Oscars Predictions: Best Picture — Could ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Sustain Its Oscar Buzz for Six More Months?

Michelle Yeoh - Talent; Ke Huy Quan - Talent

2023 OSCARS PREDICTIONS: The first top 50 rankings are below. As always, it’s incredibly early to say anything with any amount of certainty.

Jul 14, 2022

Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams Signs BET Overall Deal As ‘The Ms. Pat Show’ Renewed For Season 3

Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams - Executive Producer, Talent, Writer, and Co-Creator

BET has signed comedian, actress and producer Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams to a multi-genre overall deal under which she will produce...

Jul 14, 2022

Aida Rodriguez to Direct Two ‘Entre Nos’ Comedy Specials to Air on HBO Max

Aida Rodriguez – Director

Comedian Aida Rodriguez is stepping behind the camera to direct two installments of the comedy special series “Entre Nos” for HBO Max, Variety has learned exclusively.

Jun 24, 2022

Variety Names 10 Comics to Watch for 2022

Jay Jurden - Talent

Variety has named its 10 Comics to Watch for 2022. This year’s honorees will be profiled in the July 20 issue of Variety and be honored at this year’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival Comedy Festival...

Jun 13, 2022

The 100 Most Influential People of 2022

Michelle Yeoh - Talent; Ke Huy Quan - Talent

She achieves the impossible again and again. Simply put, that is what Michelle Yeoh has been doing for decades.

May 24, 2022

Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette And Mark Ruffalo Join Robert Pattinson In Bong Joon Ho’s Next Film At Warner Bros

Bong Joon Ho - Director

Bong Joon Ho’s follow-up film to his Oscar-winning Parasite is gaining quite the ensemble, as sources tell Deadline that Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo...

May 20, 2022

‘True Lies’ Reboot Picked Up To Series By CBS

Erica Hernandez - Talent

It took an extra day but True Lies, which had been expected to get a nod yesterday, along with CBS’ other new series orders, is officially picked up to series.

May 17, 2022

‘Loot’ Renewed for Second Season at Apple TV+

Ron Funches - Talent

Apple TV+ is out to collect some more Loot. The tech giant’s streaming service has renewed Loot, starring and executive produced by Maya Rudolph, for a second season.

Jul 14, 2022

Chicago’s Ron Funches Finds the Funny Side of Life’s Ups and Downs

Ron Funches – Talent

When comedian and Chicago native Ron Funches is onstage, his bright, beaming grin spans the length of the theater, and his delicate, sing-song delivery lulls and entrances the audience like...

Jun 24, 2022

‘Raw10’: McFarlane Films, wiip & Rooster Teeth Developing Adult Animated Series from Dan Dominguez Based on McFarlane Toys’ Action Figures

Dan Dominguez - Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

McFarlane Films is partnering with wiip and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Rooster Teeth Studios to develop RAW10, an adult animated series from creator Dan Dominguez (Gen: Lock), inspired by McFarlane Toys’ eponymous series of action figures.

Jun 16, 2022

Lil Rel Howery to Launch New Audio and Video Podcast

Lil Rel Howery - Talent

Lil Rel Howery is getting into the world of podcasting. The 42-year-old actor and comedian announced he will host a new audio and video podcast with Dwayne "Young Wayne" Young called Keepin' It Rel with Young Wayne.

Jun 1, 2022

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Knocking Out Uncut Gems’ To Become A24’s Highest Grossing Movie Ever At Domestic Box Office with $50M+

Michelle Yeoh - Talent; Ke Huy Quan - Talent

The arthouse never died.
If you want to keep it alive, just make more jaw-dropping, outrageous fare which can excite the 18-34 crowd.

May 23, 2022

Lalo Alcaraz and the Long Journey of a Latino Political Cartoonist

Lalo Alcaraz - Artist

Like many prestigious awards that recognize great accomplishment in this country, the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, created in 2004 to commemorate the legacy...

May 19, 2022