Exclusive: The Just For Laughs comedy festival has revealed the participants and gameplan for its 2021 New Faces, its marquee discovery stand-up showcase that over the years has served as a launching pad for up-and-coming talent like Jimmy Fallon, Gabriel Iglesias, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Ali Wong and Pete Davidson to name a few.
It is part of this year’s edition of the festival, which kicks off today and runs through Saturday featuring in-person stand-up shows in its home base of Montreal as well as for the first time shows in Los Angeles and New York City because of travel restrictions due to the pandemic.
New Faces is also adjusting. For the first time since 1996, the New Faces and New Faces: Characters series will be taking place in Los Angeles, while New Faces: Canada will take place in Montreal. All four showcases will be streamed online for all ComedyPRO pass...
It is part of this year’s edition of the festival, which kicks off today and runs through Saturday featuring in-person stand-up shows in its home base of Montreal as well as for the first time shows in Los Angeles and New York City because of travel restrictions due to the pandemic.
New Faces is also adjusting. For the first time since 1996, the New Faces and New Faces: Characters series will be taking place in Los Angeles, while New Faces: Canada will take place in Montreal. All four showcases will be streamed online for all ComedyPRO pass...
- 7/26/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
After 2020 “profoundly challenged the way we think and act,” Snapchat has released its second Diversity Annual Report, in which it outlined the strides it has made in its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (Dei), as well as its plans for the future.
In terms of its original programming, Snapchat reported that more than half of its Snap Originals feature leads or hosts who hail from the Bipoc or LGBTQ+ communities -- to the tune of 53%. Some of these series include: Life By The Horns, Queen Of Stylez, The Honeybeez Of Asu, Nikita Unfiltered, While Black With Mk Asante, Coach Kev, and Will From Home.
And Snap Originals head Vanessa Guthrie tells Variety that the company intends to meet or exceed this diversity threshold in 2021.
Additionally, in terms of its Yellow accelerator program, which launched in 2018 to invest in startups working at the intersection of tech and content, Snap says its...
In terms of its original programming, Snapchat reported that more than half of its Snap Originals feature leads or hosts who hail from the Bipoc or LGBTQ+ communities -- to the tune of 53%. Some of these series include: Life By The Horns, Queen Of Stylez, The Honeybeez Of Asu, Nikita Unfiltered, While Black With Mk Asante, Coach Kev, and Will From Home.
And Snap Originals head Vanessa Guthrie tells Variety that the company intends to meet or exceed this diversity threshold in 2021.
Additionally, in terms of its Yellow accelerator program, which launched in 2018 to invest in startups working at the intersection of tech and content, Snap says its...
- 4/29/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Snap’s grown up– it must be, the Snapchat parent had its first Investor Day today – and executives were upbeat that the nearly ten-year old social media platform beloved by Gen Z will see revenue grow by 50% or more for the next few years.
Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel kicked off the three-hour virtual event with a roundabout dig at larger rivals and set the table for a deep dive into the Venice, California company’s core products led by Stories – the oldest business and biggest sales driver – Camera, Snap Map, Chat and Spotlight. Spiegel is enamored with augmented reality (Ar), increasingly popular with Snapchat’s users and advertisers but, he said, a decade away from hitting its stride.
“Ar is the next major shift in computing and we are committed to leading the way,” he said. With the phone “we are still constrained by the four sides of a...
Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel kicked off the three-hour virtual event with a roundabout dig at larger rivals and set the table for a deep dive into the Venice, California company’s core products led by Stories – the oldest business and biggest sales driver – Camera, Snap Map, Chat and Spotlight. Spiegel is enamored with augmented reality (Ar), increasingly popular with Snapchat’s users and advertisers but, he said, a decade away from hitting its stride.
“Ar is the next major shift in computing and we are committed to leading the way,” he said. With the phone “we are still constrained by the four sides of a...
- 2/23/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Snap Inc. stock fell in after-hours trading after the Snapchat parent gave financial guidance for the first quarter of 2021 that disappointed Wall Street.
The share price decline of more than 6% came despite a stellar set of fourth-quarter results, including user growth, profit and revenue all above analysts’ consensus forecasts.
Like other social and digital companies, Snap has benefited significantly from the coronavirus pandemic, which has reduced options for entertainment and leisure. Daily active users rose 22% to 265 million, exceeding analysts’ expectations.
Revenue in the last quarter of 2020 hit $911.3 million, up from $560.9 million in the year-earlier period. The 62% rise in revenue was the steepest since the company’s IPO in 2017. Adjusted earnings per share hit 9 cents, triple the 2019 level. Analysts had called for revenue of $856.1 million and earnings of 7 cents a share.
Even though Snap stock gave ground, its closing price of $58.31 was more than triple its range just a year ago.
The share price decline of more than 6% came despite a stellar set of fourth-quarter results, including user growth, profit and revenue all above analysts’ consensus forecasts.
Like other social and digital companies, Snap has benefited significantly from the coronavirus pandemic, which has reduced options for entertainment and leisure. Daily active users rose 22% to 265 million, exceeding analysts’ expectations.
Revenue in the last quarter of 2020 hit $911.3 million, up from $560.9 million in the year-earlier period. The 62% rise in revenue was the steepest since the company’s IPO in 2017. Adjusted earnings per share hit 9 cents, triple the 2019 level. Analysts had called for revenue of $856.1 million and earnings of 7 cents a share.
Even though Snap stock gave ground, its closing price of $58.31 was more than triple its range just a year ago.
- 2/4/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
After nabbing his own Snapchat series in quarantine, Will From Home, Will Smith’s production company Westbrook Media is pacting with actor Ryan Reynolds for its third Snap Original.
Ryan Doesn’t Know, which will be distributed inside the app’s Discover section, will see Reynolds learning new skills and making friends along the way, The Hollywood Reporter reports -- from learning to ice sculpt with Shintaro Okamoto to studying VFX with Trevor Bell to weightlifting with Ulisses World to honing his latte art skills with the artist Melannie Aquino to trying his hand at floral sculpting with Aurea Molaei and attempting axe-throwing with Cliffton Creque.
The 12-episode series, which was also produced by Reynolds’ production company Maximum Effort, will premiere on Jan. 30, with additional installments rolling out every other day.
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Ryan Doesn’t Know, which will be distributed inside the app’s Discover section, will see Reynolds learning new skills and making friends along the way, The Hollywood Reporter reports -- from learning to ice sculpt with Shintaro Okamoto to studying VFX with Trevor Bell to weightlifting with Ulisses World to honing his latte art skills with the artist Melannie Aquino to trying his hand at floral sculpting with Aurea Molaei and attempting axe-throwing with Cliffton Creque.
The 12-episode series, which was also produced by Reynolds’ production company Maximum Effort, will premiere on Jan. 30, with additional installments rolling out every other day.
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- 1/28/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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