Charlize Theronand Joaquin Phoenix, who are expected to figure prominently in the upcomingawards season, will receive the actress and actor of the year honours for theirrespective roles in North Country and Walk The Line at the Hollywood Awards gala on Oct 24.

MatthewBroderick and Susan Sarandon will collect supporting actor awards for theirperformances in The Producers and Elizabethtown.

In NorthCountry Theron, who wonthe best actress Oscar for Monster in 2004, plays a single mother who rallies her female co-workersagainst unfair treatment at a mining company.

Warner Bros willrelease Niki Caro's drama on Oct 21. Theron next be seen in Aeon Flux, which opens through Paramount on Dec 2.

Phoenix playsJohnny Cash in James Mangold's biopic Walk The Line. Twentieth Century Fox will release thepicture on Nov 18.

Broderickreprises his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in Susan Stroman's TheProducers, whichUniversal will release on Dec 23. He reunites his Producers co-star Nathan Lane in the Broadwayversion of The Odd Couple, which opens on Broadway in October.

Sarandon playsOrlando Bloom's on-screen mother in Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, which Paramount will open on Oct 14.Sherecently wrapped filming on the drama Irresistible opposite Sam Neill, and comedy MrWoodcock starring SeannWilliam Scott and Billy Bob Thornton.

Screen International issponsoring the Hollywood World Award, which honours the best international filmof the year chosen by Screen's blue-ribbon international jury.