{"id":2511,"date":"2026-05-18T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-barbra-streisand-was-forced-to-pull-out-of-cannes-film-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:05:17","slug":"why-barbra-streisand-was-forced-to-pull-out-of-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-barbra-streisand-was-forced-to-pull-out-of-cannes-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Barbra Streisand was forced to pull out of Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/streisand-02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Barbra Streisand won\u2019t be accepting her honorary Palme d\u2019Or award in person at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/style\/cannes-film-festival-2026-red-carpet-celebrity-looks\/\">Cannes Film Festival 2026<\/a> closing ceremony Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d actress released a lengthy statement over the weekend explaining why she was forced to pull out of the May 23 event.<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old did so \u201con the advice of [her] doctors,\u201d she wrote Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Barbra Streisand (pictured above in July 2023) pulled out of the Cannes Film Festival 2026 over a knee injury. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actress (pictured above in August 2019) did so \u201con the advice of\u2019 her doctors, she wrote in a statement Sunday. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for BSB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAs I continue recovering from a knee injury, I am sadly unable to attend the Festival de Cannes this year,\u201d Streisand explained, noting that she is \u201cdeeply honored to receive the honorary Palme d\u2019Or.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner, who did not elaborate on the injury, \u201chad so been looking forward to celebrating the remarkable films of the 79th edition,\u201d as well as \u201cspending time with colleagues whom [she] so admire[s]\u201d and \u201creturning to France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWhile I regret that I can\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The singer (pictured above in March) needs to \u201ccontinue recovering.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 84-year-old (pictured above in October 2012) was supposed to accept the honorary Palme d\u2019Or award in person on May 23. <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Evan Agostini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Streisand concluded, \u201cMy heartfelt thanks to the Festival, and to everyone who continues to support and champion the art of cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival, in response, sent the singer the \u201cwarmest wishes for a prompt recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Streisand (pictured above in June 2018) expressed \u201cheartfelt thanks\u201d for the award over the weekend. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The festival, in response, sent Streisand (pictured above in January 2018) the \u201cwarmest wishes for a prompt recovery.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to Streisand, \u201cGrease\u201d star John Travolta and \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d filmmaker Peter Jackson will be honored at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lumi\u00e8re ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Travolta <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/16\/celebrity-news\/john-travolta-models-another-beret-at-cannes-after-being-trolled-for-new-look\/\">debuted a new look<\/a> at the film festival on Friday, made headlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/john-travolta-unrecognizable-at-cannes-film-festival-2026-with-new-look\/\">appearing nearly unrecognizable<\/a> in slouchy beret and glasses.<\/p>\n<p>The actor posed with daughter Ella, 26, to celebrate \u201cPropeller One-Way Night Coach,\u201d his directorial debut based off his 1997 children\u2019s book of the same name.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Travolta received the same honor on Friday. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor also made headlines for looking unrecognizable at the film festival in a slouchy beret and glasses. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before the film screened at Debussy Theater, the 72-year-old was surprised with an honorary Palme d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n<p>Travolta got emotional accepting the \u201chumbling\u201d award, dubbing it \u201cbeyond the Oscar\u201d as he gushed, \u201cI can\u2019t believe this. This is the last thing I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Jackson, he was given his award by Elijah Wood at the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/entertainment\/why-barbra-streisand-was-forced-to-pull-out-of-cannes-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbra Streisand won\u2019t be accepting her honorary Palme d\u2019Or award in person at the Cannes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/streisand-02.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}