Cannes Lions: NBCUniversal Expands One Platform Digital Ad System Through Alliances With European, Asian Broadcasters

EXCLUSIVE: After taking on a major recurring arc across multiple seasons of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit neo-Western drama series Yellowstone, actress Q’orianka Kilcher has signed with Silver Lining Entertainment for management.

Viewers of Love Island have called for Whitney Adebayo to win the series alone, after she came to blows with her current partner, Mehdi Edno.The couple had another fiery argument after Whitney, 25, expressed her disdain that Mehdi kissed four of the female Islanders in front of her during the Heart Rate challenge, which aired on Sunday night's episode. Following the challenge, when speaking to the group, Whitney turned to Mehdi and asked: "Why are you kissing everyone?" As Whitney and Mehdi caught up in private, Whitney said: "How can you not gauge emotional awareness? Every single boy kissed the one they are most interested in." Mehdi ended up storming off, as he angrily told her: "Whitney...

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds is among a group of investors who have agreed a deal to pay €200 million ($218 million) for a 24% stake in the Alpine Formula 1 motor racing team. The deal sees French manufacturer Renault and its sport car division Alpine sell a stake in Alpine Racing to an investor group headed by Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partners, and Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Investments. The deal, which values Alpine Racing at about €900 million, covers only the race team, not the wider Alpine road car manufacturer. Alpine Racing SAS, the entity manufacturing F1 engines in France, is also not included in the transaction and will remain entirely owned by Renault.

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Spike Lee has revealed the piece of advice he received from Michael Jackson that influenced his long and incredibly diverse career.

Jameela Jamil – actress, writer, podcaster – has said she will work with any brand “as long as they’re not in the diet industry – in that case, please do not approach.”

Cosmopolitan Magazine’s editor-in-chief, stopped by Stagwell’s Sports Beach Monday morning to talk about her latest projects and her obsession with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his fiance Lauren Sanchez.Q: You are a bit of a media jack of all trades. What are you doing while you’re in Cannes and what kinds of conversations are you looking forward to having during the festival?A: Right now, I’m working on waking up from a very late dinner last night at Hotel du Cap, which was extraordinarily fun. The whole of Cannes is like a sport, isn’t it? If you can get through to the end of it you deserve a medal. Q: I know. I think I need another coffee after this. It’s quite early. I wanted to ask you about some of your current projects. I know you’re doing production stuff. Tell me how you got into that. I know you have a big editorial background. What was your path?A: I was a journalist for a long time and then I was an editor for a long time and now I’m more entrepreneurial.

Legendary Olympic athlete Michael Johnson has called on sporting brands to support athletes who want to speak out about social change and other issues meaningful to them. 

Lorne Michaels and his team are preparing to mark a half-century of Saturday Night Live in 2024 — a celebration that will include a night of nostalgia and SNL folklore at Radio City Music Hall.

Barrett Wissman is gearing up for his inaugural edition of the Taormina Film Festival as the newly appointed Executive and co-Artistic Director of the Sicily-set event, running from June 23 to July 1.

The future of sport for fans and advertisers alike lies in streaming, according to Marie Donoghue, Vice President of Global Sports Video at Amazon, as she offered a jaw-dropping statistic to support her case at a Cannes Lions event charting the evolution of live sports viewing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief French pay-TV giant Canal+ is to take a significant minority stake in successful Asian streaming firm Viu. It could end up becoming its majority owner.

Bad Bunny continues to make history. The music video for his hit song “El Apagón” was shortlisted for Cannes Lions Awards in the category of Excellence in Music Video and Entertainment.Bad Bunny breaks silence on pregnancy rumors with Kendall Jenner: ‘Makes me sad’Bad Bunny, Becky G, Maluma, and Shakira secure the most nominations for the 2023 Premios JuventudInside the design process for Bad Bunny’s collection with adidasA post shared by Kacho Lopez Mari (@mrsandbag)The announcement was made by Kacho Lopez Mari, the project’s director.“El Apagón is on the shortlist for the Excellence in Music Video and Entertainment category at the Cannes Lions Awards,” he wrote in Spanish.

NBCUniversal’s One Platform, a unified setup combining digital, linear and streaming inventory for ad buyers, is expanding across more than 190 countries.

If the warm vibes between Keke Palmer and Amazon Studio’s Global Head of DEIA Latasha Gillespie continue, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Maggy Chan Guest Contributor As advertising market Cannes Lions kicks off, NBCUniversal’s managing director and executive VP of global advertising and partnerships, Maggy Chan, talks about the importance of creating global partnerships. This coming month, children all over the world will be released from school for the summer, and eventually lodge an age-old complaint: “I’m bored.” I know this one well. Summer travel was at the bottom of my parents’ budget list, which meant I found my own entertainment—pre-programmed, on the television. My sisters and I grew up in France, with two parents from Mauritius, East Africa. Just like our parents encouraged us to try every new food, I developed an after-school TV palette for all cultures. I devoured French children’s cartoons, but also Chinese movies, Bollywood musicals and all-American classics like “Grease” and “The Sound of Music.” In short, I became part of an international fandom.

Simon Pegg said on the red carpet of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in Rome on Monday that the cast and crew worry about star Tom Cruise every time he films another one of his ambitious stunts that have become a hallmark of his career.

Nick Holdsworth The Lions are keeping up with the times. As it turns 70, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, casts a brighter spotlight on diversity, equity and inclusion — all of which are needed to stay competitive and successful in a fast-changing world. The event, unfolding in the South of France on June 19-23, began in the 1950s as a showcase for television and cinema advertising. Today it embraces the wide range of industries and platforms where marketing, branding, advertising and creative messaging live, from small screens to cinemas, billboards to streamers.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Stan, the Australian streaming service owned by Nine Entertainment, has renewed its content supply partnership with Lionsgate. The multi-year output agreement secures a slate of first-run premium scripted dramas from STARZ and Lionsgate and a new slate of theatrical films exclusive to Australian audiences. The agreement follows Stan’s renewal last year of a deal with Sony Pictures Television. Headlining the new shows expected to flow from the Lionsgate deal is espionage drama “Gray,” starring Patricia Clarkson (“Six Feet Under”), Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”) which is based on an original concept by bestselling novelist David Baldacci.

“Succession” may be over, but there’s another show still on HBO about a wealthy patriarch with three meddlesome children that seems only to be growing in popularity. And this one shows no signs of ending soon.