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Relatively young Shopify Studios has signed development partnerships with Abso Lutely Productions and Jash, both comedy-centric efforts founded (in part) by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim.

Abso Lutely Productions, behind Nathan for You, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, and co-founded by Dave Kneebone, has already set up a project about young entrepreneurs helping struggling businesses called Kidsultants (working title).

Jash, also founded by Sarah Silverman and Michael Cera, is developing unscripted comedy series Down to Business (also a working title) featuring comedians Mark Raterman and Greg Hess (Cook County Social Club).

“Every entrepreneur knows the challenges that come with ...

T.J. Miller’s career is driven by one mission statement: “Life is a pretty tragic endeavor, so you want to make as many people laugh as possible, and to do that, you've got to do it on all levels.” Sure, it’s pretty altruistic, he admits to Et, but it’s been working handsomely to guide his career forward.

As the breakout star of HBO’s Silicon Valley, on which he played bad-boy entrepreneur Erlich Bachman for four seasons, the 36-year-old actor and comedian has seen his profile rise with sidekick roles alongside Mark Wahlberg and Ryan Reynolds in Transformers: Age of Extinction and Deadpool, respectively. He closed out 2016 with the ensemble Office Christmas Party and voiced Gene in this year’s Emoji Movie. This fall, he was back on the road in Canada with Nick Vatterott and Rhys Darby as part of the Just for Laughs Alternative Comedy Tour.

But for all that...