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  "id": 9590909,
  "title": "Santa Barbara Film Festival Awards: ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Star John Malkovich To Get Performer Of The Year Honor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/santa-barbara-film-festival-awards-wild-horse-nine-star-john",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/santa-barbara-film-festival-awards-2027-honorees-1237112049/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "John Malkovich, a two-time Oscar nominee who won the Best Actor prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival for his work in Martin McDonagh’s upcoming Wild Horse Nine, has been selected to receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. The honor will be bestowed during the 42nd annual SBIFF, which […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "John Malkovich to Receive Performer of the Year Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/john-malkovich-to-receive-performer-of-the-year-award-at-santa",
        "published": "2026-09-24T17:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "John Malkovich to Receive Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/john-malkovich-to-receive-outstanding-performer-of-the-year-award-at",
        "published": "2026-09-24T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Santa Barbara Film Fest: John Malkovich Tapped for Performer of the Year Award for ‘Wild Horse Nine’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/santa-barbara-film-fest-john-malkovich-tapped-for-performer-of-the",
        "published": "2026-09-24T17:36:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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