More for Cruz
The 24th Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival will honor Penélope Cruz with its Outstanding Performer of the Year Award on January 31. The honor will be number two for Cruz, who gets lauded at the IFP's Gotham Awards on December 2. The tribute begins one in a series of announcements for the fest, which takes full advantage of its proximity to the awards season.
Noting the thesp's recent work in "Elegy" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," SBIFF exec director Roger Durling said, "There are few actresses who can today be described as international movie goddesses. Penélope Cruz has earned that description."
Previous Outstanding Performer awardees have included Angelina Jolie (2008), Helen Mirren (2007), and Heath Ledger (2006).
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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