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'Up All Night's' Will Arnett Joins Banff 'Eh-List' With Career Tribute

7:52 AM PST 1/23/2013 by Etan Vlessing
Will Arnett
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The comedy veteran will join Howie Mandel, Eric McCormack and Martin Short in receiving the Canadian award of distinction.

TORONTO – Up All Night’s Will Arnett will receive the Canadian Award of Distinction at the upcoming Banff World Media Festival.

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Arnett, who will return to Arrested Development in the spring as the series debuts on Netflix, will receive the tribute at the 2013 Rockie Awards in Banff.

“I'm very thrilled to be honored by Banff and to be included in the list of other Eh-List Canadian artists,” Arnett said in a statement Wednesday.

Past recipients of the Banff award include Paul Haggis, Howie Mandel, Eric McCormack and Martin Short.

The Banff World Media Festival is set to run from June 9 to 12 in the Canadian Rockies.

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