Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramírez on the Politics of ‘Emilia Perez’: ‘We Don’t Recognize the Country in Which We Live’

Katcy Stephan UTA has signed Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón for representation. Gascón plays the title role in Jacques Audiard’s film “Emilia Pérez,” for which she made history at the Cannes Film Festival in May as the first transgender woman to win the award for best actress. She shared the honor with co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz.

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French LGBT+ groups have filed a complaint with the Paris Public Prosecutor against far-right politician Marion Maréchal-Le Pen accusing her of “transphobic insult” for comments she made about Karla Sofía Gascón’s Best Actress win at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend.

Selena Gomez won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival last night (May 25) for her role in the Spanish film Emilia Pérez.The popstar shares the award with three of her co-stars in the film, Karla Sofia Gascón, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña.Emilia Pérez is a musical crime comedy directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone), and it tells the story of a woman who is tasked with assisting an escaped Mexican cartel leader to undergo sex reassignment surgery.The film received one of the festival’s longest standing ovations after its premiere on May 18, and also won the Jury Prize. It has now been acquired by Netflix.The prestigious win cements Gomez’s gradual move away from music and toward embracing acting full-time.

CANNES – If you were to have asked us just 48 hours ago whether we believed Cannes would be sending another Best Picture nominee to the Academy Awards we would have been hesitant to answer yes. Now, following Sean Baker’s “Anorma” winning the Palme d’Or, it looks like Cannes’ Oscar streak will continue.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic CANNES — Hosted by “Call My Agent” star Camille Cottin, the awards show for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival competition is underway. Presenters started making political statements right away, as short film jury president and Belgian actor Lubna Azabal called for the release of all hostages in Gaza.

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival may be winding down, but the Cannes market is still heating up.  IndieWire reports that Netflix currently has the splashiest deals of this week so far, with the streamer picking up the US and UK rights for Jacques Audriard‘s Palme d’Or favorite, “Emilia Pérez.”  And that’s not the only thing Netflix snagged today. The streaming giant also acquired John Lee Hancock‘s legal thriller “Monsanto,” which has Glen Powell, Laura Dern, and Anthony Mackie attached to star.

Salma Hayek is celebrating an incredible evening at Cannes. The actress and producer shared a post on social media, recapping some of the highlights of Kering’s Women in Motion event. The program, founded around a decade ago, seeks to highlight inequalities of in culture and the arts.

upfronts on a mission to get advertisers excited about a handful of new series coming in the fall. This year, TV’s big players took a T-shirt cannon approach. Every one of the major presentations during the May 13-15 sprint in midtown Manhattan — NBCUniversal, Fox, Disney, Amazon, Warner Bros.

Taylor Swift's music journey might have followed a completely different route had it not been for one crucial tweet.The game-changing message was shared by none other than Kelly Clarkson.The renowned American Idol star seemingly played a part in helping transform the course of the 'Fortnight' singer's life. It all began back in 2019, when celebrity manager Scooter Braun, alongside record executive Scott Borchetta bought Taylor's record label.This gave them full ownership of all of Taylor's songs masters. It meant Taylor no longer owned the rights to her own songs.Taylor shared a heartfelt message on social media, expressing her feelings of helplessness.

, no one can deny that a is always in style. Selena Gomez seems to agree.In fact, the nail polish pioneer and her beloved nail artist Tom Bachik embraced the look’s timeless elegance for this year’s , where she’s glitz and glamour while simultaneously throughout the weekend.“Nothing says Cannes like a Parisian red,” Bachik captioned of the Only Murders in the Building star, in which she’s sporting a beautiful, off-the-shoulder, black-and-white Saint Laurent gown and Bulgari necklace; yet another red-carpet slay after a French Riviera–inspired collection of .Gomez’s enduring red nails come as no surprise, seeing as she’s literally somehow always on (nail polish) trend: Remember when she from the dead, then single-handedly kickstarted mania? Exactly.In this case, several other beauty and fashion experts have noted that of sorts.

Victoria Stevens The 2024 Cannes Film Festival is underway, with major premieres like “Megalopolis,” “Horizon,” “The Substance,” “Emelia Perez” and more. Check out some of Variety‘s photography from the festival.Hunter Schafer, who appears in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness, photographed at the Carlton Hotel in CannesJoe Alwyn, who appears in “Kinds of Kindness,” photographed at the Carlton Hotel in CannesKevin Costner, director and star of “Horizon,” photographed in Cannes.Nathalie Emmanuel, who stars in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” photographed in Cannes.Ron Howard, who was honored by Variety in Cannes, photographed after his Palais photo call.

“We need more female CEOs.”

Cannes Film Festival. The actress and singer, 31, was moved to tears after her new film, “Emilia Perez” received a 9 minute-long standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. This marked the longest standing ovation for any movie premiere at the France-based cinema bash so far this year.A Variety video shows Gomez smiling and tearing up as the crowd cheers after watching her performance in the film.Directed by Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Perez” is about a Mexican cartel leader, played by Karla Sofía Gascón, who is seeking gender-affirming surgery.

Selena Gomez is turning heads with her style.

You know a movie has left a big impression at Cannes when the applause explodes in the press room as the cast files in. Such was the case Sunday morning for Emila Pérez.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic SPOILER ALERT: The following review contains some spoilers. Like a rose blooming amid a minefield, it’s a miracle that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” exists: a south-of-the-border pop opera about a most unlikely metamorphosis and the personal redemption it awakens in a stone-cold criminal. With a Palme d’Or to his name and the cojones to tackle his third movie in a culture and language that are not his own (after “Dheepan” and “The Sisters Brothers”), the director of “A Prophet” takes audiences into the macho realm of Mexican cartels, where Manitas del Monte — a fearsome drug lord with a silver grill and a voice like gravel — wants out, not because he’s had a crisis of conscience, but because he’s decided to embrace his true self … as a woman.

Selena Gomez is hitting the red carpet!

red carpet was not a surprise, considering the was photographed in a very ladylike upon her arrival on the French Riviera on May 17. However, Gomez raised the stakes for her red carpet moment by embodying the true spirit of old Hollywood.Besides screening films to keep in mind for the rest of the year, the Cannes Film Festival is one big fashion show, making each premiere red carpet the perfect space for great moments of style, Haute Couture, and dazzling jewelry.

On paper, it looks mad as a loose wheel. A largely Spanish-language musical about a Mexican druglord having a sex change, featuring onetime Disney teen star Selena Gomez as a gangster’s wife: nobody could deny director and writer Jacques Audiard’s giddy determination to do something different, but how could Emilia Pérez be anything but a hot mess? But here is it is on the screen, a musical marvel. Of course it’s crazy, but Audiard has set up his impossible conjuring trick and made it work.