Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain Celebrate Return of Cannes and U.K. Star Power

The 2021 Cannes Film Festival jury stepped out together one last time while attending the festival’s closing ceremony.

th District” and Nanni Moretti with “Three Floors” – are previous Palme d’Or winners.Spike Lee is the president of the jury that chose the winners. Other jurors on the five-women, four-men panel were directors Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner and Kleber Mendonca Filho, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Tahar Rahim and Song Kang Ho and singer Mylene Farmer.The Cannes Film Festival did not take place last year, so no awards were handed out.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCANNES — The awards show for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival competition is underway.Jury president Spike Lee presided over a majority-female group that included French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.The prizes

Academy Awards, too. Only one female filmmaker has ever won Cannes top award (Jane Campion for “The Piano”), so a win for Ducournau or Mia Hansen-Løve ("Berman Island") would be history making.

Jessica Chastain looks gorgeous in a green gown while arriving at the Chopard Trophy Dinner during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Friday (July 9) in Cannes, France.

Maggie Gyllenhaal looks stunning while walking the red carpet at the premiere of Benedetta during the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Friday (July 9) in Cannes, France.

as she graced the red carpet for the premiere of Benedetta at Cannes Film Festival on Friday. The Donnie Darko star, 43, put on a stylish display in a plunging red gown that showed off a glimpse of her cleavage as she posed on the red carpet.

The first trailer for Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac‘s new limited series has been released!

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac undertake a complex marriage for HBO’s “Scenes From A Marriage”.

The world has been inundated with “prestige” dramas, as streamers and networks snatch up A-list filmmakers and major stars to appear in a huge swatch of limited series that have been arriving over the past several years. However, there’s prestige and then there’s prestige.

The world has been inundated with “prestige” dramas, as streamers and networks snatch up A-list filmmakers and major stars to appear in a huge swatch of limited series that have been arriving over the past several years. However, there’s prestige and then there’s prestige.

Israeli writer/director Nadav Lapid has been on the international radar for quite some time, 2011’s “Policeman” made international waves, and 2014’s ‘The Kindergarten Teacher” was so well regarded, Hollywood, Netflix, and Maggie Gyllenhaal made a remake in 2018. But things started to really take off for Lapid after “Synonyms” won the Golden Bear award at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2019 and introduced most of the world to breakout star Tom Mercier.

After the pandemic threw a damper on everything in the past year, things are gradually returning to normal and so are the big annual events. The prestigious Cannes Film Festival made a return in July 2021 and once again major A-list celebrities descended on the famous red carpet at the French festival.

Bella Hadid makes a grand entrance at the opening ceremony of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the premiere of Annette, on Tuesday (July 6) in Cannes, France.

Florence Pugh and Cara Delevingne strike a pose while arriving at the Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show during Paris Fashion Week on Monday (July 5) in Paris, France.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, 43, was spotted with her look-alike daughter Ramona, 14, during a recent fun afternoon out. The actress and the teen were photographed walking in New York City while getting French food at La Mercerie and showed off their close bond by locking arms at one point. Maggie looked chic in a short-sleeved long black dress and matching straw hat while Ramona looked equally as stylish in a shorter black and white patterned dress. Check out the pics HERE!

NYC continue to heat up.  The 43-year-old actress, producer, and director donned an oversized straw hat and a lightweight frock as she grabbed lunch at La Mercerie with her daughter Ramona Sarsgaard, 14.

Jessica Chastain is generally known for being quick witted, her sense of humor is often one that fans underestimate.