The star of "Dallas Buyers Club" Matthew McConaughey will be awarded on January 4 with the Palm Desert Award at the Palm Springs Festival.
This award is given by the Californian contest which is considered the best actor of the year.
El Palm Desert Award It is the second award that Matthew McConaughey receives for the role in the film by Jean-Marc Vallée after winning the Hollywood Award for Best Actor.
McConaughey is the big favorite alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor for "Twelve Years a Slave" to win the best actor statuette at the next Oscars.
Robert Redford for "All is Lost" is another of the actors who could win the Academy Award since, despite his legendary roles, he has only been nominated once as a performer, for best supporting actor in 1973 for "The blow ", and perhaps academics want to recognize his career with this award.
On the other hand, Matthew McConaughey could also receive a nomination for best supporting actor this year for «Mud»Or«The Wolf of Wall Street", Although it would be frankly difficult in front of Michael Fassbender for" Twelve Years a Slave "and his co-star in"D" Jared Leto.
More information - Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey at the Hollywood Awards