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Keke Palmer, Machine Gun Kelly, Amber Midthunder & More Hit Newport Beach Film Festival's Honors Program Event

Keke Palmer, Machine Gun Kelly, Amber Midthunder & More Hit Newport Beach Film Festival's Honors Program Event

Keke Palmer hits the blue carpet for the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival honors program held at The Balboa Bay Club and Resort on Sunday (October 16) in Newport Beach, Calif.

The 29-year-old actress was just one of the honorees at the festival, where she picked up Variety’s Artist of Distinction Award.

“It means so much because so much of it has to do with my community and how I use my work to be able to represent, uplift, encourage, empower, and also shield the diversity,” she shared with ET about it. “So it means a lot, it really does.”

Keke was also joined by Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch: The Banshees of Inisherin‘s Kerry Condon, Devotion‘s Christina Jackson, Bardo‘s Ximena Lamadrid, The Woman King‘s Thuso Mbedu, Prey‘s Amber Midthunder, The Son‘s Zen McGrath, The Inspection‘s Jeremy Pope, White Noise‘s Sam Nivola, and Stranger ThingsJoseph Quinn.

Ron Howard, Cooper Raiff, Vanessa Burghardt, Jonathan Majors, Patton Oswalt and wife, Meredith Salenger, Spirited‘s Aimee Carrero, Anna Diop, Machine Gun Kelly, and Aubrey Plaza were also spotted at the event over the weekend.

Just last week, Keke launched her new network!

FYI: Anna wore Tom Ford. Aimee wore Bach Mai.

Click inside to see 55+ pictures of Keke Palmer, Thuso Mbedu, Amber Midthunder, and more at the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors Program…

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