Taraji Henson glams it up

It's hard out here for a primp.

Taraji Henson, the "Hustle & Flow" alum who's earned well-deserved kudos for playing the God-fearing adoptive mom of an old-man-baby in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," seems to be feeling the strain of awards season.

While at the Palm Springs International Film Festival's bash last night, she described the red carpet to the AP thusly:

It's "a lot of work and I really would like to find out who said it was all glamorous and I'd like to kick them in their shins because it's not so glamorous. You have to be on, you have to be personality, you know, even if you don't feel like it."

Well, she sure does look lovely.

More on the Palm Springs soiree, which honored Clint Eastwood, Anne Hathaway, Freida Pinto, the cast of "Revolutionary Road" and others, here.

Henson, who handed out an award to "Button's" music man Alexandre Desplat, will need to find fortification somewhere, seeing as though she's nominated for SAG awards and for tomorrow night's Critics Choice (both for best supporting actress and as part of the ensemble "Button" cast). That's more styling, more outfits, more interviews. More smiling through the pain.

Trivia du jour: For what did "Hustle & Flow" win its Oscar in '06?

Answer after the jump.

Star of the Southern-set drama Terence Howard was nominated, but didn't win best actor. 

The original song, however, won for best achievement in music written for a motion picture. Winners were Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp."