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The Beverly Hills Film, TV & New Media Festival line-up of star-studded red carpet premieres, panels and honorary award recipients have been announced by Festival Director Donna Spangler. After an exceptional debut last year, this international event continues to be a true celebration of established and emerging talent and technologies in film, television and new media running from October 20-27, 2011.

The Opening Night Honorary Awards Ceremony will take place Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel (7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood) benefiting The Finaza Foundation. Celebrity honorees and attendees include Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Kristin Bauer (True Blood), Drew Powell (Straw Dogs), Aldis Hodge (Leverage), Isabel Lucas (Transformers), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Josh Lawson (The Wedding Party), Missi Pyle, Maurice Benard, Michael Caulfield, Jon Lovitz, Morgan Fairchild, Tom Arnold, Janice Dickinson, Amber Benson, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Kelly Osborne and Ru Paul.

Red carpet arrivals will begin at 8 p.m. on a GoGreenSolar-litcarpet, with the Honorary Awards Ceremony at 9 p.

The planned sex scene between Helena Bonham Carter and Mark Wahlberg in Visitor, The (2001) is already causing a stir in Hollywood. Bonham Carter, 33, is undergoing a daily six-hour make-up session to play an ape in Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes (2000), while Wahlberg, 28, is playing the astronaut role first made famous by Charlton Heston. An insider says, "Helena's character becomes Mark Love's interest. And Burton thinks their relationship should evolve into love-making. " But Hollywood executives are not enthusiastic about the planned scene. The insider adds, "The studio guys think it's too weird and unnatural. They think audiences will recoil. I think Tim is in for a major battle."...