Greta Gerwig and Barbie are currently making history on multiple fronts, solidifying their places as trailblazers in the entertainment industry. Gerwig has been appointed as the jury president for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival while Barbie is busy breaking records at the awards circuit.

The Cannes International Film Festival’s recognition of Gerwig as a "heroine of our modern times" highlights her role in challenging the status quo. Her directorial work on this year’s Barbie, based on the iconic Mattel doll, has garnered widespread praise and marked her as the first American woman director to assume the role of jury president at the esteemed Cannes Film Festival.

Gerwig, at 40 years, becomes the youngest jury president since Sophia Loren in 1966. She follows in the footsteps of Jane Campion in 2014 as the second woman........

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