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Ryan is the winsome blondie star of romantic comedies such as 'When Harry Met Sally ...' and 'Sleepless in Seattle'. Soderbergh is the Academy Award-winning director of 'Traffic', and the sleep-inducing 'Solaris'. They sit on a jury headed by French director Patrice Chereau.
Aishwarya Rai will become the first Indian actress on the Cannes jury. Along with Rai, a former Miss World, the jury features veteran French actor Jean Rochefort, actress Karin Viard and writer Erri De Luca of Italy.
Also judging this year's festival, which runs May 14-25, is Bosnia's Danis Tanovic, who directed 'No Man's Land', and China's Jiang Wen, director of 'Missing Gun.' Chereau, the jury president, is best known for his historical drama 'La Reine Margot.'
Cannes president Gilles Jacob is scheduled to announce this year's official film selection on April 23. The jury will award the prestigious Palme d'Or at the May 25 closing ceremony.
The futuristic sci-fi sequel 'The Matrix: Reloaded' already is scheduled to premiere at Cannes. The second film in the thriller trilogy, 'Reloaded' will screen out of competition on May 15, the same day it opens in cinemas worldwide.
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