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Jessica Chastian, Felicity Jones, Christopher Plummer, et al. to Be Honored at Hollywood Film Awards Gala

Christopher Plummer
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Christopher Plummer
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

Stage veterans Jessica Chastain, Felicity Jones, and Christopher Plummer , along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, will be honored at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 24.


Plummer will be honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award, Jones will receive the New Hollywood Award, Gordon-Levitt will be presented with the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award, and Chastain will be honored with the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award.

As previously reported, the event will also feature the presentation of this year’s Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award to the principal cast of the movie The Help. The movie features including Tony Award winner Viola Davis and Drama Desk Award winner Allison Janney, along with Chastain, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson, and Mike Vogel.

Additional honorees will be announced in the near future.

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