Eight screen stars who provided breakout efficiencies in 2024 movies — A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, Babygirl’s Harris Dickinson, Emilia Pérez’s Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez’s Selena Gomez, Wicked’s Ariana Grande, Sing Sing’s Clarence Maclin, Anora’s Mikey Madison and September 5’s John Magaro — have been tapped by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to get the fest’s Virtuoso Award.
They will each gather the honor following person interviews and then a group interview, all moderated by TCM host Dave Karger, at Santa Barbara’s historical Arlington Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 9.
“It’s my 15th successive year hosting this occasion,” Karger stated in a declaration, “and this year’s lineup is as excellent as ever, varying from megastars like Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande, to veteran stars like Kieran Culkin and John Magaro, to real breakouts like Clarence Maclin, Mikey Madison, Harris Dickinson and Karla Sofía Gascón. I can’t wait to collect them all in front of the fantastic Santa Barbara audience.”