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    Comedy duo The Sklar Brothers to host VES Awards

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    Actors-comedians Randy and Jason Sklar–The Sklar Brothers–will host the 23rd Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards on February 11 at The Beverly Hilton hotel. This marks the duo’s first hosting engagement of the annual celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation from around the world.

    “No one understands the power of visual effects more than two identical humans. We are honored to have the opportunity to host the VES Awards. And if Randy isn’t funny, we’ll edit him out in post,” quipped one half of the VES Awards hosting team The Sklar Brothers.

    The Sklar Brothers are a post-modern take on a stand-up comedy duo. Randy and Jason Sklar can currently be seen in the fourth season of FX’s What We Do in The Shadows playing fictional Property Brothers “Bran and Toby Daltry.” The Sklars produced, wrote, and starred in The Nosebleeds, a UFC original series that released this summer on UFC’s Fight Pass. The series is a hilarious deep dive into UFC’s history featuring comedy sketches, field pieces, and in-studio character bits.

    The Sklars notably hosted and produced History Channel’s United Stats of America and created and starred in the ESPN cult hit series Cheap Seats, besides being guest hosts on Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle. Their television credits include Glow, Bajillion Dollar Properties, Maron, Agent Carter, Playing House, Partners, Grey’s Anatomy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Entourage, CSI, Law & Order and Comedy Central Presents. They released their special, Hipster Ghosts on Starz. They also recently produced the documentary, Poop Talk. The Sklars have recurred on the TruTV Series Those Who Can’t and several episodes of AMC’s hit series Better Call Saul.

    Randy and Jason can also be seen in Wild Hogs and The Comebacks, while their internet shows Held Up, Layers and Back on Topps have received critical acclaim. They also recurred as panelists on ESPN’s SportsCenter and E!’s Chelsea Lately. Their podcast “View From the Cheap Seats” (formerly “Sklarbro Country”) was nominated for best comedy podcast in 2012 at Comedy Central’s comedy awards and their new podcast “Dumb People Town” is averaging 75k downloads per episode in its first month. They are currently developing the pilot for Dumb People Town, based on the podcast, with Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue, and Val Kilmer Ruined Our Lives with Bill Lawrence.

    As previously announced, awards will be presented in 25 categories for outstanding visual effects. Special honorees at the 23rd Annual VES Award include: Golden Globe nominee and Emmy Award-winning actor-producer Hiroyuki Sanada, receiving the VES Award for Creative Excellence; Academy Award-winning director and visual effects supervisor Takashi Yamazaki receiving the VES Visionary Award; and virtual reality/immersive technology pioneer Dr. Jacquelyn Ford Morie receiving the VES Georges Méliès Award.

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    Meta posts sharply higher Q4 profit, revenue, topping Wall Street’s expectations

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025
    Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

    Meta Platforms Inc. posted sharply higher profit and revenue for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, thanks to higher ad revenue on its social media properties, sending its shares up in after-hours trading even as it forecast increasing expenses on its artificial intelligence efforts.

    CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he expects 2025 to "be the year when a highly intelligent and personalized AI assistant reaches more than 1 billion people, and I expect Meta AI to be that leading AI assistant."

    The Menlo Park, California-based company earned $20.83 billion, or $8.02 per share, in the October-December quarter. That's up 49% from $14.02 billion, or $5.33 per share, in the same period a year earlier.

    Revenue grew 21% to $48.39 billion from $40.11 billion.

    Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $6.76 per share on revenue of $47 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.

    "We continue to make good progress on AI, glasses, and the future of social media," Zuckerberg said in a statement.

    For the current quarter, Meta said expects revenue of $39.5 billion to $41.8 billion. Analysts are expecting revenue at the high end of that range — $41.68 billion.

    The company also said it expects expenses in the range of $114 billion to $119 billion, driven by infrastructure costs and employee compensation. Meta had 74,067 employees as of Dec. 31, up 10% from a year earlier.

    "Meta's Q4 performance underscores the company's resilience in a still-uncertain digital ad market. By beating both earnings and revenue estimates, they've demonstrated that cost discipline and efficiency gains are paying dividends," said Jesse Cohen, an analyst with Investing.com. "However, the real headline is their commitment to aggressive capital expenditures.... Read More

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