Moguls shimmy to wild Weeknd
The Weeknd rocked the crème de la crème of the media and marketing worlds on Tuesday night, getting the likes of Ron Howard and Jeffrey Katzenberg grooving to hits such as “Starboy” and “Can’t Feel My Face.” The annual concert, thrown by MediaLink and iHeartMedia, had guests including Naomi Campbell and Turner President David Levy mingling with hosts Michael Kassan, CEO of MediaLink, and iHeart boss Bob Pittman.
“This year is particularly special now that MediaLink is officially part of the fabric of the Cannes Lions organization,” said Kassan.
Campbell quipped to The Post: “The Weeknd’s voice is even better live.” Across the room, Bob Pittman told The Post, “He’s unique, his voice is like Michael Jackson.”
The 400 invited guests lucky enough to get into the toughest event of the week — at exclusive Eden Roc Grill — feasted on minipizzas and mini-burgers. Count among the lucky IPG’s Michael
Roth, Group M’s Rob Norman, Lion Tree Advisors’ Aryeh
Bourkoff, AOL chief Tim Armstrong, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Cannes Lions honcho Duncan Painter. “The Handmaid’s Tale” actress
Elisabeth Moss was spotted enjoying the Weeknd’s performance — and later took some time to chat with Lisa Sugar of PopSugar.
The Post spotted Cannes Lions first-timer Alex Ohanian, the co-founder of Redd it, the fifth biggest online platform, on the terrace. Ohanian is the fiancé of
Serena Williams. The two are expecting a baby.
Guests dispersed to several after-parties including one hosted by branding guru Steve
Stoute at nightclub Gotha, and another aboard the iHeartMedia yacht moored ever so majestically among the fleet of uber ships.