Update: At the press conference after the ceremony, Lee said, “I have no excuses.
I messed up.
I’m a big sports fan.
It’s like the guy at the end of the game in the foul line, he misses the free throw, or a guy misses a kick,” adding, “So no apologies… I was very specific to speak to the people of Cannes and tell them that I apologize.
They said forget about it.”Earlier: Oops.
The Cannes Film Festival ceremony audience was in for a shock Saturday evening as jury president Spike Lee accidentally announced Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” as the winner of the Palme d’Or, the event’s top prize.
Lee made the slip-up at the top of the ceremony, just before announcing Caleb Landry Jones as the Best Actor winner for “Nitram.” Check out reactions from Twitter below, plus video of the moment.“In my 63 years of life,
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