Santa Barbara [US], February 10 (ANI): Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr was conferred with the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival. The accolade is named after film historian Leonard Maltin and was first created in 1995 “to honor an individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry,” reported PEOPLE. Taking the stage, Downey Jr. thanked the audience as well as Matlin, paying tribute to his “significance in our culture and what you’ve done from being a scholar to a writer, to critic to a host,” adding, “your approval me…