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The 2024 recipients will use their funds over the next year to launch concert series, put on family-friendly festivals, build out membership programs, develop spaces for LGBTQ+ musicians to gather, create educational programming and host monthly Latinx dance parties.
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Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Among the 18 prior recipients of Cannes’ honorary Palme, which was first presented in 2002 and recognizes career achievement, are Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Agnès Varda, Jodie Foster, Tom Cruise and, last year, Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Among the 18 prior recipients of Cannes’ honorary Palme, which was first presented in 2002 and recognizes career achievement, are Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Agnès Varda, Jodie Foster, Tom Cruise and, last year, Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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“Recipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recipient. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt 
: one that receives
the recipient of many honors
recipient
adjective
Medical Definition
recipient
noun
re·cip·i·ent
ri-ˈsip-ē-ənt
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood or an organ) from a donor
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