Cannes honours Denzel Washington with lifetime Palme d’Or ahead for decades of iconic roles

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Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his distinguished career. The 70-year-old actor was at the festival for the premiere of Spike Lee's "Highest 2 Lowest," a remake of Akira Kurosawa's "High and Low," starring Washington alongside A$AP Rocky and Jeffrey Wright. This marks the fifth collaboration between Washington and Lee. The two-time Oscar winner's latest film is a crime thriller. "Highest 2 Lowest" is set for US release on August 22.