Comedian Amy Schumer announces stop in Omaha

<p>Amy Schumer is crushing it. The 34-year-old comic so far has a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-schumer-gets-more-10x-833382?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Headlines_2015-10-21%2005:00:00_RGajewski&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_headlines" target="_blank">box office hit, an Emmy, a massive book deal</a>&nbsp;and is besties with Jennifer Lawrence.</p><p>So why not follow in J-Law&#39;s footsteps and negotiate a massive pay raise?</p><p>The comedian has reportedly negotiated an almost $4 million raise for her next film. The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-schumer-gets-more-10x-833382?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Headlines_2015-10-21%2005:00:00_RGajewski&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_headlines" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter says Schumer</a>&nbsp;is seeing her paycheck jump from $300,000 for &quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_yfdk_jSN8" target="_blank">Trainwreck</a>&quot; to between $4 and $5 million for the mother-daughter comedy from Fox.</p><p>Schumer and her sister, Kimberly Caramele, will also executive produce the flick, which was written by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767754/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">Katie Dippold</a>, the woman behind the &quot;Ghostbusters&quot; reboot.</p><p>This is the second widely reported pay increase we&#39;ve seen for a female actress in Hollywood this year.&nbsp;</p><p>Jennifer Lawrence will reportedly make&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jennifer-lawrences-salary-drama-20m-793753" target="_blank">$20 million versus co-star Chris Pratt&#39;s $12 million</a>&nbsp; for the upcoming sci-fi romance &quot;Passengers.&quot; She was able to secure that massive salary increase after emails leaked in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/18/jennifer-lawrence-won-the-sony-hack-why-the-actress-is-finally-being-paid-what-she-s-worth.html" target="_blank">last year&#39;s Sony hack</a>&nbsp;revealed she made less than her male counterparts in &quot;American Hustle.&quot; (Video via&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST7a1aK_lG0" target="_blank">Columbia Pictures</a>.)</p><p>Like Lawrence, Schumer is using her celebrity status to take on serious issues. She has&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amy-schumer-joins-senator-call-tighter-gun-background-check-system-n403206" target="_blank">tackled gun control issues</a>, gender discrimination,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.people.com/article/amy-schumer-glamour-august-cover-story" target="_blank">body image</a>&nbsp;and ageism in a way few others have actually been successful at doing.</p><p>A release date for the new Fox film has not been announced, but we hope Schumer is celebrating with some shots right about now.</p><p><i>This video includes images from Getty Images.</i></p>