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Matt Damon To Be Honored With Joel Siegel Award At Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.

Matt Damon To Be Honored With Joel Siegel Award At Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Matt Damon To Be Honored With Joel Siegel Award At Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Matt Damon will be honored at the upcoming Critics’ Choice Movie Awards with the fourth annual Joel Siegel Award. The award, named after the late “Good Morning America” film critic, recognizes the philanthropy work of current film stars. Damon, who starred in this year’s CCMA-nominated “True Grit,” will be given the award during the show’s 16th annual ceremony, the BFCA announced today. Along with being an award-winning actor, Damon is a co-founder of Water.org, which works to offer safe drinking water across the globe, while as co-founder of Not On Our Watch, he works to end mass violence. He’s also part of the ONE campaign to help fight AIDS, ambassador for the children’s organization ONEXONE, and a spokes person for hunger-relief organization Feeding America. “Matt personifies the values celebrated by the Joel Siegel Award,” said BFCA President Joey Berlin. “Clearly Matt understands, as Joel did, that the true value of celebrity is as an enhanced platform to do good works for others.” Damon is the recipient of two Critics Choice Movie Awards for his work in “Good Will Hunting,” and his been nominated for five more awards, including one for his work in last year’s “Invictus.” The previous recipients of the Joel Siegel Award include Don Cheadle, Richard Gere, and Kevin Bacon. The 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will are live on January 14th on VH1 at 9:00 PM ET/PT

Chuck Berry collapses on stage.

Chuck Berry collapses on stage. Rock and Roll music legend is reported to be okay after collapsing on stage in Chicago on New Year’s Day. The 84-year old rocker was performing at the Congress Theater when he slumped over a keyboard and was taken off stage. After regaining his composure, Berry went back on stage to attempt to continue the show and managed to give the audience his famous duck-walk, but then once again felt unwell as was treated by paramedics. Berry was complaining about not feeling well earlier in the day but had refused medical treatment. He left the show and returned to his hotel room. He did not go to a hospital. On Sunday, Berry left Chicago by plane and returned home to St Louis. The next scheduled performance by Berry is in St Louis at the Blueberry Hill nightclub on January 19, 2011. Berry has a monthly residency at his hometown club.

Katy Perry says boys are just as excited about seeing her 2011 tour as girls

Katy Perry

Katy Perry thinks boys are just as excited about seeing her 2011 tour as girls. The ‘Firework’ singer knows she has more female fans than male admirers but is confident any guy who is being taken to one of her concerts by their girlfriends this year will enjoy her show. She said: ‘That’s the thing with me, I think a lot of girls are bringing their boyfriends along, but the boyfriends aren’t dragging their feet. They will be secretly excited to be coming to see me, I think.’ Katy ‘ who is married to Russell Brand – is also confident she may be able to convince a special guest to put in an appearance at some concerts if their schedules allow for it. She added: ‘Perhaps Snoop Dogg will make a surprise guest appearance if he happens to be in the same city at the same time. The boyfriends would enjoy that!’ Snoop guest starred on Katy’s single ‘California Gurls’. Her European tour starts in Lisbon, Portugal, on February 20 and runs until April.