Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch celebrates its 20th anniversary. And this event is also the kick off to NBFF’s year-long celebration in anticipation of its 20th anniversary next April. The 20th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival will take place from April 25th - May 2nd, 2019, presenting hundreds of films to over 50,000 attendees. The special honorees of the event were Robert Forster (What They Had) with the ICON Award. And there were three Artist of Distinction Awards going to Colman Domingo (If Beale Street Could Talk), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (All About Nina), and Topher Grace (BlacKkKlansman). Variety's 10 Actors to Watch honorees: Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Gemma Chan (Mary Queen of Scots), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Anthony Ramos* (A Star is Born), Cailee Spaeny (On the Basis of Sex), Marina de Tavira (Roma), John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Letitia Wright (Black Panther) and Russell Hornsby (The Hate U Give). *Anthony Ramos was unable to attend the event due to his filming schedule.