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Halle Berry & Lena Waithe Bring ‘Boomerang’ Back As a BET TV Series!

*Academy Award®-winning actress, Halle Berry, and Emmy® Award-winning screenwriter/producer,  Lena Waithe, have signed on as executive producers for the BOOMERANG series. Produced by BET Networks and Paramount Television, the 10-episode half-hour series will premiere in 2019 on BET. Ben Cory Jones is attached as showrunner and will executive produce the series along with Rishi Rajani from Hillman Grad Productions, […]

Lena Waithe Catches Heat Over Racist Violence in New Horror Series ‘Them’

* Lena Waithe is catching heat over the new horror series “Them,” which debuted Friday on Amazon.  Created by Little Marvin, the ten-episode Amazon Original limited anthology series explores terror in America. The 1950s-set first season centers on a Black family who moves from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period […]

Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Production Launches The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab

Lena Waithe / Photo Credit: Shayan Asgharnia *Lena Waithe’s production company, Hillman Grad Productions, is now accepting applications for The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. The Lab provides opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow, and accelerate their careers in television and film. While Hillman Grad has already worked with many aspiring creatives to help […]

Lena Waithe Teams with Dove and ATTN: for Scripted Series ‘Girls Room’

Actress/screenwriter Lena Waithe attends The LGBT Community Center’s Center Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on April 18, 2019 in New York City. (April 17, 2019 – Source: MIKE COPPOLA/Getty Images North America) *Emmy-winning writer/actor Lena Waithe is teaming with ATTN: on “Girls Room,” an original anthology series as part of Dove’s Self-Esteem Project for young […]

THE REAL Welcomes Mark-Paul Gosselaar & Lena Waithe!

[…] of Motown. Then co-host Adrienne Houghton reveals that she has changed her mind about advice she once gave about sending sexy pictures! Later, writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe stops by to talk about her new BET show Boomerang. She shares some details about plans for her upcoming wedding, and her feelings that we are […]

Months After Announcing Split Lena Waithe’s Wife, Alana Mayo, Files For Divorce

Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo. (WireImage/Getty) *It was a year ago that Alana Mayo and Lena Waithe secretly tied the knot. Now Mayo is divorcing Waithe. Mayo filed a petition for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this week, per court records via The Blast. Apparently something went wrong very quickly  because  after […]

‘Master of None’s’ Lena Waithe on Historic Emmy Win: ‘I Hope It Opens People’s Eyes’

Lena Waithe poses with the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ‘Master of None’ during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. *Lena Waithe of the Netflix series “Master of None” made television history Sunday night by becoming the first black […]

Lena Waithe Inks 2-Year Overall Deal with Amazon

Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas pose in the press room at the 2019 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Getty Images North America) *Emmy-winning writer, director and producer Lena Waithe has signed a 2-year overall deal with Amazon Studios to create programs for Prime Video.  One […]

Lena Waithe: The ‘Ready Player One’ Interview with Kam Williams

[…] reality Easter egg hunt with a grand prize of half a trillion dollars. Kam Williams: Hey Lena, I’m honored to have this opportunity to speak with you. Lena Waithe: Oh, I’m honored to speak with you, too, Kam. How are you?   KW: Great! How about you? LW: I’m good, thanks.   KW: Actress, producer, […]

EUR Exclusive! Lena Waithe’s & BETs ‘Twenties’ Premiere – WATCH

*Writer, producer, actress and Emmy award winner Lena Waithe has done it again. Her new show “Twenties,” which airs on BET, is sure to be a hit. Waithe is very talented at telling stories no one else wants to tell. “Twenties” is not only loosely based on Lena’s life as a young LGBT woman of […]

Lena Waithe on Harvey Weinstein Scandal: ‘We Need Men to Not Be A–holes’

Actress Lena Waithe speaks onstage for The Power of Human Connection in Creativity: A Conversation with Lena Waithe, Emmy-Winning Writer and Actress, “Master Of None” and Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO, BuzzFeed during the Fast Company Innovation Festival at 92nd Street Y on October 25, 2017 in New York City. *“Master of None” writer Lena […]

Lena Waithe Slams Black Hollywood for Not Financing Black Filmmakers

Lena Waithe speaks onstage during Genius Talks Sponsored By Credit Karma during the BET Experience at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Source: Getty Images North America) *Lena Waithe is calling out Black movie stars who have reached baller status but have not invested in young filmmakers […]

BET Greenlights TWENTIES THE AFTER SHOW Hosted by B. Scott

[…] the greenlight of “TWENTIES THE AFTER SHOW” hosted by B. Scott, for season two of the critically acclaimed hit-series “TWENTIES,” from the creator, writer, and Executive Producer Lena Waithe and Hillman Grad Productions. The GLAAD Media Award-nominated series will continue to, as hailed by Deadline, ‘redefine the queer Black narrative’ with a new companion conversation […]

Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo Split After Only Two Months of Marriage Due to Cheating?

*All of a sudden, out of nowhere it seems, things are jumpin’ off around here. Wednesday evening, Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo, via a joint statement to E! News, revealed that after only 2 months, they don’t want to be married anymore. “After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” a joint […]

Lena Waithe Pens Musical Drama ‘Talent Show’ Starring Rumored Lover Cynthia Erivo

[…] She  also stars in HBO’s “The Outsider.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Black Lowe’s Employee Ordered To Change Out Of His ‘Wakanda’ Shirt After Customer Complained   Lena Waither & Alana Mayo Earlier this year Waite and her ex-wife Alana Mayo, announced their separation. Amidst the divorce proceedings, reports swirled that the “Queen & Slim” […]
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