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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Three icons of cinema \u2014 Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, Sean Penn<\/a> and Benicio Del Toro<\/a> \u2014 will receive the Hammond Cinema Vanguard Award together at the 41st Santa Barbara Film Festival next month. Spotlighting their work in this year\u2019s awards favorite One Battle After Another<\/a><\/em>, written, directed and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, the actors will receive the award, which was recently renamed after longtime friends and collaborators of SBIFF \u2013 Deadline\u2019s Pete Hammond and Madelyn Hammond \u2013 on Monday, February 9.<\/p>\n \n\tPete Hammond will be moderating the tribute for the award, which recognizes the trio of actors for their contributions to the much-honored film in which they star alongside Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti. Their acclaimed roles as Bob (DiCaprio), Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (Penn) and Sensei Sergio St. Carlos (Del Toro) have helped catapult the film to the forefront of the awards conversation this season. One Battle After Another<\/em> is the most nominated Golden Globes contender<\/a> with nine, including individual noms for DiCaprio, Penn and Del Toro, and it just won three Critics Choice Awards including Best Picture<\/a>. It has also been named Best Picture of the Year by the Gotham Awards, The National Board of Review, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and other groups.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis is by far the most exciting tribute in SBIFF history,\u201d SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling said. \u201cThese three artists individually have regaled us with exemplary and unforgettable performances, and together, they have made one of the best films, One Battle After Another. <\/em>Let\u2019s rejoice.\u201d<\/p>\n