{
  "id": 18218,
  "url": "https://variety.com/2026/scene/news/bill-bellamy-icon-award-whats-funny-comedy-festival-lil-rel-howery-1236831692",
  "title": "Bill Bellamy to Receive Icon Award at Whats Funny Comedy Festival, Co-Founded by Lil Rel Howery",
  "summary": "Comedian, actor, and entertainer Bill Bellamy will be presented with the Icon Award at the 2026 Whats Funny Comedy Festival, recognizing his decades of excellence and impact on stand-up comedy and entertainment. The Whats Funny Comedy Festival was co-founded by Knowledge Beckom and Lil Rel Howery (“Get Out,” “Rel,” “Vacation Friends 2”) with the mission […]",
  "authors": "Angelique Jackson",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-11T00:06:02.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-11T05:10:37.351Z",
  "source_slug": "x-variety-ai",
  "source_name": "Variety (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://variety.com/t/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18218",
  "original_url": "https://variety.com/2026/scene/news/bill-bellamy-icon-award-whats-funny-comedy-festival-lil-rel-howery-1236831692",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}