Kevin Spacey to Get Charity Award in Cannes Despite New Scandal
- Kevin Spacey accepted a lifetime achievement award at a charity gala held alongside the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, 2025-05-20.
- The award followed Spacey's 2023 acquittal of nine sex offence charges and dismissal of a 2022 $40 million civil lawsuit, though new allegations appeared in a 2024 documentary.
- Spacey, who denied wrongdoing, has faced accusations from 10 men and a pending High Court case by Ruari Cannon alleging inappropriate conduct during Spacey's Old Vic Theatre tenure.
- The Better World Fund said it invited Spacey because courts cleared him and praised his decades of artistic work, while Cannes festival maintains a no-tolerance policy under #MeToo pressure.
- Spacey's award signals a controversial step in his public rehabilitation, as the Cannes festival declined to comment amid ongoing scrutiny of sexual misconduct cases.
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Kevin Spacey says ‘glad to be working again’
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey said Tuesday he was “glad to be working again” as he accepted a lifetime’s achievement award from a charity on the sideline of the Cannes film festival.Spacey’s presence at a gala dinner organised by the Better World Fund marks another step in the rehabilitation of the star who has been dogged...
Kevin Spacey Compares Himself to Blacklisted Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Kevin Spacey's comparing his own plight to that legendary screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo ... and, it sounds like he's asking for some A-list assistance -- just like Trumbo got. The actor accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Better World Fund…
Kevin Spacey Speaks Out Against Cancel Culture – "Black List Was a Terrible Time"
Kevin Spacey has been acquitted several times of allegations of sexual assault – his career has still been stopped. In a speech, he finds clear words and addresses cases where people have been "canceled" unjustly.
Kevin Spacey 'glad to be working' as he is feted in Cannes
CANNES, France — Oscar-winning United States actor Kevin Spacey said “it was nice to be back” at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening, May 20. Spacey, who won Oscars for “American Beauty” and “The Usual Suspects,” was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars before he was first accused of sexual assault in 2017, after which he was dropped from the TV drama “House of Cards.” In 2022, the now 65-year-old was c…
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