Cate Blanchett Can’t Drive, Viola Davis Gives Awesome Speeches and Other Lessons From the 2022 Palm Springs Film Awards
thewrap.comth annual Palm Springs International Film Awards, which took place at the beginning of the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Tables weren’t crammed together as closely as usual inside the cavernous Palm Springs Convention Center, but there was a special energy in the room due to the fact that the 2021 and 2022 events had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mary Hart, who always hosts the event, was missing in action this year, replaced by “Entertainment Tonight” correspondents Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner.
But as usual, the festival lined up a group of presenters who promise to be in the thick of awards season for the next two months, with honorees including Austin Butler, Daniel Deadwyler, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Polley, Michelle Yeoh, Colin Farrell, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Viola Davis and Steve Spielberg with the cast of “The Fabelmans.” Most Palm Springs honorees go on to receive nominations, which makes the acceptance speeches at the event an out-of-town tryout for speeches to come.
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