Five Grand Prix honors were bestowed across four categories at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today. Winning the inaugural Mobile Lions Grand Prix was Grow Interactive Norfolk and Johannes Leonardo New York for their Google Re: Brief entry โHilltop Re-imagined for Coca-Cola,โ which modernized iconic ad campaigns from yesteryear, working in tandem with some of the original creators. Among the time-honored spots brought into the contemporary digital realm was Cokeโs classic โHilltopโ from 1971 which aspired to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
Another Google entry, โGoogle Voice Search,โ copped the Media Grand Prix for Manning Gottlieb OMD London.
Meanwhile the Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix went to BBH London for its Unilver entry โAxe โExciteโโReturning Universal Truths to Create Global Hits.
And rounding out the dayโs Grand Prix winners were two in the Outdoor competition. In the Billboards & Street Furniture and Posters category the Grand Prix was awarded to Ogilvy Shanghai for โ#cokehandsโ for The Coca-Cola Company. The second Grand Prix, for Ambient, went to Jung von Matt Hamburg for โThe Invisible Driveโ entry for Daimler.
In Mobile, 11 won Gold, 14 Silver and 28 Bronze. Creative Effectiveness saw five Lion winners. The Media Lions tally yielded 11 Gold, 28 Silver and 67 Bronze winners. Duval Guillaume Modem Antwerp were presented with the prestigious Media Agency of the Year award during the ceremony. Second place went to Jung von Matt Hamburg and third to Manning Gottlieb OMD London.
The Outdoor count came in at 25 Gold, 35 Silver and 50 Bronze Lions.
Also honored at todayโs Cannes proceedings were the Gold winners of the Young Lions Media Competition which went to the team from the Czech Republic. Silver place went to the UK and Bronze to Portugal.
The winning work from these categories is now available to view online together with their credits at www.canneslions.com/work.
Actor Gene Hackman, Wife Betsy Arakawa and Their Dog Were Dead For Some Time, Warrant Shows
Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some time before a maintenance worker discovered their bodies at the couple's Santa Fe home, according to investigators. Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in a mudroom and his 65-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found in a bathroom next to a space heater, Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office detectives wrote in a search warrant. There was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop near Arakawa. Denise Avila, a sheriff's office spokesperson, said there was no indication they had been shot or had any wounds. The New Mexico Gas Co. tested the gas lines in and around the home after the bodies were discovered, according to the warrant. At the time, it didn't find any signs of problems and the Fire Department found no signs of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning. A sheriff's detective wrote that there were no obvious signs of a gas leak, but he noted that people exposed to gas leaks or carbon monoxide might not show signs of poisoning. The gruff-but-beloved Hackman was among the best actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s. "He was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss," his daughters and granddaughter said in a statement Thursday. Worker found bodies of Hackman and his wife A maintenance worker reported that the home's front door was open when he arrived to do routine work on Wednesday, and he called police after finding the bodies, investigators said. He and... Read More