Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, and Colman Domingo Descend on Palm Springs Film Festival
If Hollywood seemed a little emptier late this week, look to Palm Springs. That’s where most of 2024’s Oscars hopefuls could be found in recent days, as luminaries including Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, and scores of other boldfaced names headed to the opening of this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival, whichāperhaps un-intuitivelyābegins (not ends) with a star-studded evening of awards.
The 35-year-old festival has developed a reputation as āthe first stop on the road to the Academy Awards,ā as its website states. It often coincides with the Academy’s voting window for nominations, but that’s not the case this year: in 2024, nomination voting kicks off on January 11, so Oscar hopefuls still have a lengthy campaign trail to endure. And some folks, like the eternally ill at red carpet ease DiCaprio, already seem ready to call it a day.
Leonardo DiCaprio at the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards
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DiCaprio was at the event to support Killers of the Flower Moon, which was awarded the festival’s Vanguard Award. Other winners included Stone, for her work in Poor Things, Cillian Murphy, for Oppenheimer, DaāVine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers, and Carey Mulligan for Maestro.
Emma Stone accepts the Desert Palm Achievement Award for “Poor Things” onstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards
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