‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig heads the Cannes’ jury as Meryl Streep will be given an honorary Palm D’Or on Wednesday night.
Celebs have descended on the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival.
“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” star Lily Gladstone, Eva Green and more members of the festival’s jury this year had dinner on Tuesday night at the swanky Hotel Martinez ahead of the official opening.
Meryl Streep will be given an honorary Palme D’Or on Wednesday night as the fest kicks off with the French movie, “Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act),” directed by Quentin Dupieux’s and starring Léa Seydoux.
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony.
Among the big movies set to draw in crowds are Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” starring Zendaya, Adam Driver and Shia LaBeouf, and the latest “Mad Max” movie, “Furiosa,” starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth that premieres out of competition and will be followed by a big party to celebrate.
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s latest collaboration, “Kinds of Kindness,” is also debuting at the fest, along with Paul Schrader’s “Oh Canada,” starring “Saltburn” hunk Jacob Elordi and Uma Thurman.
