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Patton Oswalt in ‘I Love My Dad’: Film Review | SXSW 2022

The actor co-stars with James Morosini in the latter's comic feature mining his own uncomfortable past.

People’s Choice Awards: Dwayne Johnson, ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Shang-Chi’ Among Top Winners

The winners of the 2021 People’s Choice Awards were revealed on Tuesday night, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson earning two awards: Male Movie Star of the Year and Comedy Movie Star of the Year for Disney’s Jungle Cruise. Marvel’s Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Loki all earned multiple awards. […]

Lil Rel Howery Shares Hilarious Zoom Church Stories on ‘The Late Late Show’

Lil Rel Howery on Tuesday dropped by The Late Late Show to discuss the slew of films — including Free Guy and Space Jam: A New Legacy — he recently appeared in and to chat about his new stand-up album, Humbly Vulnerable. While talking about returning to the stage for the first time in more […]

Lil Rel Howery and John Cena in Hulu’s ‘Vacation Friends’: Film Review

Vacation Friends, raunchy and occasionally amusing, begins with a proposal gone awry. Marcus (Lil Rel Howery), a rule-following, schedule-obsessed businessman, plans to ask the love of his life, Emily (Yvonne Orji), to marry him during their vacation in Mexico. But disaster strikes the minute the couple step into the palatial lobby of their luxury resort. […]

How ‘Free Guy’ Star Lil Rel Howery Leveled Up in Hollywood

In Shawn Levy’s Free Guy, comedian and actor Lil Rel Howery stars as number two to Ryan Reynolds’ main character — though as non-playable characters in an open-world video game, neither are really supposed to be a “main” anything. But Howery’s role as Buddy, a saccharinely optimistic bank security guard and best friend to Reynold’s […]

Lil Rel Howery Comedy Album ‘Humbly Vulnerable’ to Get Exclusive Debut on Pandora

Lil Rel Howery’s new comedy album will drop exclusively on Pandora a week before its previously announced August release. Humbly Vulnerable: I Said What I Said will debut on the music streamer on Aug. 17. It will then become available across all platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, on Aug. 24. Humbly Vulnerable follows Howery’s […]

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Filmmakers, Lil Rel Howery Tackling American Political Insurrection Movie

The filmmaker and producers behind the Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah, along with Get Out scene-stealer Lil Rel Howery, have teamed up for what is being billed as a feature centered on an “American political insurrection.” Shaka King will direct the project and also produce with Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Howery, per […]