- John Travolta attended the Cannes Film Festival to promote his directorial debut, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, which features his 26-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta.
- The actor, 72, drew attention for his distinctive appearance, wearing round glasses and an array of different coloured berets, explaining it was an homage to old-school directors from the 1920s to 1960s.
- Travolta noted that his unique look would also help him distinguish this event from others when looking back at photographs, making the Cannes experience more vivid.
- During the festival, the artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, surprised Travolta with an honorary Palme d’Or, an award the actor described as being 'beyond the Oscar'.
- Propeller One-Way Night Coach, which Travolta wrote, directed, and co-produced based on his 1997 children's novel, follows a young aspiring pilot and his mother, and will stream globally on Apple TV later this month; Travolta, a licensed pilot, flew his own plane to the premiere.
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