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Vin Diesel Says There Are ‘More Familiar Faces’ at Red Sea Film Festival Opening Night ‘Than Awards Shows in America’ While Picking Up Career Tribute
Will Smith, Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eva Longoria, Michelle Yeoh, Minnie Driver, Michael Douglas and Vin Diesel attend event.
The ceremony, which saw its high-profile members take their seats over an hour and a half late, also featured career achievement awards for Emily Blunt, Indian star Aamir Khan and Egyptian actress Mona Zaki. This year’s festival theme of “Home” alludes to the event’s return to its original headquarters of Al-Balad, a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the heart of the historic city centre in Jeddah. Speaking about his role as head of the jury, Lee fondly recalled being allowed a special grant to shoot sequences of “Malcolm X” in the holy city of Makkah despite not being Muslim and said that being at the festival reminds him that “Hollywood can only do so much.” “This is where we are going to see the future of cinema,” he concluded.
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