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Festivals

Awkwafina, Debra Granik, and Arianna Bocco Among Woodstock Film Festival Honorees

Awkwafina, Debra Granik, and Arianna Bocco are set to receive honorary awards at the 23rd edition of Woodstock Film Festival, per Deadline. “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout star Awkwafina...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Weed, Romance, & Shenanigans Abound in “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens” Season 2

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Such is life — and “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.” A trailer has arrived for Season 2 of Awkwafina’s...

Films

Atsuko Hirayanagi Will Direct Awkwafina-Starrer “The Last Adventures of Constance Verity”

Awkwafina is set to save the world again. The Golden Globe-nominated actress is following up her role as a heroic warrior in Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” by teaming up with...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Funny, heartfelt, and most of all, visually stunning, “Raya and the Last Dragon” is the kind of movie that makes me miss the theater experience. Disney’s latest animated pic is a...

Awards

Awkwafina, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Rashida Jones, & Rachel Brosnahan Among NYWIFT Muse Awards Honorees

Awkwafina, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Rashida Jones, Rachel Brosnahan, and more are set to be honored at New York Women in Film & Television’s (NYWIFT) 41st Annual Muse Awards, a press release...

Films

Sandra Oh and Awkwafina Will Play Sisters in Netflix Comedy Feature

Sandra Oh and Awkwafina are set to make quite the dream team. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo will star as sisters in an as-yet-untitled Netflix comedy. They are also producing the...

Trailers

Teaser Watch: Kelly Marie Tran Tries to Save the World in “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Move over Khaleesi, there’s a new woman warrior harnessing the power of dragons set to hit the screen. A teaser has dropped for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Raya and the Last...

Films

Awkwafina and Karen Gillan Are Reuniting for “Shelly,” Jude Weng Directing

After sharing the screen in a blockbuster reboot, Awkwafina and Karen Gillan are re-teaming for an original story. The “Jumanji: The Next Level” co-stars will topline Jude Weng’s...

Films

Awkwafina Will Play a High Profile Gambler in “The Baccarat Machine”

Awkwafina plays an underachieving stoner in her semi-autobiographical Comedy Central series “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens,” but she’ll step into the shoes of a high roller on the...

Features

Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for January 23

Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s top recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...

Television

“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” Renewed at Comedy Central Ahead of Series Premiere

Awkwafina will be “Nora From Queens” for at least two seasons. Deadline reports the Golden Globe winner’s upcoming Comedy Central show, “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens,”...

Awards

Golden Globes: Awkwafina Makes History, Kate McKinnon Pays Tribute To Ellen DeGeneres

Awkwafina celebrated a historic win at last night’s Golden Globe Awards. The “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout was named best lead actress in a movie comedy/musical for “The...

Awards

Gotham Award Winners: Awkwafina, “American Factory,” & More

Awkwafina’s awards season is getting off to a solid start. She took home the Best Actress Award at the 29th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at a ceremony held Monday in New York City for her role in...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens” — and She’s Looking for a Purpose

“I wish I had purpose like you, you dumb bitch!,” Awkwafina tells her friend in the first trailer for “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.” The “Farewell” star plays...

Features

Jennifer Lopez, Renée Zellweger, and More Talk Inclusion and Imposter Syndrome in THR Roundtable

Amidst the major buzz they’re generating this awards season, Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, Awkwafina, Laura Dern, and Renée Zellweger recently sat down with The...

Television

Awkwafina’s Comedy Central Show Gets a Name and Announces Directors

Comedy Central has unveiled the title and stacked directing roster for Awkwafina’s upcoming series. As previously announced, Natasha Lyonne, co-creator, star, writer, director, and exec...

Films

Awkwafina to Star in Legendary’s “The Last Adventure of Constance Verity”

Since her breakout performance in “Crazy Rich Asians,” Awkwafina has been adding projects to her slate left and right. Deadline reports that the coveted star has just signed on to yet...

News

“The Farewell” Edges Out “Avengers: Endgame” For This Year’s Biggest Theater Average

Awkwafina is giving Iron Man, Thor, and Black Widow some competition. Even an NYC blackout couldn’t keep the “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout from making a major dent at the box office....

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Interviews

Lulu Wang Talks “The Farewell,” Representation, and Working with Awkwafina

Writer-director Lulu Wang’s new film, “The Farewell,” began as a 2016 episode of “This American Life.” Wang wrote and narrated the segment “What You Don’t Know,” the story of...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Awkwafina Faces a Moral Dilemma in “The Farewell”

“Crazy Rich Asians” breakout Awkwafina takes center stage in Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell.” A trailer just dropped for the critically acclaimed Sundance pic. Based on an...

News

Awkwafina Assembles All-Female Writers’ Room for Her Comedy Central Show

Awkwafina is opening doors for other women in comedy. The “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout has a semi-autobiographical Comedy Central series in the works, and The Huffington Post reports...

Interviews

Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Lulu Wang – “The Farewell”

Lulu Wang is a classical-pianist-turned-filmmaker. Born in Beijing, raised in Miami, and educated in Boston, Wang is a recipient of the 2014 Chaz and Roger Ebert Directing Fellowship, awarded at the...

Television

Awkwafina Receives Series Order From Comedy Central

Awkwafina’s meteoric rise continues. This year has seen the YouTube sensation star in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Ocean’s Eight.” She also hosted “Saturday...

Features

Quote of the Day: “Crazy Rich Asians'” Awkwafina on the Power of Representation

“Representation starts both in front of and behind the camera,” Awkwafina tells Variety in a new interview. Asked what the industry can do to make improvements in representing Asians...

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