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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSharon Stone, Patricia Arquette, Sanaa Lathan, Warrington Hudlin, Delroy Lindo, Elijah Wood, Bryan Cranston, Andre Holland, Margaret Cho and Hari Nef will serve as jury members for the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.Tribeca, running from June 9 to June 20, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.The jurors will select winning projects in the film, immersive, games and the festival’s all-new podcasts competition sections.

Margaret Cho, Jeannie Mai, Keiko Agena and Asif Ali — for a candid, emotional, unfiltered and wide-ranging (virtual) chat earlier this month to discuss what being Asian means to them, how their distinct upbringings informed their career paths, the state of representation of Asian culture in mainstream media (and beyond) and how allies can join the fight against anti-Asian racism. «It's our resilience.

Pride, from Vice Studios and Killer Films, makes the universal personal by presenting its multifaceted story of the queer rights movement in six distinct episodes, by six different queer filmmakers.It’s actually seven directors total, as indie standouts Tom Kalin (Swoon), Andrew Ahn (Spa Night), Cheryl Dunye (Watermelon Woman), Yance Ford (Strong Island), and relative newcomers Ro Haber, and the team of Anthony Caronna and Alex Smith each bring a unique vision to chronicling the queer history

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNew York’s The Stonewall Inn will kick off LGBTQ Pride Month with a star-studded streaming concert on June 1 to benefit The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Safe Spaces Initiatives. Presenters and performers for the event, produced by Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora, include Billy Eichner, Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Cho, Rep.

Is comedienne Iliza Shlesinger‘s Hollywood star ascending? The 2008 winner of NBC‘s “Last Comic Standing” hasn’t exactly left the limelight since that win over ten years ago, but her career has recently begun to heat up. With five comedy specials on Netflix to her name and “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show” premiering on the service on April Fool’s Day 2020, it’s safe to say that Netflix sees something in the comedian.

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Ethan Shanfeld Regina Hall, H.E.R., Trevor Noah, Michael Imperioli, Margaret Cho, Andy Cohen, Rachel Bloom and Tig Notaro are among the industry notables lined up to participate in a virtual summit on how mental health is portrayed in media.The event is being pulled together by MTV Entertainment Group, Disney, NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and other media companies, as well as the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and a host of mental health experts.

Good Trouble wraps up the first half of season 3 on Wednesday, and only ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek from the midseason premiere.

Hulu and American High's has rounded out the cast for its next high school comedy, Sex Appeal. Margaret Cho,Fortune Feimster and Paris Jackson have joined the feature, which is currently filming in Syracuse, along withSkai Jackson and Russian Doll actress Rebecca Henderson.

Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (30 Rock, Law & Order SVU), Fortune Feimster (Yes Day, The Netflix Afterparty), Skai Jackson (Jessie), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), and Paris Jackson (Gringo, Lee Daniels’ Star) have rounded out the cast of Sex Appeal, the latest collaboration between Hulu and American High.

calling out Weinstein during a stand-up comedy event that the now-imprisoned mogul attended at the Lower East side bar Downtime — an incident she reflects on in the new FX documentary “Hysterical.”Premiering April 2 (9 p.m. on FX and hitting Hulu the next day), “Hysterical” explores the experiences of women in the comedy world, from superstars Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho and Sherri Shepherd to relative newcomers like Bachman, who was 27 and unknown at the time that her call-out went viral.

“My initial reaction to the attack in Atlanta was really shock and disbelief,” Margaret Cho says when speaking EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife, one week after the vile shootings that left eight people – six of whom were women of Asian decent – dead.

Lisa Vanderpump is returning to television with a brand new talk show. On Friday, the former star announced her new E! show, The 60-year-old reality star will be inviting viewers inside her extravagant garden at her home in Beverly Hills as she talks to celebrity guests.

Natalie Oganesyan editorOutfest’s holiday fundraiser “’Twas the Night Before Give-Mas” on Monday night featured appearances by prominent LGBTQIA+ leaders and creatives, including Wilson Cruz, Margaret Cho, Charlie Carver, Candis Cayne, Alexandra Billings and “Veneno” star Jedet.The evening helped raise funds for Outfest initiatives, including OutSet, a joint collaboration with the Los Angeles LGBT Center that empowers queer youth to share stories through film; the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project,

“Over the Moon,” the first animated film backed by a major Hollywood studio to feature an entirely Asian cast.The film stars newcomer Cathy Ang as our plucky heroine, backed by such voice actors as “Hamilton” star Phillipa Soo, comedians Ken Jeong and Margaret Cho, “Star Trek” star John Cho, Broadway veterans Ruthie Ann Miles and Kimiko Glenn, and “Killing Eve” star Sandra Oh.It opens and closes in modern day China, but the bulk of the film is set in Lunaria, an imaginary kingdom on the dark

Netflix has released a new trailer for its upcoming animated adventure musicalOver the Moon. The family film's star-studded voice cast includes Cathy Ang, Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong, John Cho, Ruthie Ann Miles, Sandra Oh, Robert G.

What would you do to make a dream come true? It’s an intriguing question at the center of Netflix’s animated release “Over the Moon.” The musical focuses on Fei Fei, an adventurous young girl intent on reaching a goddess. Her quest to visit the moon reveals a story that is both fun and enlightening for kids of all ages.

Kat Dennings) is actually looking forward to a low-key Thanksgiving with her best friend, Molly (Malin Akerman).

The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead has drafted Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Margaret Cho, Peppermint, Laura Jane Grace, Veruca Salt and Kathy Valentine to perform during the virtual concert "Do Re #MeToo: Sexist Songs Reclaimed By Righteous Feminists." The event, set for Sept. 17 (6 p.m.

The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead has drafted Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Margaret Cho, Peppermint, Laura Jane Grace, Veruca Salt and Kathy Valentine to perform during the virtual concert "Do Re #MeToo: Sexist Songs Reclaimed By Righteous Feminists." The event, set for Sept. 17 (6 p.m.

Transparent creator Jill Soloway led a Pride Month-themed panel Saturday, talking with LGBTQ stars, execs and agents about coming out in Hollywood and how the industry has become more inclusive since the Harvey Weinstein allegations went public. The LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Panel, put on by Young Entertainment Activists at Netflix's L.A.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American distribution rights to Faith Based, the Luke Barnett-scripted indie comedy that stars Jason Alexander, Tanner Thomason, Margaret Cho, David Koechner, Lance Reddick, as well as Barnett.

LOS ANGELES -- The annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival is going virtual with help from Tiffany Haddish, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Margaret Cho, “Weird Al” Yankovic and more than two-dozen others working in the realm of humor. The festival, presented by the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York, will stream conversations with the artists over three weekends, starting Friday and running through Aug.

Tiffany Haddish, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Kenan Thompson are among the stars preparing to provide the laughs in the virtual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.The annual New York event, organized by officials at America’s National Comedy Center, will be going online due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it won’t be short of famous faces, with comedians Jay Leno, Gilbert Gottfried, Margaret Cho, Jimmy Fallon, and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic all lining up for in-depth conversations about their work and

Netflix and Pearl Studio announced today that newcomer Cathy Ang, Grammy winner Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), newcomer Robert G. Chiu, Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians), John Cho (Searching), Ruthie Ann Miles (All Rise),  Emmy nominee Margaret Cho, three-time SAG winner Kimiko Glenn (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Artt Butler and two time Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), will be joining in the voice cast of Glen Keane’s animated film event Over the Moon, coming this Autumn.

Netflix and Pearl Studio announced today that newcomer Cathy Ang, Grammy winner Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), newcomer Robert G. Chiu, Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians), John Cho (Searching), Ruthie Ann Miles (All Rise),  Emmy nominee Margaret Cho, three-time SAG winner Kimiko Glenn (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Artt Butler and two time Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), will be joining in the voice cast of Glen Keane’s animated film event Over the Moon, coming this Autumn.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterTBS has greenlit a virtual comedy competition with Jason Sudeikis set to host.“Tournament of Laughs” has received a seven-episode order at the cabler and will premiere June 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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Veteran RuPaul's Drag Race performers Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley are among the stars that will show up — virtually, of course — to help the Los Angeles LGBT Center raise money as part of its Rainbowthon event.The two-hour event, set for May 14 (6-8 p.m. PT/ 9-11 p.m.

Kristin Chenoweth and RuPaul’s Drag Race judges Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews, and Carson Kressley lead the line-up for the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s upcoming Rainbowthon event.

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As the novel coronavirus outbreak has overturned college graduation plans nationwide, one college-focused media brand is planning a star-studded virtual ceremony to celebrate the Class of 2020. Her Campus, the female-focused company that owns Spoon University, College Fashionista and InfluenceHer Collective, announced Monday that it is organizing "I'm Still Graduating,” an online graduation ceremony, to take place Friday, May 15, at 12 p.m.

Elizabeth Banks, W. Kamau Bell, Nikki Glaser, Jenny Slate, Sandra Bernhard and Margaret Cho are among the stars set to take part in an all-day fundraiser for independent abortion providers that will be hosted by Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and founder of Abortion Access Front.

Eddie Murphy is back on the standup comedy circuit after a long break, and soon he’ll be in your living room.

Eddie Murphy will head the lineup at former comedian Byron Allen's upcoming Feeding America Comedy Festival, which will raise funds for the organization's network of food banks. The three-hour event will include pre-recorded comedy segments from Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal.

Even before “Fresh Off the Boat” hit the airwaves on ABC in February 2015, the show was facing pressure that other new shows weren't. It was set to be the first network TV comedy with an all-Asian cast since Margaret Cho's “All-American Girl” premiered 20 years earlier.