'The Substance,' 'Emilia Perez' win early in Cannes awards
The 77th Cannes Film Festival is drawing to a close Saturday with the presentation of its top award, the Palme d’Or, along with an honorary tribute for George Lucas. Arrivals are underway for the closing ceremony, which will be streamed lived on Brut beginning at 6:45 p.m. local time, 12:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern time. Coralie Fargeat’s body horror film “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore as a Hollywood actress who goes to gory extremes to remain youthful, won for best screenplay. Best actress went to an ensemble of actors: Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz for Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical about a Mexican drug lord who transitions to a woman