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Chicken Shop Date’s Amelia Dimoldenberg to star as celebrity interviewer in new romantic comedy

Chicken Shop Date’s Amelia Dimoldenberg to star as celebrity interviewer in new romantic comedy

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg is set to star as a celebrity interviewer in a new romantic comedy. The 32-year-old comedian made her name with the popular YouTube interview series, which sees her take various celebrities on a “first date,” typically in a London-based fried chicken shop. Her YouTube channel has 3.34 million subscribers. Variety reports that Dimoldenberg is developing her debut feature film for Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures. She is working with Gloria Sanchez Productions, who were also behind Booksmart and Will & Harper. She is expected to play a strait-laced journalist whose carefully planned life unravels when a celebrity interview unexpectedly turns into a romance. Several of Dimoldenberg’s interviews have gone viral because of the chemistry between her and her subjects. ‘Chicken Shop Date’ creator Amelia Dimoldenberg is to play a celebrity interviewer in a new rom …

Adobe Gives M To Filmmaker Fund, Partners With Amelia Dimoldenberg

Adobe Gives $10M To Filmmaker Fund, Partners With Amelia Dimoldenberg

Adobe is pledging close to $10 million in grants and product donations this year to support filmmakers, including funding creators directly for the first time.  The software company’s film and TV fund, which has created in 2024, will continue to support film and TV productions through community partners, as well as the newly announced support directly from Adobe, with recipients nominated by industry and community organizations. Community organizations that will receive funding from the 2026 Film & TV Fund include Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative, USC Annenberg School of Communications, NAACP, Gold House and Sundance Ignite, as well as new partnership with Rideback RISE, which helps mid-career artists of color make commercial film and television projects, and “Chicken Shop” creators Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Dimz Inc. Academy. Dimoldenberg’s free summer program provides 18- to 24-year-olds from underrepresented backgrounds training in ideation, storytelling, production, video editing and more. After a one-week pilot last year, the program will now expand to a four-week workshop with continued support.  “I feel really fortunate that my experience in a …