From March 9-11, Comcast NBCUniversal invites SXSW attendees to get closer to its iconic entertainment, media and technology. The Comcast NBCUniversal House interactive showcase will feature immersive VR, gaming experiences and panels featuring some of today’s best innovators, creators and entertainers.
PROFILE BY BUZZFEED NEWS SPEAKS TO JORDAN PEELE, LUPITA NYONG’O & WINSTON DUKE OF UPCOMING FILM, “US”
Watch a LIVE taping of PROFILE by BuzzFeed News featuring host Ashley C. Ford in conversation with writer and director Jordan Peele and cast members Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke from the highly-anticipated upcoming Universal Pictures film, Us. PROFILE by BuzzFeed News is a weekly interview show on Facebook Watch hosted by Ashley C. Ford, featuring a different newsmaker each week. PROFILE provides viewers with a new take on the classic interview shows hosted by Larry King, Barbara Walters, and Oprah Winfrey featuring the biggest names in entertainment, tech, politics, and business including Serena Williams, Regina King, and Chris Christie.
Doors will open at 10:45 AM.
ON HER TURF: A CONVERSATION ON BREAKING BARRIERS THROUGH SPORTS WITH RETTA & MONIQUE LAMOUREUX- MORANDO
Join host Retta (“Good Girls,” “Parks and Recreation”) as she chats with Monique Lamoureux-Morando — Olympic Gold Medalist, U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team. Monique and her twin sister Jocelyne scored the game-tying and game-winning goals to clinch the gold medal for Team USA in PyeongChang, but ultimately, the pair wants to be known for their fight for gender equity. Monique and Jocelyne are committed to using the platform that their gold medals gave them to continue to share their story, make positive change in the world, and fight for pay and opportunity equity – all while gearing up for the next Winter Olympic games in Beijing 2022.
On Her Turf holds the mission of inspiring women to be the best version of themselves, on and off the field. It is a partnership between NBC Sports & Refinery 29 focused on empowering women through sports.
Digital video and direct-to-consumer services are re-writing the rules of how fans engage with their favorite sports and teams. Using key learnings from the biggest digital events and properties as a jumping off point, domestic and international thought leaders share their perspectives on trends in the ever-growing digital landscape, explore some of the compelling ways sports are delivering new value to fans, and discuss what lies ahead.
The Gen Z audience is profoundly reshaping the media and tech landscape. They are the first adopters of every new technology, refuse to be limited to just one (or two! Or three!) screens at any given moment, and think of themselves as co-creators -- not consumers! – of content. How does one break through to them? This panel will feature talent from Snapchat series Internet Rich, Diego Street Magic, and the Rundown, talking about what it takes to form an authentic connection to Gen Z.
Join us for a live taping of Oxygen’s hit podcast—Martinis & Murder! Hosts Daryn Carp and John Thrasher chat about creepy crimes and mysterious murders...while mixing up martinis! For this live podcast event, they will focus on a new crime, the unbelievable details and of course the theories about how it all went down.
Join actress and New York Times Best Selling author Busy Philipps for a LIVE happy hour conversation with a special guest from SXSW! Busy Philipps is the host of new late night talk show, “Busy Tonight,” which is executive produced by Tina Fey, and airs every Monday through Thursday at 11:00p ET/PT. “Busy Tonight” features everyone’s favorite unfiltered Hollywood best friend giving her hilarious and outspoken opinions on the latest pop culture stories and trending topics, with candid celebrity guest interviews and original comedic segments.
IINVITE ONLY - Limited seating may be available to official SXSW badge holders on a first come, first serve basis.
Late Night with Seth Meyers writers Jenny Hagel and Amber Ruffin love to tell people what to do. So in this fun, casual hour-long show, they'll do just that! They'll invite audience members to submit written questions about their relationships, careers and finances, and Jenny and Amber will read the questions aloud and give their best, most professional (not professional at all) life advice. Come watch these two women fix and/or ruin strangers' lives! It'll be enlightening and fun, but mostly fun.
INVITE ONLY - Limited seating may be available to official SXSW badge holders on a first come, first serve basis.
Aisha Tyler (Archer, Criminal Minds, Whose Line is it Anyway) hosts a superteam of Dave Holmes (Esquire Magazine) Baron Vaughn (Netflix’s Grace & Frankie) Megan Gailey (Conan) and Yassir Lester (Showtime’s Black Monday) for an epically fun, funny, fast-paced debate that will try to settle some of the great geeky questions of our time. Who do you want on your team during the robot uprising? Why do so many people time travel in phone booths? Who has the worst wig in space?? They’ll make their case, YOU decide the winners, Aisha will keep the peace. Sort of.
Hosted by comedian and film connoisseur Mark Ellis, Your Opinion Sucks is a live show that gives fans the opportunity to sound off at a panel of critics, telling them which movies and TV shows they got completely wrong, and reminding them that, yes, their opinion totally sucks. As well as fiery debates and piping hot takes, you can also expect fun games so study up on your Tomatometer stats, kids.
Segments:
● Street vs. Elite: Family Feud style game on a themed category
● Fans vs Critics: Fan debates critics about a particular film/tv show
Americans have invested millions of dollars in search of happiness. Almost ten years after the craze began, why are we even less happy than before? Learn how joyful moments can be the happiness hack you've been seeking. The panel explores the importance of creativity and the power of connecting hands, heads and hearts via everyday hobbies. Supported by insights from a 2019 trend report from Bluprint, we explore how stringing together more moments of joy can be the shortcut to happiness.
Mario Andretti is widely recognized as the most famous race car driver on Earth, but before “Andretti” was a piece of cultural shorthand synonymous with speed, Mario himself had a most unlikely story. Fifty years following his win at the 1969 Indianapolis 500, and ahead of NBC Sports’ first-ever Indianapolis 500 broadcast this May, NBC Sports has produced Drive Like Andretti, a documentary following Mario’s journey from refugee and Italian immigrant to American cultural icon and racing legend. The panel will include a preview of the documentary, followed by a discussion with Mario Andretti and reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Will Power.
Experience the "How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World Virtual Tour" in a motion VR chair! The nearly five-minute experience features beloved characters from DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster film series, including Hiccup, Astrid, dragons Toothless and Hookfang and more. This cinematic virtual-reality story is produced by DreamWorks Animation and Spatial&, in association with Walmart. The third chapter in the Dragon series, "How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World", is in theaters now.
Enjoy a break from the SXSW-madness and spend time with puppies available for adoption. In celebration of NBC and Telemundo stations’ fifth annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption campaign which returns on August 17 and the new Fund the Shelters Challenge hosted in partnership with the Michelson Found Animals Foundation, Xfinity and Illumination’s "The Secret Life of Pets 2" (in theaters nationwide June 7, 2019), present fans at SXSW with the opportunity to adopt puppies that are looking for their forever home. Plus, while you’re enjoying the house, keep an eye on what the puppies are up to when no one’s around with some live look-in’s from the Xfinity Home camera so you can watch the puppies in action.
