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Rodriguez creates, hosts Young Women’s Honors

Gina Rodriguez (below) imagined a Hollywood-style awards show that recognized young women for realizing their dreams in science, public policy and community service, so the actress followed her own dream and made it happen.

The “Jane the Virgin” star is producer and host of the inaugural Marie Claire Young Women’s Honors, airing Monday as a special on the CW at 8 p.m.

The show has all the trappings of a typical Hollywood awards ceremony — a glitzy dinner with celebrity presenters such as Katie Holmes and Hailee Steinfeld — except the honorees are female achievers outside the entertainment industry, like entrepreneur-inventor Jessica Matthews and political activist Amanda Nguyen.

The show, taped last month at the Marina del Rey Marriott in Los Angeles, also spotlights Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Paralympian Tatyana McFadden and Fereshteh Forough, who is providing income possibilities to women in Afghanistan by teaching them computer coding skills.

Ali to be celebrated at Palm Springs film festival

Oscar front-runner Mahershala Ali has garnered overwhelming praise for his supporting actor performance in “Moonlight,” and the accolades keep coming.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced Friday that Ali will be presented with the Breakthrough Performance Award at its annual Film Awards Gala on Jan. 2. “Mahershala Ali is one of the most in-demand actors in film and television,” festival chairman Harold Matzner said in a statement. Though Ali has been on the radar of the film and TV industry since his role as Trey Sanders on NBC’s “Crossing Jordan” in 2001, he has had a banner year in 2016, with a role on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” series as well as in the upcoming film “Hidden Figures.”