Issa Rae Challenges Advertising Industry To Follow Her Mandate For More Diverse Sets: Cannes Lions 2022

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It’s Friday and that can mean only one thing, folks: another edition of International Insider. Jesse Whittock here to take you through another week in film and TV.

The reception to Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America on Amazon Prime Video last year provided Amazon marketing chief Ukonwa Ojo’s point when she said today at Cannes Lions: “It’s not possible to reach diverse audiences without diversity.”

Patrick Stewart received an otherworldly reception on his arrival on stage at this year’s Cannes Lions conference, where he was clearly in his element discussing ‘Long-term Creative Effectiveness – Building Fandoms with the Star Trek Franchise.’

Ted Sarandos confirmed today that Netflix is speaking to multiple potential partners to help it introduce ads to its platform.

Delegates at Cannes Lions were stopped from entering the advertising festival this morning after Greenpeace activists staged an anti-fossil fuels protest on top of the Palais des Festival — the latest of several guerrilla stunts to disrupt the event.

If there is any blossoming romance between Netflix and NBCUniversal amid speculation the former is looking for an ad sales partner, the latter’s CEO Jeff Shell wasn’t spilling the beans Wednesday when he sat down for a discussion at the Cannes Lions event.

Master, Black Monday and Girls Trip star Regina Hall has revealed how honing her acting and writing skills helped her overcome a period when the roles she landed felt “stagnant and didn’t show my range.”

Ryan Reynolds has revealed that his recent incarnation as a global marketing supremo came about in part because of tireless efforts to get his hit comic movie Deadpool off the ground.

Nick Holdsworth Three years after its last appearance on the French Riviera, the Cannes Lions — the advertising and creative marketing industry’s top international awards — are back June 20-24 for their first post-pandemic physical gathering.As execs and creatives assemble for what is formally known as the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, they’ll confront new priorities facing their business. In the spotlight this year: sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, data and technology, business transformation and creative effectiveness.Another new reality: tighter budgets.

Celebrating fatherhood! Justin Timberlake, Andy Cohen and more famous parents are excitedly celebrating Father’s Day.

TV WEEK Logie Awards are back after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Australia's brightest stars were out in force for the big night.WATCH: Nominees for the 2022 TV WEEK Gold LogieThere were plenty of fashion hits and misses on the red carpet before the ceremony even began, as well as a few cheeky comments from some of our favourite celebrities.But let's be honest - you just want to know who won!From the Graham Kennedy Award for New Talent, to the biggest award of the night - the TV WEEK Gold Logie for Most Popular Presenter on Australian Television - keep scrolling for the full list of winners.Will Hamish Blake take home the gold again?TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY ON AUSTRALIAN TELEVISIONHamish Blake (LEGO Masters Australia)Julia Morris (I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!)Karl Stefanovic (Today, 60 Minutes)Melissa Leong (MasterChef Australia, Celebrity MasterChef Australia)Ray Meagher (Home And Away)Sonia Kruger (Big Brother, Holey Moley, Dancing with The Stars: All Stars, The Voice, The Voice Generations)Tom Gleeson (Hard Quiz)TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR ACTORBernard Curry (Wentworth)Guy Pearce (Jack Irish)Hugo Weaving (Love Me)Ray Meagher (Home and Away)Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor)Stephen Peacocke (RFDS)TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR ACTRESSAda Nicodemou (Home and Away)Anna Torv (The Newsreader)Bojana Novakovic (Love Me)Deborah Mailman (Total Control)Kitty Flanagan (Fisk)Sophie Dillman (Home and Away)WATCH: Sophie Dillman and Ray Meahger do the TV WEEK 2 Minute ChallengeBERT NEWTON AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR PRESENTERCarrie Bickmore (The Project)Hamish Blake (LEGO Masters Australia)Leigh Sales (7:30)Melissa Leong (MasterChef Australia, Celebrity MasterChef

Since its debut in 2016, Insecure has garnered critical acclaim for telling the story of the Black female experience via its two leads, Issa (Issa Rae) and Molly (Yvonne Orji). After five seasons and 11 Emmy nominations, Insecure had its series finale in December of last year.

Angelique Jackson Issa Rae might be best known as the queen of South L.A. — she was given the key to the city of Inglewood earlier this year — but Miami also holds a special place in her heart.After wrapping the final season of “Insecure” last year, Rae shot the new HBO Max comedy series “Rap Sh!t” on location in the 305.

Karen Idelson It all started with shows such as “Blaze & the Monster Machines” and “Doc McStuffins.” Over the past decade, many preschool children’s animated shows have shifted toward showing a more diverse cast and including storytelling that features STEM themes — problem-solving that’s focused on subjects including basic understanding of math, engineering and the sciences.“I do think that there are far more STEM animated shows, especially for preschoolers,” says Amy Friedman, head of kids and family programming for Warner Bros. “If you’re doing preschool programming, you’ve got to have an educational foundation because you’re always teaching.

 the premiere of Nadia Hallgren's Netlfix documentary Civil during the 2022 American Black Film Festival in Miami, Florida on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Insecure star posed for shutterbugs on the red carpet in a sparkly pink sequin polo top and matching maxi skirt.

an eight-episode order for Issa Rae's new comedy series, , fans are getting a proper look at what's in store.Premiering on July 21, the Max Original series follows two estranged high school friends from Miami, Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion), who reunite to form a rap group. The concept was developed from Rae’s original  script and aims to highlight the challenges women face trying to break into the male-dominated hip-hop industry.The teaser gives fans a brief glimpse at the duo's initial reunion, and their journey trying to make it big in 2022, taking advantage of social media, club promotions and more to launch their career. Watch the video below.’s Syreeta Singleton serves as showrunner and executive producer with Rae and Singleton executive producing alongside Hoorae's Montrel McKay of , Jonathan Berry of  and 3 Arts' Dave Becky of . Hip-hop duo Yung Miami and JT of the City Girls also serve as co-executive producers, and Rae’s go-to audio content company, Raedio, will handle music supervision for the series, so we can expect a soundtrack comparable to that of .Jonica Booth, Devon Terrell and RJ Cyler also star in the series. premieres on Thursday, July 21 with its first two episodes.