Sideshow: Awards on the way to the Oscars

Among attendees Saturday night were James Franco, a possible nominee for the drama 127 Hours , and cohost of the Feb. 27 Academy Awards telecast. “I don’t know what it means,” Bardem said of the award’s name. Although many a publicist and guest squinted away last night’s Palm Springs Film Fest gala partying, Wahlberg was in top form, having called it a night early — and rising early to attend church. “It guess it means I don’t speak English.” Bye-bye, caribou No second season is expected for Sarah Palin’s Alaska , which ended Sunday. Di Felice is now a librarian in Beaumont, but she’s been a festival volunteer for 22 years and a past board member. “We start shooting a week from tomorrow, but (first) we’re doing cast read-throughs,” he said, excited to get in front of the camera again.

The festival has what executive director Darryl Macdonald calls “a voluminous collection of archive material,” but it hasn’t been organized in “a comprehensive, ongoing way.” Since that’s what librarians do, Macdonald asked Di Felice to compile it for a 25th anniversary program booklet or a standalone publication. Maybe it was the buffalo wings tattooed on his back that really made his tights-wearing Swan a standout. De Felice has a plethora of festival memories of her own. I had to do a lot of things I’m not really proud of and I’m not really comfortable discussing on television.” She added that Jake will be invited to any of the co-ed celebrations involving her baby. Gwyneth Paltrow will serve as host next Saturday and she will have to go a long way to best that man in tights. Team Beckham kicking it up Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her husband, David , are expecting a child this year, their fourth. The biggest change she’s seen since the days when the late Sonny Bono was developing it as Palm Springs mayor, she said, is, “It’s not so much a local thing any more.” When the festival started in 1990, it attracted just 17,500 people and many if not most were local. We’ve got to take it to another level.” Will there be a wedding? One day at a time.” Mary also caught up with the cast of ‘The Fighter’ and actress Amy Adams was ready to pull some punches!

It grew gradually until 2002 when, with Harold Matzner as chairman, it grew from 51,000 to 64,000 people. Russell , Wahlberg thanked Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh for “rescuing the film,” after other studios turned it down. But at least it’s in two worlds that I still love.” Franco was in town to present his “127 Hours” director Danny Boyle with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award, named after Palm Springs’ late mayor, who spearheaded creation of the festival 22 years ago. They have three boys: Brooklyn, 11; Romeo, 8; and Cruz, 5. Weekend box office True Grit seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first western to top the $100 million mark since the 1990s, according to studio estimates released Sunday. Nicolas Cage ‘s supernatural thriller Season of the Witch opened at No. 3 with $10.7 million; Tron: Legacy was fourth at $9.8 million; and Natalie Portman’s Black Swan rounded out the top five with $8.4 million. This article includes information from Inquirer wire services and websites.

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