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Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'It Was Just an Accident', poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Cannes awards Palme d’Or to Iranian revenge drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident” has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.

Ciara poses for photographers upon arrival at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 78th Cannes international film festival, Cap d'Antibes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Stars convene for amfAR gala to raise millions for AIDS research

Director Spike Lee poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'Highest 2 Lowest' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Spike Lee on the collision of his two passions, the Knicks and cinema, in Cannes

Denzel Washington, left, poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Highest 2 Lowest' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes premiere for ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

Jury president Juliette Binoche, center, poses with jury members Halle Berry, from left, Carlos Reygadas, Dieudo Hamadi, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sang-soo, Leila Slimani and Jeremy Strong during the awards ceremony red carpet at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

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Crew members install the red carpet at the Palais des Festivals ahead of the opening ceremony of the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Andra Day attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Cannes film festival president Iris Knobloch, right, and Cannes film festival delegate general Thierry Fremaux attend a press conference to announce the International Cannes film festival line up for the upcoming 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, Thursday, April 10, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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This combination of photos shows, top row from left, Simone Biles, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris and Regina King, and bottom row from left, Audra McDonald, Janelle Monáe, Angel Reese, Tyla and Usher. (AP Photo)

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Rapper A$AP Rocky at Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 9, 2019. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - Director Ang Lee appears at the "Gemini Man" premiere in Los Angeles on Oct. 6, 2019. (Photo by Phil McCarten/Invision/AP, File)

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A-list extravaganza at launch of Red Sea Film Festival

A view of the Red Sea International Film Festival banner displayed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)

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Billy Crystal on basketball ‘superfan’ label

Film director Spike Lee, left, and comedian Billy Crystal, right, compare rings as they are honored at a superfan ceremony at the Basketball Hall of Fame, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. Lee, Crystal, actor Jack Nicholson and businessman Alan Horwitz are being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Billy Crystal and Spike Lee take their places at the Hall of Fame as basketball superfans

FILE - Actor Jack Nicholson laughs at former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal as they retire his jersey during halftime of the Lakers' NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Jack Nicholson, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal set to become basketball Hall of Famers as superfans

Film director Spike Lee, center, attends a WNBA basketball semifinal game between the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)

Basketball super fan Spike Lee takes in Liberty playoff game donning a Sabrina Ionescu jersey

Filmmaker Spike Lee attends the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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FILE - Actor Denzel Washington, right, shakes hands with director Spike Lee before an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knick in Los Angeles on March 12, 2023. Nearly 20 years after their last collaboration, Lee and Washington are reuniting for an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low.” (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Spike Lee, Denzel Washington reuniting for adaptation of Kurosawa’s ‘High and Low’

This photo provided by the Portland Rescue Mission shows James Free posing for a photo with a pair of of gold Nike Air Jordan 3 sneakers at the Portland Rescue Mission on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Portland, Ore. The sneakers, designed in 2019 for filmmaker Spike Lee, that were donated to the homeless shelter, sold for nearly $51,000 at auction on Monday, Dec. 18. (Aaron Ankrom/Portland Rescue Mission via AP)

Air Jordans made for Spike Lee and donated to Oregon shelter auctioned for nearly $51,000

FILE - Spike Lee accepts the award for best adapted screenplay for "BlacKkKlansman" at the Oscars on Feb. 24, 2019, in Los Angeles. A pair of rare Nike sneakers worn by Spike Lee at the Academy Awards that were donated to a homeless shelter in Portland, Ore., sold for nearly $51,000 at auction on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter

This image released by the National Film Registry shows, from left, Bill Paxton, Tom Hanks and Kevin Bacon in a scene from the 1995 film "Apollo 13." The film has been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (NBC Universal/National Film Registry via AP)

Coming home, staying home: ‘Apollo 13' and ‘Home Alone’ among 25 films picked for national registry

FILE - An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2015. The film academy takes a special interest in helping filmmakers at the beginning of their careers throughout the year, and one of their most important showcases is the Student Academy Awards which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

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Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler, center top, Justin Bieber, alongside his wife Hailey Bieber, watch the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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CORRECTS SECOND SENTENCE - People gather at a gas station during a vigil to memorialize O'Shae Sibley on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Sibley, a gay man, was fatally stabbed at the gas station after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them. (AP Photo/Tracie Van Auken)

New York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer

CORRECTS SECOND SENTENCE - People gather at a gas station during a vigil to memorialize O'Shae Sibley on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Sibley, a gay man, was fatally stabbed at the gas station after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them. (AP Photo/Tracie Van Auken)

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