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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." The mother-daughter duo – co-founders of 7th Sun Productions – told the Cannes Lions festival why…

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. The pair sat down with X CEO Linda Yaccarino at Cannes Lions Festival Thursday afternoon, a day after…

Streaming to live NFL on Prime Video has jumped 24% over the past year, the platform’s director of live sports production reported today. Speaking at Cannes Lions Festival, Jared Stacy said it was clear that the immersive experience was finding a big audience, having picked up the exclusive rights…

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. Musk, speaking at Cannes Lions on Wednesday morning, said: “I tend to agree with Geoff Hinton – one of the godfathers of AI – and he thinks there's a…

Queen Latifah has revealed she thought she would never make it in Hollywood, due to her look and size. The rapper turned actor and entrepreneur was taking part in a discussion at the Cannes Lions Festival about how obesity is viewed, when she reflected on "the bar she thought she could never meet."…

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. Kapadia, who made his name in the film world with a trilogy of biography documentaries Senna (2010), the Oscar-winning Amy (2015)…

The secret behind the enduring success of Saturday Night Live is its ability to evolve and diversify its talent base, according to Kenan Thompson, who pointed to the iconic ‘Black Jeopardy’ sketch as an exemplar. Speaking at Cannes Lions, the SNL stalwart said the near-50-year-old format is…

Agnieszka Holland, who won the special jury prize at last year's Venice Film Festival for her film Green Border about refugees on the Polish-Belarussian border, believes it serves as "collective psychotherapy" for those affected by the situation. Speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival, the thrice…

Chrissy Teigen is worried that Donald Trump may “come after” her if he were to return to the White House. Speaking at Cannes Lions, the star cited criticism of the former POTUS she has made on social media, referencing her description on X of Trump as a "pussy ass bitch" in 2019. She branded the…

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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. Lee was on stage Friday at Cannes Lions Festival, where he will tonight receive the inaugural Creative Maker of the Year award. He was reflecting on his long career, in…