Denzel Washington tests positive for COVID, misses Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony; President

(8 Jul 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
POOL
Washington, DC 7 July 2022
1. President Biden enters and walks to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President: "And a man who couldn't be here today but wants, wanted to be: Denzel Washington, one of our greatest actors in American history. Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Tony Awards, wide acclaim and admiration from audiences and peers around the world. He couldn't be with us today, but I'll be giving him this award at a later date when he's able to get here."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles, 27 March 2022
3. Various of Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington
ASSOCIATED PRESSLos Angeles, 11 January 2022
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Denzel Washington, actor:
"They created a world unto itself with the sets and the lighting and the light and shadows and smoke and all of that. So you felt like you were someplace—it wasn't naturalistic. You know, there were no purple couches with gold buttons and all of that was very stark. He didn't give us a lot of stuff to lean on or tools that actors like to take advantage of, a lot of props and all of that. It was lean."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York, 22 September 2014
5. Wide of Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua posing on red carpet, push in as Chloe Grace Moretz joins them
6. Wide of Denzel Washington talking to reporter
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Denzel Washington/Actor, on what's magical about working with Antoine Fuqua:
"We had great success together with 'Training Day,' and we've been looking for something to do together, scheduling and /or material. This was the right thing. It brought us together."
8. Medium of Denzel Washington posing for photographers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Denzel Washington/Actor
"Actually, I didn't know that. I just read scripts and do what I like. I didn't think about justice. That's no re-occurring theme that I knew about. But thank you."
(Reporter: So it's not something you're aware of?)
Denzel Washington: "I am now."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toronto, 7 September 2014
10. Wide Denzel Washington and wife, Pauletta Washington, walking red carpet
11. Tilt up Denzel Washington and wife, Pauletta Washington
12. Medium Denzel Washington and wife posing for photographers
13. Wide Denzel Washington talking to reporter
STORYLINE:
DENZEL WASHINGTON MISSES  PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM CEREMONY AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID
President Joe Biden on Thursday (07JULY2022) presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe and the late Steve Jobs.
Denzel Washington, also being honored with a medal, did not attend Thursday's ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19. Biden said Washington will receive his medal ``when he's able to get here.''
Washington is a double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The 17 people receiving honors "have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come," the White House said.
  
Biden himself knows what it's like to receive the medal. Then-President Obama honored Biden's decades of public service by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom "with distinction" during a ceremony shortly before they left office in January 2017.

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