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Hulu has greenlighted Punk Ass Bitch, a half-hour comedy pilot starring up-and-coming comedian Chris Estrada and produced by ABC Signature.

Written by Estrada and Corporate creators Jake Weisman, Matt Ingebretson and Pat Bishop, with black-ish executive producer Jonathan Groff supervising, Punk Ass Bitch is based on Estrada’s comedy and reflects his Latino identity.

It is inspired by Estrada’s life in South Central Los Angeles and nearby Inglewood, where, by his own recollection, he spent his formative years running from loose pit bulls, getting robbed, and geeking out over comic books and punk rock.

The series centers on Julio Lopez (Estrada), a punk-ass bitch with a heart of gold who goes out of his way to help everyone but himself. Inspired by the life and stand-up comedy of star, co-creator and real-life punk ass bitch Estrada, the cinematic half-hour comedy explores Julio’s attempts to better his community, overcome...

Exclusive: HBO Latino is teaming with the New York Latino Film Festival (Nylff), once again for the second annual national Latino Stand-Up Comedy Competition. The search for the best Latino stand-up comedians around the country was announced today by 2019 winners Mark Viera and Alex Carabaño via the video above — with the help of Entre Nos’ best comedians Gina Brillón and Orlando Leyba. If you think you have the comedy chops, submissions for the competition open today and will be accepted through November 13.

The competition is designed to support emerging talent and increase awareness and representation of Latino voices in the comedy industry. The top five comedians will perform, and a winner will be chosen at a virtual event in early December which will be hosted by Viera.

“I’m excited to be the host of the 2020 Latino Stand-Up Comedy Competition,” said Viera. “After winning last year and taping my first Entre Nos Special,...

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak and indefinite closure of independent venues, Queer East launches a new charitable initiative to celebrate inspiring queer activism and storytelling from east and southeast Asia whilst also raising money for independent cinemas. The festival, which was due to open at the Lexi Cinema on Saturday 18 April, is now postponed until later this year. While cinemas remain closed until government guidance changes, Queer East will move online with a special capsule series ‘Qe: HomeSexual’ running from 18 April to 17 May.

Qe: HomeSexual features five programmes, with 17 films from 9 countries, reflecting the headline festival’s selections to offer an authentic overview of contemporary queerness in East and Southeast Asia on screen. Each programme will be available to rent for £2.99 Here with all proceeds going to independent cinemas partnering with Queer East this year.

The programme highlights Hui-Chen Huang’s “Small Talk” (Taiwan), the winner of Teddy Award for Best Documentary at 2017 Berlinale,...

Usher has been mostly quiet for the better part of four years. He has released a dud here, a solid single there. But since R&b is less interested in the vocal acrobatics, washboard abs, and lithe dance moves that are this star’s stock and trade, he appears content to sit back, enjoy the hundreds of millions of streams he amasses annually on his hit-filled back catalog, and wordlessly make fun of Jacquees.

While Usher bides his time, though, other singers keep making Usher songs. In October, Summer Walker took his breakout single,...

Julia Stiles, Taye Diggs, Melissa George and David Harbour are attached to star in Between Us, the Dan Mirvish-directed adaption of the Joe Hortua off-Broadway play about two couples who were friends in school and whose periodic meetings conjure up rivalries and bitterness over unrealized ambitions that get waylaid by money and children. The film will shoot in May. Mirvish is the co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival who directed Open House. Hortua and Mirvish wrote the script. They are producing with Hans Ritter, Barry Hennessey and Dana Altman. The play opened originally at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2004. ICM is packaging the film and reps the talent.