The Globes gala will be back on television after celebrities and broadcaster NBC abandoned the 2022 show because of ethical lapses at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the awards.
Uvariopsis dicaprio is named after, you guessed it right, environmental activist and Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio. The evergreen tree is an endangered species found in Cameroon.
About 6,000 people are expected to turn out this year – about half the festival's usual number – as border restrictions around the globe have limited the ability of many to travel.
Organised by the Biennale di Venezia company, Venice is the world's longest running film festival.
A host of celebrities and scientists added their names to an open letter published in Le Monde. "The ongoing ecological catastrophe is a meta-crisis. Unlike a pandemic ... a global ecological collapse will have immeasurable consequences," it said.
The award, to a director who has won prizes at the festival before, defied speculation that the Palme might go to a female director, with three strong contenders in a year when the Hollywood sex scandal was the talk of the town.
Fesitval has female stars vowing to protest on the red carpet against industry sexism, with two top directors barred from attending and bans hanging over some movies.
The international entertainers receive the Crystal Award, which is given by the World Economic Forum to artists who make a positive change in society.
Movement formed after a deluge of allegations disrupted or ended the careers of powerful male leaders in entertainment and big business, politics and the media, sparked by the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal.
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