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 *Jimmy Kimmel took a night off from his late night talk show to co-host the live Norman Lear tribute on Wednesday, so Emmy-winning writer/producer Lena Waithe took over as guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Waithe used the “Berry Button” to summon Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and asked for some “inspiration” for hosting the […]

* Lena Waithe and Halle Berry are gearing up to serve a series spinoff of the 1992 movie “Boomerang” starring Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry, and Robin Givens. The BET project follows the offspring of Murphy, Berry, and Givens’ characters’ (played by Tetona Jackson and Tequan Richmond) as they embark on their own careers in advertising. […]

* Lena Waithe is now married! It was revealed during an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that we learned that the writer/actor secretly married longtime girlfriend Alana Mayo in San Francisco. “We snuck and did it, you know. We didn’t really make any announcements or a big, you know,” Waithe, 35, told guest host […]

*On Thursday, November 7, 2019,  the AT&T Filmmaker Mentorship Program in conjunction with Lena Waithe and her producing partner, Rishi Rajani, rolled out the red carpet to celebrate a new crop of talented filmmakers, writers and directors…the third graduating class of this elite program. The event premiered five short films written and directed by 10 […]

[…] paying attention to. White voters need to get out of their comfort zones and start watching shows about people who don’t look like them. @THR https://t.co/rUkJy8pkhm — Lena Waithe (@LenaWaithe) July 8, 2020 She went on to say: If I made a list of Emmy hopefuls, it would probably include shows about Black and brown […]

Lena Waithe *Last night, BET Networks celebrated the season two premiere of its Lena Waithe and Halle Berry executive produced show “BOOMERANG,” at Paramount Studios. Show cast members Tequan Richmond, Tetona Jackson, Lala Milan, Dime Davis, Leland B. Martin and RJ Walker were in attendance. Following the success of Lena Waithe’s BOOMERANG first season, […]

*This March, don’t miss the enchantment of Lena Waithe and Octavia Spencer in Pixar Animation Studios latest film “Onward.” EUR correspondent Fahnia Thomas spoke with castmates Chris Pratt and Tom Holland, director Dan Scanlon,  and producer Kori Rae about spin-offs, manticores and magic. FT: What can you tell us about Lena’s character the cyclops cop? […]

[…] girl (another actress). Well, that’s what Shahadi Wright Joseph experienced. The young actress, 15, told Page Six that the smooch (with castmate Marissa Heart) happened while filming Lena Waithe’s new Amazon Prime horror series “Them.” “It was a little bit weird just because there’s a bunch of people watching us and my mom was on […]

[…] Universal Pictures film “Queen & Slim“ is a complex story layered with love, blackness, angst and social impact. The screenplay was written and produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe and stars Academy Award® nominee Daniel Kaluuya as “Slim” and Jodie Turner-Smith (Syfy’s Nightflyers), as “Queen” in her first starring role. The film is the directorial […]

[…] in 2017. 50 CENT COMES FOR HIS ‘POWER’ CO-STAR ROTIMI OVER A $300K LOAN Meanwhile in related news, a lot of folks have been wondering why actress/writer Lena Waithe, who’s also the creator and executive producer of “The Chi,” didn’t fire Mithchell. Well, that question was asked by   Charlamagne tha God on The Breakfast Club. […]

*On this week’s episode of “The Read with Kid Fury & Crissle,” Kid Fury and Crissle are joined by writer, creator, and actor Lena Waithe. In this episode, Lena talks about how her film “Queen and Slim” was created and the importance of accurately depicting blackness and black experiences. Kid Fury, Crissle, and Waithe discuss […]

*(Via UrbanHollywood411.com) – Lena Waithe’s groundbreaking comedy “Twenties” is getting a second season on BET. The series follows the adventures of a queer Black girl, played by Jonica T. Gibbs, who is chasing her dreams of becoming a screenwriter in Los Angeles alongside her two best friends. “It took a long time to get this […]

*Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe has not only been busy promoting her new movie, “Ready Player One” —  she’s also been planning a wedding with her girlfriend, film production executive Alana Mayo. And now, Waithe is opening up about her wedding planning in a new interview with People. “It’s a little nutty,” Waithe told People. “I’m trying to balance it out, but […]

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland *Amazon Studios has teamed with Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Lena Waithe to take viewers behind-the-scenes into the  popular virtual music series “Verzuz.” The upcoming feature-length documentary titled “Verzuz, Gifted & Black” will stream on Prime Video, with James Adolphus set to direct with Waithe producing alongside Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, who […]

* Lena Waithe stay getting checks. Recently it was announced that the Emmy-winning writer will be producing new television programming through Hilman Grad, her production company. The entities include HBO Max as well as cable, WarnerMedia’s five broadcasting networks and external streaming services. The exclusive, multi-year agreement between the Emmy-winning writer was announced recentlyy in […]