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Denzel Washington is an iconic star who has starred in countless movies and projects throughout his iconic Hollywood career. Well, a veteran status deserves an equally high award.
Similar to Tom Hanks and Robert de Niro,The Equalizerstar is being awarded with the highest civilian award in the United States and the world cannot be more happy for him.
Denzel Washington will receive a presidential medal!
The presidential medal of freedom is the highest civilian award that can be given to a United States citizen. It is bestowed by the president to any person who is recognized for their meritorious contribution.
In the case ofDenzel Washington, the iconic actor will be recognized for his efforts in cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. With an iconic career in Hollywood, the actor’s award is well-deserved.
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The news was shared on X by fans and fans couldn’t be happier for theGladiator IIstar.
Denzel Washington will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.pic.twitter.com/iqiIFTMO8d
Although the actor is going to receive the highest civilian award in the United States, he had his fair share of problems and disputes with the Academy Awards after he didn’t receive an Oscar win.
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The actor was very confident in his performance in 1992’sMalcolm Xand 1999’sThe Hurricanebut unfortunately for the star, the Academy Awards decided to go with someone else instead.
Denzel Washington was disappointed with the academy awards
For his performance as Malcolm X in the 1992 film, the actor received an Oscar nomination for Best Performance in a Lead Actor. However, the actor didn’t earn a win at the 1993 Academy Awards.
In 2000, the actor was put in the same spot since he earned another Oscar nomination for his part inThe Hurricane.It was Kevin Spacey who took home the trophy that night and Washington was left disappointed.
After losing an Oscar win for the second time, Denzel Washington admitted toEsquirethat he didn’t care about the Academy Awards anymore. His wife watched all the Oscar-nominated films but he felt it was all in vain.
I went through a time then when [my wife] Pauletta would watch all the Oscar movies — I told her, I don’t care about that. Hey: ‘They don’t care about me? I don’t care.’ You vote. You watch them. I ain’t watching that. I gave up. I got bitter. My pity party.
After 2002’sTraining Day,the actor finally bagged an Oscar win. Ever since then, he has been nominated 5 timesbut he hasn’t bagged another win till now. But… he is going to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom soon, so it’s a win-win for the star.
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Training Day, which was released in 2001, currently stands at a rating of 7.8/10 on IMDb and an equally high of 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.The iconic film is available to stream on Peacock in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
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