AUSTRALIAN actress Toni Colette will be part of the jury judging this year's top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, organisers announced today.The Palme d'Or jury will be headed by British director Stephen Frears, who made the award-winning film The Queen about Queen Elizabeth II struggling in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana. He and Collette will be joined by seven other personalities from the cinema and literary worlds, including actress Maggie Cheung from China, and Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk from Turkey.
Veteran directors Quentin Tarantino, Emir Kusturica, Gus Van Sant and Wong Kar Wai will be vying against a large group of up-and-coming young filmmakers in the 21 listed nominations for the Palme d'Or trophy.
The traditional Cannes reliance on red-carpet glamour will also be stepped up, with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matt Damon, Al Pacino and Andy Garcia all expected for the premiere of Ocean's Thirteen, to be screened out of competition.
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