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*This film, “Queen & Slim,” is for the culture. You will fall in love with the story of Queen and Slim as you follow their journey on the run! Lena Waithe’s storytelling is beyond amazing. She’s able to balance the dichotomy of feeling angry yet proud while watching this film. Once you see it, you’ll know exactly what I mean, and director Melina Matsoukas helps to bring this […]

 * Lena Waithe has responded to reports that she stole the idea for her new series, “Girls Room,” a project she collaborated on with Dove. Dove and Waithe partnered for the series about a group of high schoolers dealing with challenges of teen life: bullies, social media, body insecurities. When viewers saw the trailer, […]

Actor Lena Waithe at the 2018 Time 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2018 in New York City. *Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Lena Waithe is among the talent receiving a special honor by the Trevor Project at their TrevorLIVE gala on June 11 at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York City […]

Lena Waithe attends the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 6, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. *Showtime has secured a deal with its bright star Lena Waithe, signing the Emmy-winning writer (and creator of “The Chi”) to a new first-look deal, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]

Creator/Executive producer Lena Waithe attends Showtime’s “The Chi” For Your Consideration at Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center on April 10, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (April 9, 2019 – Source: Getty Images North America) *Emmy-winning writer/actress Lena Waithe has signed on for the third season of HBO’s “Westworld.” She joins the other […]

Lena Waithe and Common *Showtime has given a pilot order to an untitled one-hour drama created, executive produced and written by Lena Waithe (“Dear White People”) and co-executive produced by Common. The project, announced Tuesday morning by Showtime President David Nevins, is described as “a coming-of-age story about a young African American male in […]

* Lena Waithe is set to helm a new BET comedy titled “Twenties,” and she has tapped Big Sean for his acting debut. The Emmy-winning writer, director and producer shared with Variety that she first spoke with the rapper about him joining the show after he gave her a shout out during a concert. She responded […]

* Lena Waithe is developing a drama series about open marriages with Amazon Studios.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, the project has the working title “Open,” and should it move forward, the series would be the first to tackle the subject of nontraditional marriages.  “I’ve never been in an open marriage, but it’s fascinating to […]

(L-R): Common, Lena Waithe and Tessa Thompson (Getty Images) *AT&T Hello Lab’s filmmaker mentoring program — aimed at supporting the creative voices of those underrepresented by Hollywood — returns for its second year, with Common, Lena Waithe and Tessa Thompson among the lineup of mentors for projects from six emerging directors. The filmmakers, comprising five […]

Lena Waithe, Gail Bean, Mona Scott Young To Be Recognized At The 2024 Black Women Film Network Summit *Black Women Film Network (BWFN), the longest-running organization of its kind championing and supporting Black women in film and television, proudly announces its 2024 class of honorees to be celebrated during the awards luncheon at its […]

(L-R) Laverne Cox, Lena Waithe, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Kerry Washington, Tracee Ellis Ross and Angela Robinson attend the 49th NAACP Image Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on January 15, 2018 in Pasadena, California. *Six black actresses took the stage together at the NAACP Image Awards Monday to declare “time’s up” for sexual harassment and abuse. In […]

 *First of all, Lena Waithe is “very much a lesbian, OK?” (Her words, not ours). Secondly, Waithe didn’t cut her hair on a whim. “I’ve gotten gayer, guys,” the Emmy Award winner joked to a Variety reporter Thursday on the red carpet for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants banquet. Waithe broke it […]

Lena Waithe (L) and Mary Tyler Moore *In the midst of her current Hollywood takeover, actress/writer Lena Waithe is already thinking about a next passion project – a biopic of her TV heroine Mary Tyler Moore. “I don’t think people are expecting that from a black lesbian from the south side of Chicago. But, […]

Taika Waititi & Lena Waithe at the AT&T Hello Lab Mentorship Program event at LACMA *AT&T has announced that Emmy-winning writer/producer Lena Waithe has been tapped as the Lead Program Mentor for the 2019 edition of AT&T’s Hello Lab Filmmaker Mentorship Program. The initiative, which began in 2017, aims to help filmmakers from underrepresented communities […]

Lena Waithe attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. *Writer/actress Lena Waithe will be honored with the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, it was announced Monday. The award recognizes content creators […]