{"id":74910,"date":"2025-05-21T05:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=74910"},"modified":"2025-06-01T05:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T09:25:33","slug":"asap-rocky-and-denzel-washington-arrive-at-2025-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/asap-rocky-and-denzel-washington-arrive-at-2025-cannes-film-festival\/74910\/","title":{"rendered":"ASAP Rocky and Denzel Washington Arrive at 2025 Cannes Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"623\">At the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on Monday, A$AP Rocky was all smiles as he reunited with legendary actor Denzel Washington and acclaimed director Spike Lee for the photocall of their new movie, <em data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"328\">Highest 2 Lowest<\/em>. Rocky rocked a stylish look with a black shirt under a white suit, gold earrings, black sunglasses, and his signature braided hair. Denzel kept things low-key in a black t-shirt with a plain shirt over it, while Spike Lee, a Cannes regular, dressed casually in a white hat, t-shirt, and pants.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"905\"><em data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"643\">Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> is set to premiere out of competition at Cannes today. The film is inspired by Akira Kurosawa\u2019s classic <em data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"762\">High and Low<\/em>, but with some modern twists. This event also marked Denzel Washington\u2019s very first appearance at Cannes, making it an extra special occasion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1107\">Even more meaningful, May 19 is the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader whom Spike Lee honored in his famous 1992 film starring Denzel. This added a special touch to the day\u2019s events.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1457\">The movie dives deep into themes of social inequality and moral struggle. It follows a music mogul, played by Washington, whose career starts to unravel when he becomes the target of a ransom demand. The film was shot in various New York City locations, from the fancy areas by the East River to the vibrant Brighton Beach neighborhood in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1719\">Before the premiere, Spike Lee told <em data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1504\">Vulture<\/em> that Cannes has always been a fantastic place for filmmakers to introduce their movies to the world, not just American ones. He said the world\u2014and the festival\u2014keeps changing, but Cannes remains a great experience.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1721\" data-end=\"1954\">Alongside Washington, the film stars Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce, Ice Spice, and Ilfenesh Hadera. <em data-start=\"1822\" data-end=\"1840\">Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> will hit theaters across the U.S. on August 22 and will be available to stream on Apple TV+ starting September 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on Monday, A$AP Rocky was all smiles as he reunited with legendary actor\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":74911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-74910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-asap-rocky"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}