Palm Springs Fest Throws a Bash

The Palm Springs International Film Festival had a very impressive crowd at its annual Awards Gala Tuesday night. Honorees included Anna Kendrick (Rising Star Award for "Up in the Air"), Helen Mirren (Career Achievement Award presented by Morgan Freeman), Jason Reitman (Director of the Year, presented by Norman Jewison), Jeff Bridges (Desert Palm Achievement Award – Actor, presented by Michelle Pfeiffer), Jeremy Renner (Breakthrough Actor Performance Award presented by Shohreh Aghdashloo), Mariah Carey (Breakthrough Actress Performance Award presented by "Precious" director Lee Daniels), Marion Cotillard (Desert Palm Achievement Award – Actress presented by Nine director Rob Marshall), Morgan Freeman (Career Achievement Award – Actor presented by Clint Eastwood), Quentin Tarantino (Sonny Bono Visionary Award presented by Diablo Cody) and T Bone Burnett (Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing presented by Sean Penn). Here, Quentin Tarantino hangs out with screenwriter, Diablo Cody. [Image from WireImage, courtesy of the Palm Springs International Film Festival].