The Palm Springs International Film Festival, an event organized for wealthy people that is given $350,000 in taxpayer dollars by the City of Palm Springs annually, begins this week with the awards gala.
Here is a list of famous people who will be given acclaim and awards for acting for a living – all while other, non-famous people who coughed up $2,500 for a VIP Platinum ticket, get to sit near them and, if they are lucky, take a selfie with to impress their grandkids and housekeeper:
- Christian Bale
- Cate Blanchett
- Steve Carell
- Bryan Cranston
- Matt Damon
- Johnny Depp
- Michael Fassbender
- Ryan Gosling
- Brie Larson
- Rooney Mara
- Tom McCarthy
- Saoirse Ronan
- Alicia Vikander
For those who lacked the sufficient funds to get into the gala (minimum ticket to the sold out event was $350 for seats in the back) to see the famous people up close and personal – the city is usually kind enough to set some bleachers up, behind a fence and across the street, where the 99% might just be lucky enough to see some of them get out of the car.