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Palm Springs International Film Festival to begin Thursday By City News Service
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he Palm Springs International Film Festival will begin Thursday with film awards, screenings and programs. The festival will begin with the Film Awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The honorees will be Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Greta Gerwig, Jeffrey Wright, Carey Mulligan, Colman Domingo, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connel and Paul Giamatti. "Sprawling in scope, this year's lineup spotlights programming from both international and domestic communities, including first-time filmmaking from American stars, impactful documentaries from abroad, and the very best in contemporary cinema for our Coachella Valley audience," Artistic Director Lili Rodriguez said
International features such as Oscar hopefuls "Four Daughters," "20 Days in Mairupol" and "Zone of Interest" will be shown during the PS Film International Fest. | Photos courtesy of the Palm Springs Film Festival/X
in a statement. "The Palm Springs International Film Festival programming team committed the past year to searching and scavenging
the world for the films which compose this Festival's lineup." The opening night for screenings on Friday will
feature the U.S. premiere of the comedy mystery "Wicked Little Letters," which will be attended by director Thea Sharock.
The screenings will close out Jan. 13 with the comedy "Ex-Husbands." Writer and director Noah Pritzker is expected to attend with the
movie's stars, Griffin Dunne and Miles Heizer. The festival will feature screenings of 179 films from 74 countries at the Palm Canyon Theater, Camelot Theatres, Regal Cinemas, and Annenberg Theater in Palm Springs as well as the Mary Pickford is D'Place in Cathedral City. "The varied screenings at the 2024 edition will unite family entertainment, critical commentary, dramatic excellence and, most importantly, the community for cinematic conversation which meets every year in beautiful, sophisticated Palm Springs," Rodriguez said. On Jan. 15, juried awards for films in competition will be announced for seven categories. The complete line-up of films can be found at psfilmfest.org.
Palm Springs' new chief economic development officer begins position
Felon who killed aunt at banquet sentenced to nearly 100 years
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he former Palm Desert senior economic development manager began his new position Tuesday as Palm Springs' first ever chief economic development officer. "Over the past decade, Palm Springs has undergone an incredible economic renaissance as one of the premiere resort destinations in Southern California and beyond," Wayne Olson said in a statement. "I look forward to the exciting challenges ahead and I am honored to be chosen to serve the City Council and our community as the City' first ever chief economic development officer." He was set to begin his new position at City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, according to a statement from the city. During Olson's time working with the city of Palm Desert, he was also the chief architect of the strategy that led to a $90 million gift from California to fund its Cal State San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus, created the city's $2 million citywide development incentive program
42-year-old felon who fatally shot his aunt and seriously wounded an acquaintance during a dispute at a family banquet in Riverside was sentenced Friday to 98 years to life in state prison. Abraham David Bonilla killed 39-year-old Beatrice Romo of Beaumont and shot her friend, identified in court documents only as "Tommy," at the Elks Lodge on Brockton Avenue in 2018. A Riverside jury in September deliberated one day before finding Bonilla guilty of murder, attempted murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of controlled substances while armed, firearm assault, brandishing a gun and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sam Shouka imposed the sentence required by law during a hearing Friday at the Riverside Hall of Justice. The attack happened about 7 p.m. on June 30, 2018, during a leased family event at the