Timbaland & Swizz Beatz Reveal All About Deal To Bring Verzuz To Linda Yaccarino At X — Cannes Lions

Prince Harry is opening up about the challenges of processing grief as a young child.

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

Travis Kelce is spilling details on meeting Prince William and his two kids, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, at the Eras tour last week.

EXCLUSIVE: The back and forth over the prospect of a hot-button film on the formative years of Donald Trump is near done, and The Dish hears that backer Kinematics will soon be bought out of Daniel Snyder’s $5 million investment with a premium. Tom Ortenberg, who runs Briarcliff Entertainment and has overseen the distribution of films that included Fahrenheit 9/11, Best Picture winner Spotlight, Nightcrawler and many others, is getting close to acquiring the film for fall release.

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.”

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has closed a multiyear overall writing deal with Oscar nominated American Sniper screenwriter Jason Hall.  

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.

Slash has suggested that Guns N’ Roses will have an especially busy year in 2025.The individual members of the legendary rock band have largely been concentrating on their own projects. Last month, Slash released his blues covers album ‘Orgy Of The Damned’ while earlier this month, Duff McKagan announced a US solo tour.Slash was asked about his future plans in an interview for Loudwire Nights, where he revealed the wheels would soon be in motion for Guns N’ Roses.“I’m going into the studio with the Conspirators [his project with Myles Kennedy], getting a new record done and then after that, 2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses,” he said.“We’re trying to get some things going with that.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Verzuz, the online platform launched during the pandemic by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, has struck a distribution partnership with Elon Musk’s X. The pair made the announcement during Cannes Lions conference in France on Wednesday. Earlier in the year, Swizz and Timbaland reacquired Verzuz from their previous partner Triller and now own 100% of the platform, while retaining their equity (along with the artists who participated in Verzuz) in Triller, according to the announcement.

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!