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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian, actor and host Hasan Minhaj today announced the launch of his production company, 186K Films, as well as For the Culture, a new film he’s set to produce and star in for Amazon Studios, which he’s scripting with long-time collaborator Prashanth Venkataramanujam. Minhaj founded 186K Films with…

EXCLUSIVE: Hasan Minhaj (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj) has been tapped for a major recurring role on Season 2 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. He will play Eric, a charismatic, rising star who joins The Morning Show.team.  This marks the highest-profile acting gig to date and first foray into drama for…

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj has come to an end on Netflix. Minhaj made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter. “What a run. @patriotact has come to an end,” Minhaj wrote. “I got to work with the best writers, producers, researchers, and animators in the game. My 2 babies were born and grew up with the show. TY to…

HBO has set a new talk show special fronted by Megan Rapinoe in which the Team USA soccer star engages guests in today’s cultural conversations. Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 PT this Saturday, August 1. The special features firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), comedian and…

Hasan Minhaj is probably best known for being a correspondent on The Daily Show and his stand-up comedy, most notably his Netflix special Homecoming King in 2017 which earned him a Peabody Award. That same year he spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. That said, 2017 was a good year for Minhaj — but he…

Hasan Minhaj has been hosting Netflix's Patriot Act since October 2018 and, in that time, he has taken on subjects including Amazon, Indian elections and controversially Saudi Arabia. Minhaj, who was previously a correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show and was Jon Stewart's last hire, is now producing the…

Netflix has extended its original order for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, greenlighting seven new episodes to bring the first season’s total to 39. The first new episode will launch on Sunday, March 29, with a new one going live weekly after that. The logline, per Netflix: The Peabody-winning comedy show explores the…

The White House Correspondents’ Association is returning to a lineup of comedians for its annual dinner: Kenan Thompson will host and Hasan Minhaj will be the featured entertainer. The annual D.C. event, to be held on April 25, also has partnered with Bob Bain Productions, which has produced events such as the Critics'…

During the Vanity Fair Summit, Patriot Act creator and host Hasan Minhaj and Sunnyside star and host Kal Penn stepped on to the stage for conversation dubbed “The Standup Citizen”. “We’re part of the Brown Illuminati,” Minhaj announced. Penn added, “Yes, Priyanka and Mindy were not available — but we’re here!” They…

The third CAA Amplify kicked off with a panel featuring Always Be My Maybe and Fresh Off The Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan;  stand-up comedian and Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj and NBA All-Star, President of the NBA Players Association and producer Chris Paul spoke about the current landscape of storytelling for marginalized…

The storied Peabody Awards and cable network FX have partnered on a TV special airing this summer where winning writers and producers will explore key social issues from race to rape culture to multicultural representation in media. Peabody executive director Jeffrey Jones announced the documentary-style show, called S…

In a Tribeca Talks "Storytellers" panel opposite Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj, Rashida Jones weighed in on an accomplished career that has already included a series of standout writing (Celeste & Jesse Forever) and performing (Parks and Recreation, The Office, Angie Tribeca) credits. But Minhaj was most interested in…