Emily Blunt to Receive Kirk Douglas Award From Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The honor benefits the festival’s year-round educational programs and will be presented at a black-tie dinner, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced that Academy Award-nominee Emily Blunt will receive the 19th annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film.
- The festival credited Blunt's extraordinary versatility, citing her recent performance in Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day and her return as Emily Charlton in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
- Actor Michael Douglas stated that Blunt "takes risks most actors wouldn't dare," citing her Academy Award nomination for Oppenheimer and Golden Globe nomination for The Smashing Machine.
- Blunt will be feted at a black-tie gala dinner on Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, a fundraiser for the festival's year-round educational programs.
- Proceeds support more than 18,000 students in Santa Barbara County, while the 42nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival runs February 3-13, 2027.
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