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Kumail Nanjiani to Receive CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year Award

March 23, 2017

Kumail Nanjiani to Receive CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year Award

The National Association of Theater Owners, otherwise known as NATO (we’re curious if Trump is on their case too) gives out their own awards celebrating the biz and are honoring Kumail Nanjiani, who is set for a big summer run with The Big Sick, with their Comedy Star of the Year Award.

With everything else Kumail has had going for years (i.e. stand-up, Silicon Valley, his Twitter feed, The Meltdown, etc. etc.), we’d ask Hollywood to please give more awards to Kumail Nanjiani.

CinemaCon To Honor Paul Feig as Comedy Filmmaker of The Year

April 12, 2015

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2015 is going to be one great year for Paul Feig whether he’s kidding about doing drama or not.

The convention that gather movie theater owners, CinemaCon, has bestowed the honor of Comedy Filmmaker of The Year on the great Paul Feig. Though Feig’s work crosses between TV and movies, he’s still a prime candidate and has plenty of high anticipated projects coming up soon including Peanuts, Other Space, Spy, and the Ghostbusters reboot.

So, let’s really hope that Paul is just joshing around and will continue his wonderful work in comedy.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to Receive CinemaCon Filmmakers Award

February 20, 2014

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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to Receive CinemaCon Filmmakers Award

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg indeed will be named Comedy Filmmakers of The Year at the 2014 CinemaCon. Before they accept the award, perhaps CinemaCon will play the clip from one of their most successful films to date This Is The End where a demon penis gets cut off.