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Hollywood Act With Hasan Minhaj: The Comedian to Write, Produce and Star in the Film ‘For the Culture’

Hasan Minhaj will produce and star in “For the Culture,” a film he’s scripting for…

Indian American Megha Tolia Named First President and COO of Shonda Rhimes’ Television Company

Indian American Megha Tolia has been appointed the first president and COO of Shondaland, a…

Hollywood Dunk: Kal Penn to Produce and Star in Biopic of Toronto Raptors’ Superfan Nav Bhatia

Kal Penn will produce and star in “Superfan,” a biopic of Indo-Canadian Nav Bhatia, a…

Modern Romance: Aziz Ansari Announces Engagement to Danish Forensic Data Scientist Serena Skov Campbell

In a Dec. 2 performance at a comedy club in New York City, Aziz Ansari…

Trailer of Kabir Khan’s ’83’ Crosses 50 Million Views Within 24 Hours

The trailer of Kabir Khan’s highly-anticipated film “83,” starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, is…

Rachael Dutta, 7-year-old Girl From New Jersey Stars in ‘Sesame Street’ Episode Debuting First Asian American Muppet

Rachael Dutta, a 7-year-old Indian American girl from Chatham, New Jersey, starred in an episode…

Popular Telugu and Tamil Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu to Portray a Bisexual in Philip John’s ‘Arrangements of Love’

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil film industries, has been…

Nora Jones, Falguni Shah Nominated for 64th Grammy Awards in Traditional Pop and Children’s Album Respectively

2 Indian American artists Nora Jones and Falu (aka Falguni Shah) have been nominated for…

Happenings Behind Doors: Amrit Kaur Dispels Stereotypes of Indian American Women in HBO Max’s ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’

Mindy Kaling’s “The Sex Life of College Girls,” a teen college comedy, premiered on HBO…

When Art Imitates Life: Kal Penn to Play the Lead in FX’s Comedy Pilot ‘Belated’

Kal Penn will play the male lead of FX’s comedy pilot “Belated,” written, directed and…

In ‘India Sweets and Spices’ Geeta Malik Looks at Indian Americans Through the Lens of Parties and Aunties

Coming-of-age stories have always appealed to Geeta Malik, mainly because of the transformation that happens.…

Two Indias React on Twitter to Comedian Vir Das’s Scathing Monologue on ‘Two Indias’ at the Kennedy Center

Indian comedian Vir Das has stirred the hornet’s nest with his controversial monologue sparking a…