Barbra Streisand will not be attending the Cannes Film Festival as planned this week because she is recuperating from knee surgery. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Singer, actress and filmmaker Barbra Streisand has announced she is recovering from knee surgery and has to miss accepting a prestigious award at the Cannes film festival.
A tribute to the artist is still expected to take place at the festival’s closing ceremony on May 23.
“On the advice of my doctors, as I continue recovering from a knee injury, I am sadly unable to attend the Festival de Cannes this year,” Streisand, 84, said in a statement Sunday.
“But I am deeply honored to receive the Honorary Palme d’or and had so been looking forward to celebrating the remarkable films of the 79th edition. I was also very much looking forward to spending time with colleagues whom I so admire — and, of course, returning to France, a place I have always loved,” she added.
“While I regret that I can’t be there in person, I want to extend my warmest congratulations to all of the filmmakers from around the world whose extraordinary talent and creative vision are being celebrated this year. My heartfelt thanks to the festival, and to everyone who continues to support and champion the art of cinema.”
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Barbra Streisand holds one of two Golden Globe Awards she won at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood on January 28, 1984. She won the best performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy for her role in “Yentl” and Best Director for the same movie, her first production. File Photo by Alan Zanger/UPI | License Photo
