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Wyatt returned to the stage to do Stand up at Bell House in NYC

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The Derek Chauvin Verdict, 'Uneasy,' Plant-Based Meat, 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' | All Of It | WNYC

Wyatt Cenac & Tressie McMillian Cottom on the Derek Chauvin verdict. Vijay Iyer's new album, Uneasy. J. Kenji López-Alt on plant-based meat.

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Wyatt talks about his letter campaign to get on SNL and how it landed him an internship on the show, his attempt to interview his father’s murderer, being the only black person at work/in the writers’ room, and his disagreement with a sketch that led to a fight with Jon Stewart while working at The Daily Show

3383: Problem Areas w/ Wyatt Cenac

Listen to this episode from Keith and The Girl on Spotify. Wyatt talks about his letter campaign to get on SNL and how it landed him an inte

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Wyatt Cenac in Conversation - Adventures in Moviegoing with Wyatt Cenac - The Criterion Channel

Wyatt Cenac in Conversation - Adventures in Moviegoing with Wyatt Cenac - The Criterion Channel

Actor and comedian Wyatt Cenac discusses his formative moviegoing experiences with film scholar Michael B. Gillespie.

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HBO Max's Black History Month 2021 Programming Includes Free Shows & Movies

You Can Watch 'Insecure' & 'I May Destroy You' Episodes For Free This Month

One of the most enjoyable ways to observe Black History Month is to check out shows and movies made by or starring Black creatives that you

A variety of specials are also available for free on HBO Max this February, including the first three parts of Terence Nance's sketch comedy series Random Acts of Flyness, Lil Rel Howery's stand-up special Live From Crenshaw, Wyatt Cenac's travel docuseries Problem Areas, and Jerrod Carmichael's personal special Home Videos.

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Farewell to NYC Gyms and Yoga Studios That Closed in 2020

Farewell to the Place I Got In Shape (and Stayed Sane)

Wyatt Cenac, Cat Marnell, and Joshua David Stein on losing their favorite workouts.

Wyatt has the 2nd article

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Here’s a show for you… This Land Was Made By You's & Me's w/ Wyatt Cenac! episode of Let's Go, Atsuko!

This Land Was Made By You's & Me's w/ Wyatt Cenac! - Let's Go, Atsuko!

Wyatt Cenac (HBO's Problem Areas) and Atsuko share the things they'd done in the past to fit in, and pontificate on the song "This

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Newsmaker: Adrian Tomine | American Libraries Magazine

Newsmaker: Adrian Tomine | American Libraries Magazine

Cartoonist and graphic novelist Adrian Tomine's newest autobiographical book, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist (Drawn & Quarte

A couple people are characters in the book: a cartoonist named Seth and an artist named Leanne Shapton. There’s the great British actor Michael Sheen. There’s the American comedian Wyatt Cenac. I worked hard to try to find an interesting group of friends to talk to, and I hope, if nothing else, people will be interested to see them on their screens.

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A Visit to Wyatt Cenac’s Listening Room in a Brooklyn High-Rise - Curbed

A Visit to Wyatt Cenac’s Listening Room in a Brooklyn High-Rise

As seen on his twice weekly Happy Hour Record Club Instagram Live.

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Black Voice Actors Are Shining Amidst Unbalanced Industry

Amid Calls for More Black Voice Actors, a Few Famous Voices Are Taking on Animated Roles

Hollywood is beginning to take accountability and action in terms of diversifying their casts for television shows and films. Amid calls for

“It feels like the problem has grown in part because there has been an emphasis on casting big names over the right names,” voice actor and comedian Wyatt Cenac, who voices two Black characters on Nickelodeon’s Fanboy & Chum Chum, says in the piece. “When we talk about systemic racism, when every top-level person is white, chances are that top-level talent is overwhelmingly white, too.”

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Wyatt Cenac dishes on 'Yellowbellies,' and chasing a 17-year dream

Wyatt Cenac dishes on 'Yellowbellies,' and chasing a 17-year dream

Interview: Inspired by 'Star Trek', the comedy veteran brings a labor of love to life with the help of old friends. We asked him all about i

Pilot for a puppet show created by Wyatt Cenac with Star Trek like characters.

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Symphony Space Virtual Selected Shorts Fall Season Launches with Comedians Jordan Klepper, Wyatt Cenac, and More

Symphony Space Virtual Selected Shorts Fall Season Launches with Comedians Jordan Klepper, Wyatt Cenac, and More

Symphony Space's signature series, Selected Shorts, returns this fall with four events moved from our stages to the screen of your choice fo

The fall season concludes with New York Stories, hosted by Wyatt Cenac and dedicated to essays and stories starring the greatest city in the world.

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A Drive-In Movie Festival Arrives in San Francisco - InsideHook

A Drive-In Movie Festival Arrives in San Francisco

Get your tix now for Fort Mason Flix, curated this weekend by SFFILM.

Our highlight: Medicine for the Melancholy, the award-winning debut feature by acclaimed director Barry Jenkins (hopefully, you saw Moonlight). Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Higgins star as two S.F. hipsters who wake up in bed together in Nob Hill, and then spend the next 24 hours trying to make sense of their lives (and our city) as they wander from “through neighborhoods ranging from the tony Marina to the gritty Tenderloin.” 

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2020 Imagen Awards Nominations: ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold,’ ‘I Carry You With Me’ and More

“Dora and the Lost City of Gold” and “I Carry You With Me” are among this year’s Imagen Awards nominees, which span a range of new categorie

Best Informational Program

“Activate: The Global Citizen Movement – ‘Education Cannot Wait'” (National Geographic; Produced by RadicalMedia and Global Citizen for National Geographic)

“Dylan Reales: El Loco Del Palo” (Golf Channel, Golf Channel)

“Life Connected” (NBC, KNBC-TV)

“SC Reportajes: Caballitos de Totora” (ESPN Deportes, ESPN Productions Inc.)

“VICE News Tonight” (HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Vice and Bill Maher Productions)

“VOCES Season 5” (PBS, Latino Public Broadcasting, PBS SoCal)

“Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas” (HBO, HBO in association with Amalgamated Bear, Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon)

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What Black Voice Actors Want Hollywood to Do Next

What Black Voice Actors Want Hollywood to Do Next

“The real question, as it relates to Black voice actors versus white voice actors, is who gets hired.”

Wyatt Cenac, a comedian and former Daily Show correspondent, voices two characters on Nickelodeon’s Fanboy & Chum Chum. A fair industry, he says, is one where Black voices are not just in the recording booth, but hired on all levels as writers, directors, and animators. “We’re still in a time where TV networks have no hesitation making four animated shows about white families,” he says, “but if they had two great scripts starring Black families, they’d feel like they have to choose.”

“It feels like the problem has grown in part because there has been an emphasis on casting big names over the right names,” Cenac continues. “When we talk about systemic racism, when every top-level person is white, chances are that top-level talent is overwhelmingly white, too

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Adrian Tomine: The loneliness of the long distance cartoonist virtual book tour. Thursday, July 23 at 7PM EDT. <i> Books Are Magic </i> with Wyatt Cenac