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 “Hilltop Re-imagined for Coca-Cola,” 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 Coke’s classic “Hilltop” from 1971 which aspired to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
Another Google entry, “Google Voice Search,” copped the Media Grand Prix for Manning Gottlieb OMD London.
Meanwhile the Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix went to BBH London for its Unilver entry “Axe ‘Excite’–Returning Universal Truths to Create Global Hits.
And rounding out the day’s 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 ‘#cokehands’ for The Coca-Cola Company. The second Grand Prix, for Ambient, went to Jung von Matt Hamburg for ‘The Invisible Drive’ 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 today’s 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.
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Delay TikTok Ban
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a "political resolution" to the issue.
The request came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court, in which the company argued the court should strike down a law that could ban the platform by Jan. 19 while the government emphasized its position that the statute is needed to eliminate a national security risk.
"President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute. Instead, he respectfully requests that the Court consider staying the Act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case," said Trump's amicus brief, which supported neither party in the case and was written by D. John Sauer, Trump's choice for solicitor general.
The argument submitted to the court is the latest example of Trump inserting himself in national issues before he takes office. The Republican president-elect has already begun negotiating with other countries over his plans to impose tariffs, and he intervened earlier this month in a plan to fund the federal government, calling for a bipartisan plan to be rejected and sending Republicans back to the negotiating table.
He has been holding meetings with foreign leaders and business officials at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida while he assembles his administration, including a meeting last week with TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
Trump has reversed his position on the popular app, having tried to ban it during his first term in office over national security concerns. He joined the TikTok during his 2024 presidential campaign and his team used it to connect with younger... Read More