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- Naomi Watts received an honorary Donostia Award for career achievement at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where her new film "The Housewife" screens this evening.
- Watts said she was told early in her career that it would "finish at the age of 40" after launching with Mulholland Drive at 30 or 31 — she is now in her late 50s.
- Watts cited "a number of women in strong categories over 50" at last week's Emmys as evidence that "things have changed" for older women in Hollywood.
- "The Housewife" is set in 1964 New York, where journalist Joseph Lelyveld (Tye Sheridan) investigates whether Hermine's (Watts) husband Russel (Luke Evans) is a Nazi in hiding — based on true events.
- Watts named Paul Thomas Anderson as "someone I've wanted to work with for a long time" when asked which directors she'd still like to collaborate with.
- Anderson debuts his next feature next month at the New York Film Festival — a concert film shot at Carnegie Hall with Geese frontman Cameron Winter, released theatrically by A24.
Why it matters: Receiving the Donostia Award in her late 50s, Watts pointed to last week's Emmys as proof Hollywood now supports women over 50 — while her explicit naming of Paul Thomas Anderson as a long-desired collaborator confirms she's actively courting major auteur projects at a European festival honoring lifetime achievement.
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