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Actor Adam Beach holds the male actor rising star award at the 18th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala in Palm Springs, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007. Beach got choked up when accepting the award for his portrait of a Native American WWII soldier in "Flags of Our Fathers."
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Actor Morgan Freeman speaks before presenting an award during the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. The film festival was founded in 1989 by then-Mayor Sonny Bono as a way to promote and rejuvenate the resort destination with an infusion of glamour. It runs through Jan. 15.
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Rinko Kikuchi, left, and Brad Pitt laugh during the presentation of the Ensemble Performance Award for their roles in Babel during the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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"Babel" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 awards gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Inarritu was named Director of the Year at the festival. He is also nominated for a Golden Globe.
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Mexican actress Adriana Barraza arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Actor Brad Pitt signs autographs as he arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 awards gala held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. The "Babel" star was on hand to receive the ensemble performance award with his castmates.
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Actress Abigail Breslin, 10, one of the stars of the film "Little Miss Sunshine," signs autographs as she arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards held Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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"Little Children" writer/director Todd Field arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards. Field was presented with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the event held Jan. 6, 2007, at the Palm Springs, Calif., Convention Center. Bono founded the film festival in 1989.
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Actress Cate Blanchett arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. In accepting the Career Achievement Award, Blanchett apologized for making so many movies that were released in 2006, including "Babel," "Notes on a Scandal" and "The Good German."
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Actress Kate Winslet arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Winslet won the Desert Palm Achievement for Acting for her performance in "Little Children." In her acceptance speech, Winslet read from a letter she wrote to herself as a child about wanting to grow up to be an actress.
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Actress Rinko Kikuchi arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Kikichi joined her "Babel" co-stars to accept the Ensemble Performance Award.
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Director Syndey Pollack arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Pollack received the SAG Foundation Patron of the Arts Award at the event.
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Television personality Mary Hart arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Award winners included actress Jennifer Hudson for her "breakthrough performance" in "Dreamgirls," and director of the year Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for "Babel."
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Composer Philip Glass arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 awards gala on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Glass, who has written music for "The Illusionist" and "Notes on a Scandal" was honored with the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing.
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Actress Sissy Spacek arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Actor Alan Arkin, left, and a guest arrive at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Actress Jessica Biel, the recipient of the film festival's Rising Star Award, arrives at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. "You know, I was nothing but pleased, even though I've been working for a long time," Biel explained. "It's a lot better than having them give you the "Falling Star" award", she said with a laugh.
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Actress Bridget Fonda and husband/composer Danny Elfman arrive at the 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards Presentation held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Actress Sienna Miller arrives at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 awards gala held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 6, 2007, in Palm Springs, Calif. Miller's new film, "Factory Girl," portrays the life of fashion icon Edie Sedgwick, artist Andy Warhol's muse, who died from an overdose at age 28.
