Aniston, Howard chill in P.S.

August 14, 2007 Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Bryce Dallas Howard will show off their directing skills at the 2007 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market, set for Aug. 23-29 at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. Other familiar names who will appear in some of the shorts on display include James Gandolfini, Louis Gossett Jr., Joe Mantegna and Steven R. McQueen in "Club Soda"; Patrick Stewart and Joanna Lumley in "The Audition"; Ron Livingston in "Life Happens"; Margaret Cho and Jane Lynch in "Love Is Love"; David Morse in "A.W.O.L."; Ron Silver and JoBeth Williams in "Call It Fiction"; and Wendie Malick in "Waiting for Yvette." The festival also will present two special prizes: the Alexis Award -- named in honor of Alexis Echavarria, who died suddenly upon returning from volunteer work in Thailand two years ago just as the festival had accepted his film -- and the Hard C Hi Five to Lo Fi Award for best low-budget short will be presented by director Jason Reitman's production company Hard C Prods.

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