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Critics' Choice Awards Honor Matt Damon, Quentin Tarantino
Actor Matt Damon speaks at The 24th American Cinematheque Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
(CBS) Matt Damon and Quentin Tarantuno are being honored Friday night at the 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Actress Emily Blunt and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel will present Damon with the fourth annual Joel Siegel Award, named for the "Good Morning America" film critic who died of cancer in 2007.
Quirky film director Tarantino will get the first-ever Critics' Choice Music+Film Award, designed to honor filmmakers for extraordinary cinematography combined with brilliant use of source and soundtrack music. Actor Tim Roth will make the presentation.
Other presenters at the awards show will be Hank Azaria, Josh Brolin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Rob Huebel, Khloe, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Moore, Joan Rivers, Paul Scheer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Spacey, Emma Stone and Sofia Vergara.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on the cable channel VH1 Friday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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