HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS
Stars
Shine at Beverly Hilton
At Talent Recognition Fete
By Polly Van Raalte
THERE’S no business like show
business and there’s no place like Hollywood to showcase talent. The
third annual Hollywood Film Awards presented by Hollywood Video at the
Beverly Hilton did not disappoint. Carlos de Abreu and his gorgeous
wife Janice Pennington are the founders of the event.
Legendary writer Neil Simon
presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to the great Jack Lemmon.
Loved that purple tie, Neil. Jack couldn’t stop thanking everyone for
his award.
Martin Landau,
sporting a “Millionaire Tie, told me Regis Philbin didn’t send
it.
I told Patrick Swayze how
much I missed his Gotham restaurant, Mulholland Drive. He said many have
told him that. He’s still trying to produce a movie with wife Lisa. The
theme? Dance, of course.
The fashionistas were out – Maria
Conchita-Alonso sported two shades of green, one on her silk dress and
the other on her boa. Wow!
Who can forget The Rifleman?
A very grown-up Johnny Crawford was there leading the band.
James Caan
copped an award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting. He worried he was
getting old. Is that why people had to give him this award? Lynn
Redgrave, lovely in a shade of gray (or was it silver?) came to
support Jimmy.
Jon Voight
presented an award for directing to John Schlesinger. Producer Irwin
Winkler also got an award. Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of
Hollywood, got an award for community service.
Olympic gold medallist diver Greg
Louganis wore an incredibly colorful tie that could end up at the
Museum of Modern Art.
Congratulations
to Jerry Goldsmith for getting an award for outstanding achievement
in music, and Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson for casting
awards.
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