Mindy Kaling Slams Criticism About Velma’s South Asian Identity in ‘Scooby-Doo’ Spinoff: I Don’t Care If People ‘Freak Out’

EXCLUSIVE: A new student will be enrolling at Essex College. Mitchell Slaggert has joined the cast of Mindy Kaling’s HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls as a new series regular for the upcoming second season.

Friends for life. Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak went to a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park in Massachusetts, where they’re both from.

Olivia Munn has thanked Mindy Kaling for her parenting advice, as the actor and her boyfriend John Mulaney celebrated their son, Malcolm, turning six months old. The 41-year-old actor gave a shout out to her friends and fellow parents in a recent Instagram post, honouring Malcolm on his birthday. In the post, Munn included a photo of the youngster in her arms, as they were smiling at the camera.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker hold hands as they walked to their car together on Tuesday afternoon (May 24) in Portofino, Italy.

Padma Lakshmi Guest ColumnistI look forward to the day there are many more Asian American TV creators and filmmakers who get the chance to tell multifaceted stories with bigger budgets. It’s great to see every ethnicity popping up in regular scenes in films and television just going through regular, everyday problems, and not just addressing problems related to being that ethnicity. I’m going to open this up a bit to include some of my favorite Asian characters from TV, as well as some of my favorite Asian directors and films:TV creators and characters:1.

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ITV Hub has a bloody brilliant, binge-worthy selection. And no, it’s not just Love Island (although obvs, yes, we’re all here for Love Island, always). The platform covers all bases.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comVariety has been nominated for 72 Southern California Journalism Awards, including two for journalist of the year, three for entertainment journalist of the year and six nominations for criticism of TV, music and books.The awards, given out by the Los Angeles Press Club, honor outstanding journalism in the region across print, digital, radio and broadcast platforms.Executive editor Ramin Setoodeh and deputy music editor Jem Aswad are both up for journalist of the year. TV critic Daniel D’Addario along with chief film critic Owen Gleiberman and features editor Chris Willman are all nominated for entertainment journalist of the year.Aswad leads all Variety staffers with 14 total nominations, followed by Willman with nine nominations.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMichelle Yeoh was honored with the SeeHer Award during Gold House’s inaugural gala on Saturday night. In a night that celebrated AAPI excellence and heritage, Yeoh said, “All women’s stories need to be told and seen.”“I arrived here and saw the sea of amazing Asian beautiful faces and realized I’m not in Hong Kong, I’m not in Malaysia, I’m in freaking in Los Angeles, and we are celebrating each other,” Yeoh said as she accepted the award from directors Jon M. Chu and Destin Daniel Cretton, and producer Jonathan Wang.She talked about the importance of women and representation.

Michelle Yeoh stuns in a pink gown while arriving at Gold House’s Inaugural Gold Gala: A New Gold Age held at Vibiana over the weekend in Los Angeles.

Gallery: Lashana Lynch's Modest Column Dress at Cannes Comes With Two Thigh-High Slits (PopSugar)Earlier on Wednesday, the pair were in attendance at Madison Square Garden for Warner Bros. Discovery's first united upfront presentation after the two companies merged last May.  Ahead of their presentation, Chip and Joanna posed for fun snaps on the red carpet with Shaquille O'Neal and Mindy Kaling.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMargot Robbie wants to rob.The actor is attached to star in a prequel to “Ocean’s Eleven,” a heist comedy about conmen who rob hundreds of millions from a Las Vegas casino. The upcoming film is still in development at Warner Bros. and it has not been greenlit.Jay Roach, who previously worked with Robbie on 2019’s workplace sexual harassment drama “Bombshell,” is directing the film.

Mindy Kaling steps out on stage in a vibrant yellow top during the 2022 Warner Bros. Discovery Upfronts held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday (May 18) in New York City.

Mindy Kaling used the Warner Bros Discovery Upfront presentation Wednesday to let everyone know she doesn’t care what you think about her Scooby-Doo animated spinoff Velma on HBO Max. If a dog can solve crimes, she told the crowd, then her Velma “can be brown.”

EXCLUSIVE: James Morosini, the writer, director and star of the splashy SXSW comedy I Love My Dad, has signed with Anonymous Content for management.