Cooper to be named Director of the Year at Palm Springs

BRADLEY Cooper has been named recipient of a second Director of the Year award in as many days.

After being announced the National Board of Review’s Best Director on Tuesday, the Palm Springs fi lm festival has now revealed that Cooper will receive its own Director of the Year Award, again for “A Star is Born.”

Cooper directed, co- starred, and co-wrote the fi lm, the fourth time that the original 1937 movie had been remade.

It was his fi rst directed feature having previously starred or costarred in “American Sniper,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “American Hustle,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Hangover” trilogy.

The October 2018 realisation is considered to be among the frontrunners for several prestige Hollywood awards, in particular the fi lm, director, and actress accolades at both the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival, which takes place for the 30th time at the Jan 3-14, 2019 event, has already named several other awards recipients.

Alfonso Cuarón of “Roma,” “Gravity,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” is to receive the Sonny Bono Visionary Award, “Green Book” the Vanguard Award, Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) the Spotlight Award, Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) the Breakthrough Performance Award, and Glenn Close the Icon Award. — Relaxnews