The SXSW Comedy Festival will feature Variety’s Power of Comedy Awards, presented by Inspire,on March 10 at Austin’s the Creek and the Cave. Variety is thrilled to present these awards …
‘s Power of Comedy Awards, presented by Inspire,SXW for the very first time, recognizing comedic achievements across stand-up, film, TV andAward, will be joined by Bob Odenkirk.Comedian, host, writer, producer, and six-time New York Times best-selling author, Handler burst on the scene in 2007, as the host of E!’s “Chelsea Lately.” She followed that up with multiple talk shows and specials for Netflix and HBO.
“After being known as a gay icon who happens to be a comedian, receiving Variety’s Comedy Icon Award seems like quite the fitting evolution for me,” said Handler. “Thank you to Variety for this recognition!”Scratching the surface of Patton Oswalt’s extensive acting resume yields films such as “Ratatouille,” “Zoolander” and “Young Adult,” television roles including in “The Sandman,” “Veep” and “The Goldbergs,” plus various appearances in video games, music videos and more.
Starting his career in the late 1990’s in New York as half of two-person improv/sketch group The Midwesterners, he traveled the country before he settled in Los Angeles. “I try and rehearse with each actor before we start shooting so I can rewrite the dialogue with their character choices in mind,” he said. “I love when an actor feels ownership of their character, especially if they’re right.” Actor, producer, director and author Anna Kendrick has achieved a wide array of accomplishments in a short amount of time.
“I think I tricked myself into thinking I was somehow prepared. You think, well, sure, my life is an endless supply of charming and amusing stories, right?” Kendrick joked in an interview for Vogue about her book. “And then you start writing them down and you get three sentences in and you’re like, Oh my god. I’m the most boring person ever to walk this green earth.”
The Connecticut-born actor and comedian was in college when she tried comedy at an open mic night and was a fixture of New York’s alt-comedy scene while also honing her writing skills by tweeting multiple short jokes a day.
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