What happens to awards from some of the smaller film festivals? Do the big A-List stars all have special rooms to put their hard-won gongs and globes in, or do anything except Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes, Baftas and Palme D'Ors simply get used as doorstops and pond ornaments?

Unfortunately, due to our refusal to make anything other than amateur adult cinema (you know what we mean, don't pretend you don't) we'll never know, but we'd secretly like to think there are quite a few tramps (homeless street engineers is apparently the pc term) in LA using accolades for Best Supporting Actor or Best Ensemble Cast to prop up the roof of their cardboard condos.  

Having said that, here were the winners at this year's prestigious Palm Springs International FIlm Festival:

Carey Mulligan– Breakthrough Performance Award

Javier Bardem – International Star Award

Diane Warren – Frederick Loewe Music Award

David O. Russell – Director of the Year Award

Colin Firth – Desert Palm Achievment Actor Award

Danny Boyle – Sonny Bono Visionary Award

Natalie Portman – Desert Palm Achievment Actress Award

Robert Duvall – Career Achievement Award

The Social Network – Ensemble Performance Award

Ben Affleck – Chairman’s Award

Jennifer Lawrence – Rising Star Award

Also, on another note, you really can't see Natalie Portman's pregnant bump yet, no matter how hard you look. We just thought we'd clear that up as it seems to be everywhere at the moment. So there.