Denzel Washington Left Cannes
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The star made a quick trip to the festival for the premiere of the director’s “Highest 2 Lowest.” A surprise was waiting.
Denzel Washington descended upon the French Riviera this week for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where both a lifetime achievement award and an eager photographer awaited his attention.
The Oscar winner had an emotional evening at Cannes, receiving a surprise honor from his longtime friend Spike Lee.
"I think this is it," Lee said of "Highest 2 Lowest," his fifth and perhaps final film with the "Training Day" star.
The two-time Oscar winner couldn’t afford to miss a performance of the starry revival of the beloved Shakespearean tragedy, which has shattered box office records at City’s
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Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce and rappers ASAP Rocky and Ice Spice.