Kevin Spacey was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy. Spacey was given the Stella della Mole award by Vittorio Sgarbi, undersecretary of the Italian ministry of culture.
In remarks quoted by the Hollywood Reporter, Sgarbi said: Tonight we are witnessing Kevin Spacey's comeback The one living through cinema is an immortal man, and it is precisely him that we are awarding this prize tonight. Spacey thanked the museum for having the courage, the balls, to invite me. He also thanked his manager Evan Lowenstein, saying: I respect him professionally as well as personally because of our friendship. It was thanks to him that I decided to take all the setbacks and mistakes and get back on my feet and move on. Spacey, who is best known for his roles in the Netflix series House of Cards and films including The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, and was artistic director at the Old Vic between 2004 and 2015, will go on trial in the UK in June for a number of sexual offences, including indecent assault, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. Spacey denied all of the charges.