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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce honorees who will be recognized for their achievements at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 24, 2011. Producer Letty Aronson will receive the "Hollywood Producer Award" for "Midnight in Paris," director Michel Hazanavicius...

By James Mottram Penelope Cruz has struggled to make it in Hollywood. That may change, says James Mottram It seems there are two sides to Penelope Cruz. There's the renowned Spanish actress, celebrated by such auteurs as Bigas Luna, Alejandro Amenabar and Pedro Almodovar, whose 2006 effort Volver won her the first Oscar nomination of her career. And there's the Hollywood starlet, better known for dating her co-stars than for the string of forgettable roles she's taken. But her latest film,...

By Mike Collett-White CANNES (Reuters) - Penelope Cruz, one of the few European actresses able to command major roles on both sides of the Atlantic, will always consider herself a Hollywood outsider. The 32-year-old, who critics say is at her best in "Volver," her latest collaboration with fellow Spaniard Pedro Almodovar, has nothing against Tinseltown, but wants to avoid being caught in the glare of the movie capital's bright lights. "I feel very grateful for the opportunities they are...

By Elisabeth O'Leary MADRID (Reuters) - For a film which deals seriously with issues like death, abuse and estranged families, "Volver" ("Returning") gets a surprising number of laughs. But it also moved director Pedro Almodovar to tears. After a first screening in his home region of La Mancha, where the film is set, Almodovar was so overwhelmed by the euphoric reception that he was left speechless on stage, his eyes welling up with tears. "In all my years of festivals and premieres,...

By Emma Pinedo and Elisabeth O'Leary MADRID (Reuters) - Film director Fernando Leon's tough and wry tales of outsiders have won him huge Spanish audiences and critical acclaim. In his new feature film "Princesas" ("Princesses"), he looks again at people living on the edge -- but this time his focus is on the friendship between two women, with the murky worlds of prostitution and immigration providing the backdrop. The film, released in Spain last week, portrays a Spanish woman and a...