{"id":238494,"date":"2026-04-07T08:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238494\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:40:22","slug":"lou-diamond-phillips-to-be-honored-at-dallas-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/238494\/","title":{"rendered":"Lou Diamond Phillips to be honored at Dallas International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas-raised actor Lou Diamond Phillips<\/a> will be honored at the 2026 Dallas International Film Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cYoung Guns\u201d actor was born at a naval station in the Philippines, but his family moved to Texas shortly after his birth. Phillips grew up in Flour Bluff, a small neighborhood of Corpus Christi, and later graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Phillips is set to receive the \u201cDIFF Dallas Star Award\u201d at this year\u2019s festival, which runs from April 23-30.<\/p>\n

The 64-year-old actor will be honored at a luncheon hosted by Virgin Hotels Dallas on April 24. There, he will discuss his latest film, \u201cKeep Quiet,\u201d onstage with \u201cNBC 5 Today\u201d anchor Deborah Ferguson. The film will then have its North American premiere at the festival the following day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted that Lou Diamond Phillips will be joining us to accept the DIFF Dallas Star Award and to share his latest film,\u201d DIFF Dallas CEO Beth Wilbins said in a press release. \u201cAdding his name to the list of previous recipients of the Star Award has special meaning to everyone who has known him over the years through DIFF.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous award winners include Lauren Bacall, Helen Hunt, David Lynch, Bill Paxton<\/a>, Sidney Pollack, Charlize Theron and more.<\/p>\n

\"Lou<\/p>\n

Lou Diamond Phillips in \u201cKeep Quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lou Diamond Phillips to be awarded at DIFF<\/p>\n

Phillips has been acting since the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n

His first credited role came in 1984 as \u201cPunk 1\u201d in the sci-fi film \u201cInterface.\u201d He next appeared in episodes of \u201cDallas\u201d and \u201cMiami Vice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips\u2019 breakout role came as Chicano rocker Ritchie Valens in 1987\u2019s \u201cLa Bamba.\u201d The film was nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes and also landed a Grammy nomination for its soundtrack.<\/p>\n

The following year in 1988, Phillips appeared in two more famous roles in \u201cStand and Deliver\u201d and \u201cYoung Guns.\u201d From there, Phillips was off to the races and appeared in a number of film and television roles over the next few decades.<\/p>\n

In addition to acting, Phillips has directed a few movies and several episodes of television.<\/p>\n

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DIFF returns for 20th year<\/p>\n

The Dallas International Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year in 2026.<\/p>\n

More than 120 films will play this year\u2019s festival, with some entries making their world premiere like \u201cOne in a Million\u201d and \u201cBlood Behind Us.\u201d Both films were made right here<\/a> in North Texas.<\/p>\n

Other films with Texas ties playing at the festival include \u201c$10 Cowboy,\u201d a documentary following Dallas singer Charley Crockett, and \u201cThank You For Listening\u201d about Dallas singer Joshua Ray Walker\u2019s cancer battle.<\/p>\n

Festival passes are on sale now via DIFF\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a star pass ($300) for all events, a festival pass ($250) for all screenings, a film pass ($100) for seniors\/students and a short film package ($75). Individual passes are also available for each screening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas-raised actor Lou Diamond Phillips will be honored at the 2026 Dallas International Film Festival. The \u201cYoung Guns\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,91662,91661,27],"class_list":["post-238494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-star","tag-lou-diamond-phillips","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}