While the players of the media and marketing worlds met in the south of France for the 2025 Cannes conference, the brands that jockeying for visibility can be found from top to bottom where the “beaches” hosted attract both networks and revelers. Offshore, however, are ultra -exclusive events – among them: The Hollywood ReporterThe event of marketing power players on Wednesday afternoon.
Hold on the Yacht Gargantuan Kismet, belonging to the Khan family, whose sports assets include the Jacksonville Jacksonville jaguars, the English Premier League Fulham FC and the elite fight, the guest list included the management co -founder of militant artists Bernie Cahill; Activate the founder and CEO Michael J. Wolf; Marcie Allen, president of Anzie Blue; Rare Beauty CMO Katie Welch; YouTube co-head creators and Kim Larson game; The CEO of Dhar Mann Studios, Sean Atkins,; The head of the Macallan brand Sergio Cabello and THR The members of the Top Marketers 2025 List of members of Bianca Franklin, World Commercial Developer, Music at H&M and Universal Music Group VP Executive, Global Brand Partnerships Kerri Mackar.
The other guests included the CEO of the Black group, Bonin Bough, the official Founder and CEO David Siegfried, CEO of GK Ventures, Greg Kahn; All & CO-PDG Jennifer Breithaupt and Tiktok Entertainment Partnerships, Chef Jenny Kim.
James Blake, the singer and songwriter winning a Grammy, interpreted two songs, including his last, “session”, from the soundtrack to Ryan Coogler’s Sinnersthat he co-wrote with the twice the Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Görasson, who marked the film and was also in Cannes Lions, as a star speaker at the SPOTIFY headquarters by the sea.
“I looked at the metaphysical romantic relationship between the two main characters, not the vampires,” said Blake, who also attended Cannes Lions as an official speaker, of the song, who was written before seeing the film. “It was actually quite frightening when I saw it, I could understand how it was so relevant for what I was writing about it.”
James Blake Performing.
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Blake shared the spotlight with singer Monica Martin for one of her tunes, the melancholy “Go Easy, Kid”. Their harmonies coupled with the support of Blake have aroused enthusiastic applause of the intimate public. Blake’s partner, actress Jameela Jamil, was also present. Before production on a new film by Ron Howard, she promoted her podcast, Bad turns. Blake, meanwhile, has a new album that comes out in October.
But as much as people were impressive – Tony Khan is founder, CEO, director general and responsible for creating AEW, the third more precious sport combat league in the world (behind UFC and WWE) – all eyes were on the details of this huge marvel at sea, which was meticulously designed by Shad Khan, owner of the Jaguars, Fulham FC, AEW and Flex -Gate. The eight-story Superyacht includes a swimming pool, an underwater theater, a heliport, several bars and dining rooms and creator furniture in each of its well-distributed guest suites.
James Blake and Jameela Jamil in the underwater theater on the Kismet yacht.
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The father-son team was succeeding in the success of AEW, which recently signed an extension with Warner Bros. Discovery who will keep his popular Wednesday evening dynamite And Saturday evening collision On TBS and TNT, respectively. “More than six years, as things have evolved and entertainment has changed, we have been a must in the cable and we continue to be a huge essential in TBS, which has been a channel that has fought in its range since the 1970s,” said Tony Khan. The CEO of the numbers checked the names David Zaslav and the financial director Gunnar Wiedenfels, as well as the chief income officer and WBD’s strategy, Bruce Campbell, to be “key supporters”. And while the AEW partnership with WBD has seen as many leadership changes in the six years they have collaborated, Khan added: “We have come out stronger under the direction of Warner Bros. Discovery. And now to be on a platform as prestigious as Max, it may be a huge expansion for AEW to reach a new audience or even reconnect with fans who may have reduced the cord and have not had access to TBS and no longer reconnect.
Your Tony Khan, CEO of Wrestling (AEW).
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Internationally, AEW has also become a vision of destination on ITV, another network with a tradition of struggle. “We were able to build this general linear public and become the most watched television society of all struggles with the greatest attendance,” said Khan. “According to most of the key measures, AEW is the wrestling company No. 1 in the United Kingdom.”
Without a doubt, the Khans move in super exclusive circles. On board the Kismet the day before, there were several major players in entertainment and beyond, including the agency and the chief of the 2028 Casey Wasserman Olympic Games, the CEO of Fox Corp., Rob Wade, and the former stars of the NBA Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin.
With an AEW currently estimated at $ 2 billion, it seems that the son follows the steps of his self -taught father and at the same time widening the Empire. The young Khan went to Mexico for the first AEW event in the country, which took place on June 18, and he also pushes the brand extension of his list on television and cinema. Pro Wrestler MJF, for example, will appear in Happy Gilmore 2The rest of a film he saw in the theater when he was a child.
“The fight is the only sport of 52 weeks per year,” adds Khan. “It is an endless visit to all cities and places. It’s cool. I never stop. ”
Higher PMC VP, Jerry Ruiz operations and finances; Monica Martin; THRVP events and talent relationships Curtis Thompson; THRThe main vice-president, Liz Culley sales and brand strategy; Shad Khan; Jameela Jamil; THR Co-chief editor Shirley Halperin; James Blake; And THR The publisher Lori O’Connor
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