{"id":2421247,"date":"2026-05-18T04:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2421247"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:09:26","slug":"why-barbra-streisand-is-skipping-2026-cannes-amid-palme-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-barbra-streisand-is-skipping-2026-cannes-amid-palme-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Barbra Streisand Is Skipping 2026 Cannes Amid Palme D&#8217;Or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite earning an honorary Palme D\u2019Or at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/cannes\/\">2026 Cannes Film Festival<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/barbara-streisand\/\"><b>Barbra Streisand <\/b><\/a>won\u2019t be accepting her trophy in person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cOn 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,\u201d Streisand, 84, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/festivals\/barbra-streisand-cant-attend-cannes-palme-dor-knee-injury-1236751729\/\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Variety<\/i><\/span><\/a><i> <\/i>in a Sunday, May 17, statement. \u201cI am deeply honored to receive the honorary Palme d\u2019Or and had so been looking forward to celebrating the remarkable films of the 79th edition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The EGOT recipient was set to receive the legendary accolade at the closing ceremony of the French film festival later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI was also very much looking forward to spending time with colleagues whom I so admire \u2014 and, of course, returning to France, a place I have always loved,\u201d Streisand continued in her statement. \u201cWhile I regret that I <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/pictures\/celebrity-health-scares-20111110\/\">can\u2019t be there in person<\/a>, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/barbra-streisand-through-the-years-her-life-in-photos\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Barbra-Streisand-Through-the-Years-From-Broadway-to-Honorary-EGOT-Winner-840.jpg?crop=137px%2C6px%2C1730px%2C978px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" 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https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Barbra-Streisand-Through-the-Years-From-Broadway-to-Honorary-EGOT-Winner-840.jpg?crop=137px%2C6px%2C1730px%2C978px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Barbra-Streisand-Through-the-Years-From-Broadway-to-Honorary-EGOT-Winner-840.jpg?crop=137px%2C6px%2C1730px%2C978px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Barbra-Streisand-Through-the-Years-From-Broadway-to-Honorary-EGOT-Winner-840.jpg?crop=137px%2C6px%2C1730px%2C978px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Barbra Streisand Through the Years From Broadway to Honorary EGOT Winner 840\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/barbra-streisand-through-the-years-her-life-in-photos\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Barbra Streisand Through the Years: Broadway and Beyond<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBarbra Streisand has captivated the stage, screen and world with her acclaimed career and one-of-a-kind vocals. Streisand landed her big break at age 19 in 1962, scoring the role of Miss Marmelstein in\u00a0I Can Get It for You Wholesale\u00a0on Broadway. Two years later, she originated the role of Fanny Brice in the stage production of\u00a0Funny [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">She concluded, \u201cMy heartfelt thanks to the festival, and to everyone who continues to support and champion the art of cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Variety <\/i>also reported that Cannes will still pay tribute to Streisand during its Saturday, May 23, closing ceremony, despite her absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe entire festival team sends Barbra Streisand their warmest wishes for a prompt recovery,\u201d a spokesperson for Cannes added in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Streisand will be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/pictures\/cannes-film-festival-2026-red-carpet-stars-best-looks\/\">the third Palme D\u2019Or winner<\/a> at Cannes this year, alongside <i>Lord of the Rings <\/i>filmmaker <b>Peter Jackson<\/b> and <i>Grease <\/i>actor <b>John Travolta<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe this. This is the last thing I expected,\u201d Travolta, 72, gushed of the honor during the Friday, May 15, premiere of his directorial debut, <i>Propeller One-Way Night Coach<\/i>. \u201cThis is beyond the Oscar.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travolta tearfully called the honor a \u201chumbling moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I met with you in November, I had no expectation that my film would be accepted,\u201d he said, referring to festival director <b>Thierry Fr\u00e9maux. <\/b>\u201cAnd when Thierry said it was not only accepted but it was making history because it would be the first film ever accepted that early, I cried like a baby because I just couldn\u2019t believe it. Because in my opinion, you are the most discerning person in the movie industry. I was just happy to be here! I never expected this. Thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Travolta attended the festival with his 26-year-old daughter, Ella, whom he shared with late wife <b>Kelly Preston<\/b>, alongside two sons.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite earning an honorary Palme D\u2019Or at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Barbra Streisand won\u2019t be accepting her trophy in person. \u201cOn 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,\u201d Streisand, 84, told Variety in a Sunday, May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2421248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[40015,30162,246958,24003],"class_list":["post-2421247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-cannes","tag-celebrity-health","tag-celebrity-health-scares","tag-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Why-Barbra-Streisand-Is-Skipping-2026-Cannes-Amid-Palme-DOr.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421249,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421247\/revisions\/2421249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}