguard Award).
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