LOS ANGELES, June 29 (UPI) -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles has announced it will honor screen icon Samuel L. Jackson with the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment.
The prize will be bestowed at this year's British Academy Britannia Awards on Oct. 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The gala will be hosted for a second time by British actor and comedian Jack Whitehall.