Oooh la la, Team Ankler had a big week at Cannes Lions. Up and down the Croisette and beyond, Janice Min and Like & Subscribe’s Natalie Jarvey hosted panels and soirees packed with star creators (Adam W, Brittany Broski), Hollywood execs (Fox Entertainment’s Rob Wade, YouTube’s Mary Ellen Coe, Netflix’s Amy Reinhard) and brand builders (NFL CMO Tim Ellis, MediaPlacement’s Britt Johnson, SharkNinja’s Laura Dyer). Netflix vs. YouTube, AI vs. Hollywood, creators vs. gatekeepers — we tackled the fault lines shaping entertainment’s next chapter.
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| RIVIERA REVELS 1. From left: Natalie, Whalar co-CEOs Jo Cronk and Emma Harman and Janice co-hosted our Creators & Culture lunch, presented by Whalar. 2. YouTube’s Mary Ellen Coe, left, and Brittany Broski were interviewed by Janice. 3. FOX Entertainment’s Billy Parks, left, and Rob Wade. 4. Our lunch at Villa Bagatelle was attended by (5) Adam W and Whalar’s Shadi Ghalbi. 6. Summer House and In The City‘s Lindsay Hubbard, left, and Bravo & Peacock’s Frances Berwick were interviewed by Natalie. Omar Vega/January Images; Brand Innovators; Impact Lounge/Bruno de Marquis |
Janice also joined ADWEEK CEO Will Lee as co-host of the ADWEEK Creative 100 Reception celebrating this year’s top marketing minds.
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| KEEPING IT 100 From left: ADWEEK CEO Will Lee, legendary ad exec and Dstillery board director David Bell, Janice and Higgsfield co-founder and chief strategy officer Mahi de Silva at ADWEEK’s Creative 100 Reception, sponsored by Higgsfield, Superside and Creator API by Avail. Sean T. Smith |
You can catch up on all our can’t-miss conversations and chic hangs from Natalie’s daily dispatches (including ad-market insights from Claire Atkinson):
And while Cannes supplied the rosé and unrelenting Riviera heat, the week’s big Ankler reads were about power and money back home: Elaine Low wrapped up her indispensable Spring Sellers’ Guides with a look at Amazon MGM Studios…
… and Dealmakers’ Ashley Cullins dove into what this year’s big box office means and the five ways to get paid your fair share:
Now, ICYMI, the rest of our best of the week:
Series Business
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| Ankler illustration. Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Amazon MGM Studios. |
↑ Amazon’s Elle Woods YA Bet — and the Tricks to Make a Prequel Work As the Legally Blonde series prepares to debut July 1, Lesley Goldberg talks to co-showrunner Caroline Dries about creating a show that honors and amplifies iconic IP. TV in 3: Mindy Kaling’s Slow Start Tests Hulu, Peacock’s World Cup Win Lesley assesses the future of Hulu’s new Mindy Kaling-produced comedy, Not Suitable for Work.
The Wakeup: A24-Google & Hot Deals SummerAnd the deals keep coming. One of the most intriguing? Google’s investment into A24. Sean McNulty takes you inside the ins and outs, in addition to the week’s other tie-ups: Friday → ☀️ HULU’s Huge June Spending Bender Thursday → ☀️ SONY, COMCAST Enter Hot Deal Summer Fun Wednesday → ☀️ Ari’s New $6B Deal Murmurs, PSKY EU Approvals Advancing Tuesday → ☀️ Inside the A24, GOOGLE Deal Sunday → ☀️ Toy Story: Behind the Big Numbers
Richard Rushfield
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| Ankler illustration. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images; Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images; Gilbert Flores/Getty Images. |
↑ Tom Rothman, Hollywood & the YouTube Epiphany Movie execs are finally ready to tap into the world’s biggest platform, 21 years too late, as Richard makes the case that we’ve seen this story before.
Second Acts After a Hollywood Career
↑ Roll Credits: What’s Next After a Hollywood Career Fades As jobs shed, three industry veterans talk to David Eckstein about the messy, humbling, sometimes liberating work of starting over.
Para Bros. Risk Points
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↑ What State AGs Could Dig Up on Paramount-WB Sean takes a division-by-division look at where a lawsuit could find consumer harm — that the DOJ didn’t — from HBO to movie screens to (bad) news.
Cheers to a Legend
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↑ James Burrows Knew When ‘We Got Nothing’ and How to Fix It Martini Shot host Rob Long spent four seasons writing on Cheers, where he learned all about the TV maestro’s gift for wringing out the funny with finesse.
Prestige Junkie
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↑ The Pitt Mom Who Self-Submitted for an Emmy — and More Wild Card Campaigns As Brittany Allen, who played a dying mother on the series, makes her own case for awards recognition, Katey Rich evaluates this year’s most unpredictable campaigns. Plus, Katey is joined by film critic Katie Walsh to break down the new ways fandoms are shaping the movie industry:
Connor Storrie, Reggie Dinkins & 8 Last-Chance Emmy Underdogs to Love As nominations voting came to a close, Katey and Christopher Rosen offered up their favorite dark-horse picks.
ShowsRushfield LunchL.A. mayoral candidate and city councilmember Nithya Raman lays out her plan to bring production back to L.A. — and highlights how City Hall has failed: 
Monday Morning QBsThirty-one years after its start, the Disney-Pixar Toy Story juggernaut hit a high-water mark with its fifth entry. Sean goes inside the numbers with The Bulwark’s Sonny Bunch: 
The OptionistAndy Lewis’ latest IP picks
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↑ A True-Crime Tragedy That Blends Adolescence & Big Little Lies
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