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Issa Rae Is Working on Two New Shows, and They Both Sound Amazing
Issa Rae is plenty busy with a third season of Insecure on the way and recent headlines about a dystopian sci-fi drama, but it’s just been reported that the show creator and star has two more projects...
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Things We Saw Today: Photographer Reshoots Sexist Vintage Ads to Highlight...
It’s easy to laugh at the sexism of the 1950s, thinking us so far removed from that way of thinking. However, photographer and artist Eli Rezkallah can’t help but notice the way in which those “old”...
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Deadline for Empress Issa Rae’s Comedy or Drama Pilot Contest Ends Today
Issa Rae, on top of being talented as a writer, actress, and glow’d up queen has been paying it forward as a creative by helping to provide opportunities for up-and-coming writers to get their comedy...
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Yes, We Need to Trot Out This Old Issa Rae Book Excerpt
The general complaint when we trot out a (usually male) celebrity’s past transgressions is that we shouldn’t because “it was a long time ago,” and “people change.” Well yes, we reply, it was a long...
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Issa Rae Is Back in Front of the Mirror in Insecure Season 3
Issa is back on Insecure, and a new teaser features her right where we left her: rapping in front of the mirror and [spoilers] staying with Daniel after moving out of her old apartment. Like many Issa...
View ArticleSingle, Thirty, and Thriving(ish): HBO Releases Trailer for Season 3 of Insecure
Introducing the #InsecureHBO Season 3 trailer. Make all necessary arrangements. August 12 at 10:30PM on @HBO. A post shared by @ insecurehbo on Jul 8, 2018 at 6:20pm PDT Season 3 of Insecure is on the...
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A Black Lady Sketch Show Is Groundbreaking and Funny AF
On Friday, HBO aired the first episode of A Black Lady Sketch Show, the magnificently titled “Angela Bassett Is the Baddest B****,” highlighting the comedic prowess of its core four: Ashley Nicole...
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Insecure Sets up Tackling the Hardest Kind of Breakup—Friendships
Last night the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series Insecure returned to television and with it, the set up for a falling out between the friendship that has been with us for the entire series: Issa...
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Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani Deliver a Modern Twist on the Screwball Comedy...
Few genres rely so heavily on the charisma of their stars as the romantic comedy does. A formulaic plot and well-worn story beats are easily forgiven if there is chemistry between the likable leading...
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There Is Nothing Limiting About Being a “Black” Show
Last week, British actor and writer Michaela Coel returned to television with her HBO project I May Destroy You, which tells the story of Arabella, played by Coel, a writer dealing with the aftermath...
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HBO’s Insecure Ending With Upcoming Fifth Season
After four seasons of helping move the television landscape into a Blacker space, Issa Rae’s hit HBO show Insecure will end after its upcoming fifth season. “Prentice and I are so grateful that HBO...
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Into the Spider-Verse Sequel May Have Found Its Spider-Woman in Issa Rae!
Jessica Drew is Spider-Woman, a badass character in the world of the Marvel Comics spiderlings who I love with my whole heart. We haven’t really seen her hit the screen yet and there are rumors that...
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Things We Saw Today: ‘Insecure’, Jennifer Hudson Win Big at NAACP Image Awards
The 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards took place this weekend, honoring the achievements of people of color in the entertainment industry. The big winners of the night included the final season of HBO’s...
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Apple TV+’s ‘Roar’ Offers a Feminist Anthology of Twisted Tales
Anthology series are a famously tough nut to crack. Television’s answer to the short story has the unenviable task of introducing a new cast of characters, a conflict, and a mind-bending twist all in...
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TV Showrunners Formally Demand Protection for Pregnant Employees in States...
Some of the biggest showunners and writers in the TV industry are calling for companies to protect pregnant employees who are working in states that have outlawed abortion in the wake of overturning...
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Things We Saw Today: Town Mourning Over Loss of a Dunkin’ Donuts Goes Viral
With the recent loss of their last Dunkin’ Donuts (now officially known only as Dunkin’, but we are not heathens), WBZ NewsRadio‘s Matt Shearer went on the streets of Stow, Massachusetts hear from...
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Margot Robbie and Her Legion of Barbies Are My Childhood Dream Come to Life
Growing up in the ’90s as a young girl meant that I was living in the time of Barbie. She was everything to me and my entire bedroom was Barbie themed. I had every new Barbie Jeep for Christmas and...
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Issa Rae Is ‘President Barbie’ and We’re All Better for It
Here we are, in the timeline where former presidents are being thrown in jail for 34 felony charges. What a world, what a world. What I’d give to live in a world where someone smart, funny, capable,...
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There’s a Reason I Still Think About ‘Asian Bae’ 3 Years Later
Recently, while talking to a friend, we got to talking about TV shows and wishing there were more examples of positive, realistic interracial relationships. When we started talking about the lack of...
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Did You Catch the Meta Nod of Sintara Golden’s Current Read in ‘American...
Based on Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, American Fiction takes a critical look at the way art by Black writers is shaped by the expectations and whims of white audiences. In addition to...
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