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Clooney gets top honors at Palm Springs film fest

Friday, November 18, 2011
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Clooney has recovered from the malaria he contracted earlier this month during a visit to Sudan. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says this was the actors second bout with the disease. Clooney is set to discuss the condition and his work in Africa on Piers Morgans CNN show Friday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Clooney has recovered from the malaria he contracted earlier this month during a visit to Sudan. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says this was the actor's second bout with the disease. Clooney is set to discuss the condition and his work in Africa on Piers Morgan's CNN show Friday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Pete Muller) (AP Photo)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -November 18, 2011 (WPVI) -- George Clooney is adding another award to his collection.

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The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the 50-year-old actor with its Chairman's Award in January.

Festival chairman Harold Matzner said Friday that Clooney is "a consummate actor, director, producer and screenwriter (who has) demonstrated that no discipline within the film industry is beyond his reach."

He said Clooney is being honored for his performance in "The Descendants," in theaters Friday, and for writing, producing, directing and starring in "The Ides of March," which opened last month.

Past recipients of the Chairman's Award include Ben Affleck, Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman.

Clooney has also won an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.

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