Legendary actress Glenn Close will be the newest recipient of the coveted Career Achievement Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

In the past, honorees included Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood and Helen Mirren, and not Glenn will be honored at the upcoming 23rd annual event in January 2012.

Film Festival Chairman Harold Matzner says, “Glenn Close has the gift of mesmerizing an audience whenever she performs. Since her film debut in 1982, Close’s ability to capture the essence of a character is unparalleled, be it a femme fatale, a notorious stalker or the trusted aide to a president.”

“To this star, a superstar in every sense of the word, the Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present the 2011 Career Achievement Award to her (sic).”

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Glenn Close chats it up with a young man while walking her dog in West Village, New York.

Glenn’s show ‘Damages‘ will return in January.

I’ve never seen her show and didn’t even know she had one! She’s a great actress.

Has anyone seen her show ‘Damages‘? If so, what did you think of it?

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Pictured: Alyson Hannigan and her husband, Neil Patrick Harris and his boyfriend, David Burtka, Michael C. Hall and his costar & wife, Jennifer Carpenter,  Kristen Chenoweth, Glen Close, Toni Collette, Cat Deely, Jenna Fischer, Michael J. Fox and his wife (of 21 years!) Tracy Pollan.

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The Film Society’s 36th Gala Tribute honoring Tom Hanks with The Chaplin Award, held at Alice Tully Hall, in New York City, last night.

Pictured: Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron,Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson, Christopher Walken, Sally Field, Glen Close, Christy Turlington & Ed Burns, Steven Speilberg, Jeremy Irons & Adrien Brody.