Reese Witherspoon to get Palm Springs Fest's Chairman AwardDecember 5, 2014 - 17:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Reese Witherspoon, whose performance in “Wild” has made her one of the Best Actress frontrunners, will receive the Chairman's Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, PSIFF organizers announced, according to TheWrap. The award will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 3 at the festival's annual Awards Gala, a lavish fundraiser that showcases awards hopefuls during the final stretch of Oscar nomination voting. Witherspoon was honored for her role in “Wild” as Cheryl Strayed, who hiked more than 1,000 miles along the Pacific Coast Trail as a way to rebuild a life that had degenerated into drugs and reckless sex. Witherspoon also produced the film, buying the rights to Strayed's bestselling book before its publication. Past recipients of the Chairman's Award include Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman and Richard Gere. The festival has previously announced that it will give awards to director Richard Linklater and actors Julianne Moore, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons. PSIFF begins on Jan. 2 and runs through Jan. 12 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles. Photo: AP Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |