Haute 100 LA Update: Meryl Streep to Receive Icon Award at the Palm Springs Intl. Film Festival

Meryl Streep will be honored for her film industry achievements at the 25^th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival this January.

The Oscar winner will take home the Icon Award at the festival’s awards gala.

The Icon Award honors a creative talent who, through the course of his or her career, has created a body of work which symbolizes the highest level of achievement in the motion picture art form.

The Cartier-presented gala will take place on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center; the festival itself runs from Jan 3-13, 2014.

Says Festival Chairman Harold Matzner of Streep’s award: “We’re overjoyed to recognize Meryl Streep for yet another Oscar-worthy performance in August: Osage County. Meryl Streep’s portrayal of Violet Weston, the matriarch of a dysfunctional family reunited by a tragic incident, will be remembered in her long list of iconic character roles.  The Palm Springs International Film Festival is honored to present the 2014 Icon Award to Meryl Streep.”

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