Showing 46 - 60 of 71 articles tagged "Lena Waithe"

• Posted Sunday 4/14/19 at 3:31AM EDT

  Lena Waithe joins Westworld Season 3

  Waithe's role on the HBO series is being kept under wraps.

• Posted Wednesday 2/20/19 at 12:57PM EST

  Showtime orders pilot for Lena Waithe's How to Make Love to a Black Woman

  The half-hour comedy anthology series, officially titled How to Make Love to a Black Woman (Who May Be Working Through...

• Posted Tuesday 2/12/19 at 11:24PM EST

  BET's Boomerang is a sharp and witty take on millennial gender politics

  Lena Waithe's TV sequel to Eddie Murphy's 1992 film -- made in collaboration with original Boomerang star Halle Berry and...

• Posted Friday 2/08/19 at 1:05AM EST

  Why Lena Waithe wanted to do a millennial-themed reboot of Boomerang

  Waithe thought the 1992 Eddie Murphy film would be a great jumping off point for a TV series in 2019.

• Posted Wednesday 10/17/18 at 9:37PM EDT

  Lena Waithe expects her Boomerang reboot to change the face of BET

  “I literally want this show to change the face of BET,” she says.

• Posted Monday 9/24/18 at 9:40PM EDT

  Lena Waithe and Halle Berry join BET's Boomerang sequel as executive producers

  Berry, who co-starred in the 1992 Eddie Murphy movie Boomerang, will produce what is now being described as a 10-episode...

• Posted Monday 7/30/18 at 1:49PM EDT

  Lena Waithe teams with Kid Fury on a potential HBO comedy series

  Waithe is producing a potential comedy starring the YouTube star, comedian and host of the hit podcast The Read, which...

• Posted Saturday 7/28/18 at 10:38PM EDT

  Amazon orders Lena Waithe's horror anthology series Them

  Waithe says the first season of her horror anthology, Them: Covenant, will "speak to how frightening it was to be...

• Posted Tuesday 7/24/18 at 2:04PM EDT

  Lena Waithe signs a first-look deal with Showtime

  The Chi writer-producer will develop new TV projects for the pay cable channel as part of her new deal.

• Posted Monday 5/21/18 at 1:08PM EDT

  Lena Waithe to be honored with the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards

  The Emmy-winning writer for Master of None and The Chi creator "is shaking up Hollywood and breaking cultural boundaries through...

• Posted Monday 4/02/18 at 9:51AM EDT

  Lena Waithe wants to make a Mary Tyler Moore biopic

  “I don’t think people are expecting that from a black lesbian from the south side of Chicago.

• Posted Thursday 3/22/18 at 1:53PM EDT

  Lena Waithe covers Vanity Fair, which says she's "disrupting the hell out of Hollywood"

  "If you haven’t heard of Lena Waithe, check yourself for a pulse," Jacqueline Woodson says in her "engrossing deep dive"...

• Posted Friday 3/09/18 at 11:05PM EST

  Lena Waithe is a "surprise pick" for Vanity Fair's April cover

  Vanity Fair’s new editor-in-chief Radhika Jones has picked for her first cover The Chi and Master of None breakout star,...

• Posted Wednesday 2/14/18 at 2:32PM EST

  TBS orders Lena Waithe's Twenties, a semi-autobigraphical comedy pilot

  Following her breakout Emmy-winning success on Master of None and Showtime's The Chi, Waithe will next try to bring to...

• Posted Friday 2/02/18 at 1:33PM EST

  Lena Waithe weighs in on Aziz Ansari’s sexual misconduct scandal: "It's not always black and white"

  Waithe says of her Master of None collaborator: “Here's the truth — in every situation, it's not always black and...