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Hollywood’s Award Season Kicks Off Tonight

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Hollywood’s award season will begin tonight with the presentation of the 19th annual Hollywood Film Awards, honoring films and performers including Robert De Niro, Will Smith, Jane Fonda, Carey Mulligan and Benicio Del Toro.

Late-night talk show host James Corden will host the star-studded event, which will feature a list of presenters that includes Steve Carell, Vin Diesel, Jamie Foxx, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ice Cube, Amy Poehler, Mark Ruffalo, David O. Russell, Kurt Russell, Quentin Tarantino and Reese Witherspoon.

Smith will receive the Hollywood Actor Award for his performance in the upcoming film “Concussion,” while Mulligan will receive the Hollywood Actress Award for “Suffragette.” Del Toro will be honored with the Supporting Actor Award for “Sicario,” and Fonda will receive the Supporting Actress honor for “Youth.”

De Niro will receive a Career Achievement Award, while Ridley Scott will be honored with a producing award for “The Martian” and Tom Hooper will receive the directing honor for “The Danish Girl.”

Tarantino, who came under fire recently from the Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies for his comments at an anti- police-brutality rally in New York, is expected to attend the Beverly Hilton event, with his upcoming film “The Hateful Eight” being honored with a Hollywood Ensemble Award.

Here is a complete list of honorees:

— Robert De Niro – Hollywood Career Achievement Award

— Ridley Scott – Hollywood Producer Award for “The Martian”

— Tom Hooper – Hollywood Director Award for “The Danish Girl”

— Will Smith – Hollywood Actor Award for “Concussion”

— Carey Mulligan – Hollywood Actress Award for “Suffragette”

— Benicio Del Toro – Hollywood Supporting Actor Award for “Sicario”

— Jane Fonda – Hollywood Supporting Actress Award for “Youth”

— Joel Edgerton – Hollywood Breakout Actor Award for “Black Mass”

— Saoirse Ronan – New Hollywood Award for “Brooklyn”

— Alicia Vikander – Hollywood Breakout Actress Award for “The Danish Girl”

— “The Hateful Eight” – Hollywood Ensemble Award

— Cast of “Straight Outta Compton”: Corey Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Jason Mitchell – Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award

— Amy Schumer – Hollywood Comedy Award for “Trainwreck”

— Adam McKay – Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award for “The Big Short”

— Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Hollywood Screenwriter Award for “Spotlight”

— “Furious 7” – Hollywood Blockbuster Award

— Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth – Hollywood Song Award for their hit “See You Again” from the “Furious 7” soundtrack

— Asif Kapadia – Hollywood Documentary Award for “Amy”

— “Inside Out” – Hollywood Animation Award

— Janusz Kaminski – Hollywood Cinematography Award for “Bridge of Spies”

— Alexandre Desplat – Hollywood Film Composer Award for “The Danish Girl” and “Suffragette”

— David Rosenbloom – Hollywood Editor Award for “Black Mass”

— Tim Alexander – Hollywood Visual Effects Award for “Jurassic World”

— Gary Rydstrom – Hollywood Sound Award for “Bridge of Spies”

— Sandy Powell – Hollywood Costume Design Award for “Cinderella”

— Lesley Vanderwalt – Hollywood Make-Up  Hair Styling Award for “Mad Max: Fury Road”

— Colin Gibson – Hollywood Production Design Award for “Mad Max: Fury Road”

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