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At Variety’s TIFF Cover Party, Demi Moore Says ‘The Substance’ Has ‘Powerful Themes About Aging and Beauty’


'The Substance' star Demi Moore discussed Hollywood ageism while being honored at Variety's TIFF cover party.

And Demi Moore, who is at the center of the tempest thanks to her go-for-broke performance as an actress who makes a pact with the devil in return for eternal youth in “ The Substance,” was celebrated on Friday night at the Variety Cover Party at TIFF, sponsored by J. Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh said that the magazine’s staff had pushed to have Moore grace the cover after watching “The Substance,” a body horror film that skewers Hollywood ageism with savage wit and buckets of blood, in Cannes. In her cover story with Variety, Moore said “The Substance” was attractive because it was so brutally honest about the pressure that women face to fit a rigid mold.

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