I caught Jimmy O. Yang's standup special Good Deal on Amazon earlier this summer and even though I think I'm a tough judge when it comes to comedy, I thought it was pretty damn funny. But that's real life, and in the trailer for the new indie The Opening Act, the Silicon Valley alum plays a struggling comedian who's having a tough time connecting with audiences. Written and directed by comedian Steve Byrne, and produced by Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley, The Opening Act finds Yang playing Will, a guy with a great job, a beautiful …

Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Charles Melton (Riverdale) and Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley) have signed on to star in Netflix's romantic comedy Love Hard, Collider has confirmed. Described as a cross between When Harry Met Sally and Roxanne, the story follows an LA girl (Dobrev) who falls for an East Coast guy (Melton) on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she’s been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her (Yang) offers to set them up, but only …

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