{"id":7350,"date":"2015-11-18T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T02:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7350"},"modified":"2015-11-18T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T22:40:33","slug":"michael-keaton-mark-ruffalo-and-rachel-mcadams-to-receive-american-riviera-award-at-sbiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7350","title":{"rendered":"Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams to Receive American Riviera Award at SBIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L-R): Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams will collectively receive the American Riviera Award at SBIFF in February. Courtesy photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

Michael Keaton<\/a>, Mark Ruffalo<\/a> and Rachel McAdams<\/a> will be honored with the 2016 American Riviera Award at the 31st <\/sup><\/span>edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival<\/a>, which runs from February 3 to February 13.\u00a0 This is the first time the award will be given to three honorees, who are receiving critical acclaim for their\u00a0collaboration in Tom McCarthy<\/a>\u2019s blisteringly true drama Spotlight<\/a>. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

The American Riviera Award was established to recognize actors who have made a significant contribution to American Cinema.\u00a0 Keaton, Ruffalo and McAdams will join a prestigious group of past recipients, including last year\u2019s honorees Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke<\/a> (2015), Robert Redford<\/a> (2014), Quentin Tarantino<\/a> (2013) and Martin Scorsese<\/a> (2012), Annette Bening<\/a> (2011), Sandra Bullock <\/a>(2010), Mickey Rourke<\/a> (2009), Tommy Lee Jones<\/a> (2008), Forrest Whitaker <\/a>(2007), Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/a> (2006), Kevin Bacon<\/a> (2005) and Diane Lane<\/a> (2004).<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael, Mark and Rachel are three of the finest actors in the business.\u201d says\u00a0Festival Director Roger Durling<\/a>, \u201cThey are artists in the truest sense of the word who continue to surprise and inspire audiences with their talent,\u201d adding, \u201ctheir recent turn in Spotlight<\/em> demonstrates their skills both harmoniously as an ensemble and individually, it is an honor to celebrate their work with the American Riviera Award.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0sbiff.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/p>\n