DDG Special Events 2024

DDG PALM SPRINGS
SPECIAL EDITION 2024
First Recipient of
‘Comedian of the
Year Award’ of Palm
Springs International
Comedy Festival
Kathy Griffin Returns
as a Special Guest
Presenter for PSICF
Awards on September
21st
Kathy Griffin
Palm Springs International Comedy Festival (PSICF)
on September 21st at Hotel Zoso in downtown
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First Recipient of ‘Comedian of the Year
Award’ of Palm Springs International
Comedy Festival Kathy Griffin Returns as a
Special Guest Presenter for PSICF Awards on
September 21st
Palm Springs, CA, September 17, 2024 - Two-time
Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian
Kathy Griffin will return to Palm Springs as a
special guest presenter at the PSICF Comedy
Awards ceremony taking place during the Palm
Springs International Comedy Festival (PSICF)
on September 21st at Hotel Zoso in downtown
Palm Springs. Griffin was the festival’s first ever
Comedian of the Year Award recipient, presented
during its inaugural year in 2018.
“We’re so pleased that Kathy Griffin will be part
of the festival again this year,” comments PSICF
founder/president Paul Cruz. “Kathy helped to
bring global recognition to our festival in our first
year when we presented her with the esteemed
Comedian of the Year Award. We’re thrilled to
welcome her back again as a presenter and special
honored guest this year during a brief break on
her very successful tour.”
On the star-studded gala evening, Griffin will
present longtime friend and acclaimed comedian/
actress, Mo Collins with the PSICF Comedy Hall
of Fame Award, in recognition of her exceptional
contributions to the world of comedy. From her
Griffin joins the Star-
Studded Evening
featuring Cybill
Shepherd, Tom Arnold,
Jeff Garlin, Luenell, and
many others
Palm Springs International Comedy Festival
starting on September 21st
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nine-year run on MAD TV to her beloved
role on Parks & Recreation, and her scenestealing
performances in The 40-Year-
Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Collins has
consistently proven herself as a comedic
powerhouse.
PSICF Hall of Fame Awards will also
be presented to some of the most
recognized names in the entertainment
industry, Cybill Shepherd, Tom Arnold
and Will Sasso (Apple TV’s Acapulco,
The Three Stooges), all of whom will be
in attendance at the awards ceremony.
Previous PSICF Comedy Hall of Fame
recipients have included Saturday Night
Live cast members Laraine Newman and
Jon Lovitz, as well as acclaimed producer,
writer Alan Zweibel.
Additionally, transgender Latina comedian
Roz Hernandez will be honored with
the PSICF Diversity in Comedy Award.
Hernandez brings her comedic wit to the
Hulu series Living for the Dead, executive
produced by Oscar-nominated actress
Kristen Stewart, and ALSO hosts the
weekly podcast Ghosted!.
Jonathan Kite (2 Broke Girls, Dad Stop
Embarrassing Me) will be presented with
the 2024 PSICF Best Male Stand-up
Comedian Award, while Jeff Garlin (Curb
Your Enthusiasm) will receive the PSICF
Spotlight in Comedy Award.
Beloved comedian Luenell (Hacks, Lopez)
will be named PSICF’s Comedian of the
Year for 2024.
Also on September 21st, Golden Globe
winning actress Karen Sharpe-Kramer
and daughters actress Kat Kramer and
filmmaker Jennifer Kramer will present
The PSICF Stanley Kramer Mad World
Comedy Award to the documentary
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Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films
of Colin Higgins by Nicholas Eliopoulos.
Produced by Dolly Parton, narrated by
Cybill Shepherd, and includes Jane Fonda,
Lily Tomlin, Shirley MacLaine and Goldie
Hawn. The award previously went to the
George Gallo directed Robert De Niro
comedy film, The Comeback Trail, which
also starred Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee
Jones and Eddie Griffin, last year’s PSICF
Comedian of the Year Award recipient.
Additionally, Stanley Kramer’s It’s A Mad
Mad Mad Mad World will be screened on
September 29th in honor of the legendary
director’s birthday, for which the PSICF
award was named after.
The Palm Springs International Comedy
Festival (PSICF) is a premier annual
event celebrating the art of comedy in
all its forms. Featuring a diverse array
of performances, films, stand-up, sketch
comedy, and improv, PSICF attracts toptier
comedic talent and filmmakers from
around the globe. This year’s films include
Brandon Tamburri’s Plan B, starring John
Heder, Jamie Lee, Shannon Elizabeth, and
Tom Berenger; Caden Douglas’ Mother
Father Sister Brother Frank with Mindy
Cohn and Enrico Colantoni; Jeremy
Warner’s Villians Inc. starring Colin
Mochrie and Jeff Davis of Whose Line Is
It Anyway?; Michael Schlesinger’s Rock &
Doris (Try to) Write A Movie with Marilu
Henner (Man On The Moon, Taxi) and
actor/director Joe Regalbuto (Murphy
Brown, Veronica’s Closet); and pilots
starring cast members from The Daily
Show, Orange Is The New Black, RuPaul’s
Drag Race, NYPD Blue, and more!
The festival is committed to nurturing new
talent while honoring comedy legends,
making it a significant influencer in the
comedy world.
PSICF runs from September 21 – October
6, 2024. The Palm Springs International
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Comedy Festival Awards will be held
on September 21st at Hotel Zoso (150
S. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs,
CA 92262). (red carpet arrivals begin at
4pm, followed by cocktail reception at 5
pm, award ceremony to begin at 6 pm,
followed by after party.) Screenings and
live comedy events will be held at The
Mary Pickford Theater (36850 Pickfair
Street Cathedral City, CA 92234). For more
information about the festival, including
tickets and program details, please visit
www.psicf.org.
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ABOUT KATHY GRIFFIN:
Two-time Emmy and Grammy awardwinning
comedian Kathy Griffin is a
towering figure on television, on tour
and in publishing. In 2013, Kathy was
inducted into the Guinness Book of
World Records for writing and starring
in an unprecedented 20 televised standup
specials - more than any comedian
in history. In 2014, Kathy made history
again with her 6th consecutive Grammy
nomination and first win for Best Comedy
Album (Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl),
joining Whoopi Goldberg and Lily Tomlin
as the only other female comedians to ever
win Grammy awards for Best Comedy
Album. Her hit Bravo series, Kathy Griffin:
My Life on the D-List aired for 6 years
and won 2 Emmys. It was nominated
every single year of its run. The series also
earned her a GLAAD Media Award for
Best Reality Program.
Kathy starred on NBC’s Suddenly Susan
and guest starred on multiple legendary
TV series including Seinfeld, Law &
Order: SVU, Glee, You, and Curb Your
Enthusiasm. Additionally, she has lent

her unique voice to animated characters
in Shrek Forever After, The Simpsons,
American Dad, Futurama and Dilbert.
Kathy’s unrivaled style of humor and
prolific comedy pedigree has made her
one of television’s go-to hosts for premier
live events. Kathy drew huge worldwide
audiences to CNN’s New Year’s Eve
special, which she co-produced and cohosted
with Anderson Cooper for 10 years.
Kathy co-hosted The Billboard Music
Awards LIVE three years in a row, the 41st
annual Daytime Emmy Awards LIVE and
AARP’s Movies for Grownups Gala. Her
sure-fire hosting success led to her own
LIVE late night talk show, Kathy.
Also an accomplished author, Kathy’s
memoir, Official Book Club Selection:
A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin,
debuted at #1 on the New York Times
Bestseller List. Her much-anticipated
second book, Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity
Run-Ins: My A-Z Index, was also a New
York Times Best Seller. On the stage,
Kathy has performed standup for hundreds
of thousands around the globe. Buoyed
by her fiercely dedicated fans, Kathy’s live
performances are legendary and in a class
of their own. The fiery redhead has sold
out shows to rave reviews throughout
North America, Europe, Australia and Asia
at such iconic venues as The Sydney Opera
House, The Mark Taper Forum, Madison
Square Garden, Carnegie Hall and The
Kennedy Center. Kathy has also performed
for active military servicemen and women
in such war zones as Iraq, Afghanistan,
Kuwait, and Uzbekistan. She has graced
the covers of The Hollywood Reporter,
Adweek, and The Advocate, and has had
in-depth profiles in New York Magazine
and Forbes.
In addition to performing, writing
and producing, Kathy is a renowned
speaker and has taken her empowering
messages of equality through activism
and humor all over the country. Kathy’s
passionate advocacy for women,
the LGBT community, and other
disenfranchised groups have been
displayed through numerous candid and
intimate conversations with award-winning
journalists and moderators from The Los
Angeles Times, The New York Times,
The Hudson Union Society, 92Y, as well as
tech giants Google and AOL. She has been
honored in this area with multiple awards
including The Human Rights Campaign’s
Ally for Equality, GLAAD’s Vanguard
Award, The Trevor Life Award from the
Trevor Project, Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans of America’s Leadership in
Entertainment honor, the Harvard College
Distinguished Service Partner Award,
Veterans Tickets Foundation Distinguished
Donor Award, the Lambda Legal Liberty
Award, a two-time Ladies’ Home Journal
“Funny Ladies We Love” Recipient, and
a Gracie Award for Outstanding Female
Lead.
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