Issa Rae
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Posted Thursday 6/10/21 at 1:10PM EDT
Jaboukie Young-White and Issa Rae team for The Gang’s All Queer drama series adaptation for HBO
The Daily Show correspondent will write and serve as executive producer on a half-hour series adaptation of Vanessa R.
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Our Ten Favorite Absurdist SNL Sketches of Season 46
This was, to say the least, a complicated season for Saturday Night Live.
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 12:37PM EDT
Issa Rae is rebooting Project Greenlight for HBO Max with a focus on female filmmakers
Rae will appear in all eight episodes of the filmmaker reality competition, which will give talented female filmmakers a chance...
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 12:37PM EDT
HBO Max orders Issa Rae's Sweet Life: Los Angeles about Black 20-somethings in L.A.
The reality show will offer "an honest and unique look into what it means to be young, Black, and in...
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Posted Saturday 4/17/21 at 3:48AM EDT
Issa Rae estimates she has 22 TV shows and movies in development
Sixteen are for HBO and HBO Max, whose parent company WarnerMedia recently signed her to a five-year deal worth nine...
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Posted Wednesday 3/24/21 at 1:49PM EDT
Issa Rae inks a rich new WarnerMedia TV and movie deal
The eight-figure, five-year deal will keep the Insecure co-creator and star in the HBO fold.
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Posted Thursday 2/11/21 at 3:20PM EST
HBO Max orders Issa Rae's Rap Sh*t
The eight-episode comedy, which has been in development since October 2019, follows two estranged high school friends from Miami who...
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Posted Thursday 2/04/21 at 2:40AM EST
Issa Rae celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl
Rae celebrated the 10th anniversary of the web series that paved the way for Insecure on Instagram and in a...
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Insecure ending with the upcoming fifth season
Co-creator and star Issa Rae announced this morning that Season 5, which is scheduled to begin production later this month,...
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Posted Friday 12/04/20 at 1:40PM EST
Issa Rae and Adam McKay team for Nice White Parents podcast adaptation on HBO
The two HBO mainstays are producing a TV series inspired by the five-part podcast Nice White Parents from Serial and...
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Lovecraft Country didn't have to be perfect: Its undeniable flaws are part of the point
"In its first season, the show often drowned out its most interesting points with heavy-handed plotting, but the expectation to...
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Posted Monday 10/19/20 at 1:47PM EDT
SNL is better off this season when it steers away from politics
Issa Rae helped Saturday Night Live take a much-needed break from politics.
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Jim Carrey's SNL Joe Biden impression isn't cutting it
Carrey's name trended on Twitter during Saturday Night Live last night as viewers called for him to be replaced.
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TV Today: Issa Rae Hosts SNL, HBO Bows David Byrne's American Utopia
The creator and star of HBO's Insecure is set to try her hand at sketch comedy tonight as Issa Rae...
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Posted Saturday 10/10/20 at 4:24AM EDT
How a group of Black female stars came together to virtually re-create The Golden Girls, Friends and other classic shows
Ava DuVernay, Kerry Washington, Issa Rae, Tessa Thompson, Rashida Jones, Regina King and Channing Dungey are among the prominent Black...