When the Cannes Lions festival kicks off Sunday, it will feature the usual mix of speakers from the worlds of advertising, technology, entertainment and media. But this year, advertising's biggest annual gathering will also boast its biggest TV contingent yet.
While 2014's celeb speakers included film actors like Jared Leto, Ralph Fiennes and Patrick Stewart, this year's stars come from TV, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Viola Davis and Kim Kardashian.
Among this year's TV professionals speaking at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actor, Veep
- Viola Davis, actor, How to Get Away With Murder
- Kim Kardashian West, star, Keeping Up With the Kardashians
- Pete Nowalk, creator and executive producer, How to Get Away With Murder
- Betsy Beers, executive producer, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder
- Richard Plepler, chairman and CEO, HBO
- Dave Alpert, executive producer, The Walking Dead
- Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead
- Nina Dos Santos,...
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