Grownups seize the spotlight at cannes film festival 2025

5. ROBERT DE NIRO REUNITED WITH AN OLD FRIEND ​Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, presented Robert De Niro, 81, the Cannes lifetime achievement award at the film festival’s opening ceremony, to which De

Niro replied, “Thanks, kiddo.” They starred in 1993's _This Boy's Life_, 1996's _Marvin’s Room_ and Martin Scorsese’s _Killers of the Flower Moon_, which premiered at Cannes

in 2023, earning 10 Oscar nominations and best picture at the Movies for Grownups Awards. The day after receiving the honor, De Niro revealed his latest project: a documentary about the

lives of his late parents with French street photographer and artist JR. “We’re kind of seeing where we’re going,” said De Niro. “We’ll just keep going until one day it feels, OK, now we’ve

told enough.” Andreas Rentz/Getty Images 6. THE SUPERMODELS AT CANNES WERE STILL SUPER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS It was a 1990s model reunion when Helena Christensen, 56, Eva Herzigová, 52, and

Carla Bruni, 57, posed together at the 2025 Chopard Universe Dinner. The veteran runway models — all bedazzled in Chopard jewels, of course — looked as glamorous as ever as they worked their

famous faces for the camera. The trio attended the festival during their ’90s heyday as fashion models and magazine cover stars, and they're still basking in flashbulb light in their

AARP years.​ Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images 7. TOM CRUISE ANNOUNCED WHEN HE WILL RETIRE (NEVER!) After Tom Cruise, 62, premiered his blockbuster _Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning_ 

at Cannes, he declared he will continue to make movies “into my 100s.” He told _The Hollywood Reporter_ he “will never stop. I will never stop doing action, I will never stop doing drama,

comedy films — I’m excited.” But the decades-old _Mission: Impossible_ franchise really is retired. “It’s the final! It’s not called ‘final’ for nothing,” said the age-proof star.​​ Doug

Peters/PA Images via Getty Images 8. THE MOVIES LOOKED GOOD, BUT THE CELEBRITY FASHIONS WERE SUPERB ​ Halle Berry, 58, was radiant on the red carpet in a classic-with-a-twist ensemble by

revered French fashion house Chanel. She looked gorgeous in an embellished wide-leg pantsuit that featured a pussy-bow-tied jacket worn open with a bralette peeking out from underneath.

Spike Lee, 68, made a statement in a bold New York Knicks–themed blue-and-orange custom striped zoot suit from Cointel with a pair of black Jordan Spizike sneakers, a style first launched in

2006 as a tribute to Lee’s 1986 _She’s Gotta Have It_ character Mars Blackmon. He accessorized with a hat, glasses and jewelry featuring the Knicks colors. Gao Jing/Xinhua via Getty Images