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When Jo Koy was announced as Golden Globes host on Dec. 21, it was just a little over two weeks to air. “When they asked me, it was an immediate yes, I couldn’t believe this was happening,” Koy tells Variety. “And then I woke up and went, ‘wait a minute. I have two weeks to write jokes!

“Actually, I think I had less than two weeks because I didn’t get my writers until five days later,” he adds. “When Tina [Fey] and all those other hosts got the gig, they had months to prepare. I’m literally looking at just days! It’s been a crash course in hosting.”

But Koy is relishing this moment. The comedian, who recently sealed a deal to bring his next two stand-up comedy specials to Netflix (his fifth and sixth for the streamer), says he’s aware of the symbolism behind hosting a major awards show ceremony.

Preeminent comedian Jo Koy has been set to host the 81st Golden Globe Awards, in what will be his first outing in that capacity at a major awards show.

He comes to the role of Globes host after breaking sales records on his “Funny Is Funny World Tour,” which came in as one of the highest grossing of the year according to Pollstar, at a gross of $29.4 million for 88 performances in arenas and theaters around the world.

While the Golden Globes are almost always hosted by comedians these days, the introduction of Koy to the stage is particularly appropriate in a year that’s seen the ceremony introduce a category recognizing Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, alongside one for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. Inaugural nominees in the former include Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes, Trevor Noah, Sarah Silverman, Ricky Gervais and Amy Schumer.

This year’s Golden Globes Awards...

Hollywood rising star and multi-hyphenate Andrew Lopez has signed with CAA for representation.

The actor, writer and producer stars in the Apple TV+ friendship comedy Platonic, opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne. The series directed and created by Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco has Lopez in the role of Reggie, as he appears alongside Byrne and Rogen as former childhood best friends who reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out.

Lopez also guest starred on FX’s The Bear and, as a TV writer and creator, Lopez has sold projects to FX with Chris Storer and Hiro Murai, and Amazon with Riz Ahmed and Lulu Wang.

Routinely taking turns writing, directing, producing and performing, Lopez on the film front has his romantic comedy Slow Burn set up at Amazon, and he is writing a high concept thriller set in the music world for New Republic Pictures,...

Exclusive: M88 on Tuesday announced its signing of Andrew Lopez, a fast-rising multi-hyphenate who, with appearances on Apple TV+’s Platonic and FX’s The Bear, has made his mark on two of the most buzzy series in recent memory.

An accomplished writer, director, and stand-up currently enjoying a breakout moment on the acting front, Lopez found his most substantial role to date opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Platonic, the comedy series from Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, which debuted on Apple’s streamer in May. The show centered on Rogen’s brewer Will and Byrne’s stay-at-home mother Sylvia — a pair of longtime friends reconnecting as adults, after some time apart — has Lopez playing Reggie, the brother of the former’s ex-wife, who butts heads with him as a co-investor in his bar.

It was in June that Lopez appeared on The Bear, sharing weighty moments with...

Jo Koy is extending his relationship with Netflix, signing a deal to bring his next two stand-up comedy specials to the streamer. The specials will mark Koy’s fifth and sixth with Netflix; first up, the next one will tape at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on November 10 and 11, with an expected 2024 premiere. Art & Industry is producing that special.

The first of the two new specials, produced by Art & Industry, will tape at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on November 10 and 11. The special will premiere in 2024.

Koy is currently on his “Jo Koy World Tour,” performing three sold-out shows this weekend (with a fourth just added) on Guam. His most recent Netflix special, “Jo Koy: Live At The Los Angeles Forum,” premiered in September 2022. His June 2020 Netflix special “Jo Koy: In His Elements,” was shot in Manila and featured local culture, as well as Filipino-American comedians, DJs and B-boys.

He Has One Day To Keep The Family Together… Without Falling Apart! Universal Pictures Presents Acclaimed Comedian Jo Koy In Easter Sunday. Rated PG-13. Only In Theaters August 5th.

Wamg is giving away 2 free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of Easter Sunday

Date And Time:

Tues, Aug 2nd 7pm at The AMC Esquire 7

The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed. Rated R.

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Stand-up comedy sensation Jo Koy stars as a man returning home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to his Filipino-American community.

Easter Sunday features an all-star comedic cast that includes Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley series), Tia Carrere,...