Overview
- Eddy Cue will receive the 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year award at Cannes Lions, the global advertising and marketing festival in France.
- Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services and health, is slated to deliver the opening-day keynote on June 22 and will speak with producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
- Festival leaders cite Apple TV+ milestones including CODA’s 2021 Best Picture Oscar and The Studio’s 13 Emmy wins last year as the basis for the recognition.
- Cannes Lions runs June 22–26 and will host its first closed-door global CMO summit on June 24 for top brand executives.
- AB InBev has been named Creative Marketer of the Year, underscoring how entertainment, advertising, and tech now move in concert at the festival.