WEEK IN WOMEN: Palm Springs Film Fest Honors Glenn Close – Brandy McDonnell reports

December 4, 2018December 9, 2018 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments glenn close, mary hart, Palm Springs International Film Festival

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For her performance in The Wife, Glenn Close will receive the Icon Award at the 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s annual Film Awards Gala. Hosted by Mary Hart and Entertainment Tonight, the gala is set for Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival runs Jan. 3-14. Past recipients of the Icon Award include Willem Dafoe, Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.