Agnieszka Holland Calls Her Prize-Winning Refugee Drama ‘Green Border’ “Collective Psychotherapy” — Cannes Lions

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor “Data does not make a marketer great. Data is ingredients. Marketers are the chefs.” So said Patrizio Spagnoletto, Warner Bros.

Jack Dunn Variety’s Cannes Lions Studio, presented by Canva, concludes after a week of hosting the industry’s most influential voices to discuss their work and future visions for marketing, media, and Hollywood. Highlights include Queen Latifah and the senior vice president of commercial strategy and marketing at Novo Nordisk Tejal Vishalpura, as well as CMO of NBCUniversal Josh Feldman and CMO and SVP of customer experience and brand marketing at Volkswagen of America Rachael Zaluzec.

Lexi Carson Variety is back to host the second annual Executive Interview Studio, presented by Canva. The industry’s top business and marketing execs stopped by during the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival to chat about how they are navigating the ever-expanding worlds of media and entertainment.

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Alix Earle and her boyfriend Braxton Berrios are looking so in love while attending the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Variety and Canva have returned for the second annual Executive Interview Studio. Top CMOs and senior marketing executives participated in the studio and attended the festival. The Studio took place from June 18-20 at the Canva Villa, and Variety journalists moderated all conversations.

Blackish star Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri Shahidi have made the move into audio production, calling a collaboration between their production company and SiriusXM “something we were waiting for.”

Uber-producers and rappers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have explained why they were persuaded to bring their Verzuz webcast series to the X platform via the distribution partnership revealed yesterday.

isn't actually immune to the hate.She doesn't acknowledge the vitriol she receives online from her personal social media accounts, but Jenner admitted on the most recent episode of Hulu's The Kardashians that she does read the comments, and that they affect her deeply.“It's a miracle that I still have confidence, and I could still look in the mirror and think that I'm pretty,” she tells sister Kendall Jenner, She goes on to explain a lose-lose situation where she's judged for getting enhancements, like her and also for judged for not getting them. After dissolving half of her filler last year, for example, she says she now receives comments saying she looks “old” without them.“Before I even got lip filler, people talked about my looks,” she says.

Longtime L’Oreal ambassador Andie MacDowell says that she feels comfortable saying “Because I’m worth it” for the first time in nearly 40 years, after viewing a film about the woman who first came up with the enduring slogan.

Streaming to live NFL on Prime Video has jumped 24% over the past year, the platform’s director of live sports production reported today.

Elon Musk has predicted the chance of AI-related disaster at “10 to 20%,” while doubling down on free speech over advertiser demands for censorship.

Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris look happy and in love. The two made an appearance at Cannes Lions, a creative festival where Harris was a speaker alongside other professional athletes. Sophia Bush’s new girlfriend Ashlyn Harris: who is the soccer star?Sophia Bush confirms rumored relationship with Ashlyn HarrisBush and Harris posed for some photos together, with the two looking stylish in their different styles.

Queen Latifah has revealed she thought she would never make it in Hollywood, due to her look and size.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia has revealed that he uses the skillset he previously perfected making commercials to get his feature-length projects across the line.

Sophia Bush and girlfriend Ashlyn Harris are stepping out during the 2024 Cannes Lions festival!

Robert Marich As digital media mushrooms, advertising messages get disseminated across a growing variety of platforms — in increasingly inventive ways. Rather than the products being sold, it’s these marketing communications that take the spotlight at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Chrissy Teigen is worried that Donald Trump may “come after” her if he were to return to the White House.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor UTA and MediaLink are making a splash on the Croisette at Cannes Lions with a big presence that will focus on the growing clout of social media creators, understanding Gen Z and the importance for top-tier brands of being a part of big pop culture moments. The expansive MediaLink Beach installation on the sand and numerous other events during the June 17-21 festival in Cannes also designed to reinforce to Madison Avenue and global marketing mavens that MediaLink’s brand consulting business is moving full steam ahead after a messy split with founder Michael Kassan in March.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese animation film “Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle” took a clear lead at the mainland China weekend box office – despite only being available for two of three days. Data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway showed the film scoring $9.8 million (RMB69.4 million) in China, more than double that of second placed film “Be My Friend.” The win came despite “Haikyu!!” only being released on Saturday and measuring up against other tiles available throughout the whole of the Friday-Sunday period. “Haikyu!!” is the third Japanese film so far this year to lead the mainland Chinese box office, following “The Boy and the Heron” and “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony.” It was produced by Production IG, Toho Animation and Sony Music Entertainment Japan and released by Crunchyroll in multiple territories.