Amanda Seales has gone from a child star to a well known comedian. She started doing stand up comedy in November 2013 and almost five years to the date she shot her HBO special, “I Be Knowin.” She was nervous and wanting to make sure she got every word perfect. But, her producers told her […]
“Surviving R. Kelly” executive producer Dream Hampton has announced her next project will be a collaboration with HBO and filmed by inmates at a maximum security prison. As reported by shadowandact.com, the documentary, “It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It,” features 13 males imprisoned at Indiana Pendleton Correction Center who took part in a documentary workshop within the prison […]
It’s been 3 years since the death of Sandra Bland and a new HBO documentary, Say Her Name: The Life And Death of Sandra Bland, will examine her tragic death, revealing previously unknown details. The Boston Globe notes that the best part of the doc “is that we get to see her face and hear her words.” Bland, 28, […]
LeBron James discussed the double standard for black, white athletes during the debut episode of his new HBO show The Shop that aired Tuesday night. Flanked with celebs like Jon Stewart, Odell Beckham Jr. and Vince Staples, the Los Angeles Lakers forward dished about life at his mostly white, exclusive, private school in Akron, Ohio. “Took me a while to adjust […]
Comedian and actress Amanda Seales stopped by the Red Velvet Cake Studio and just like her game show, she’s Smart, Funny, and Black. Her live comedy game show called, Smart, Funny and Black is a space for us to be, “our black selves,” have a great time and even learn a little about our history. “Calling […]
"Say Her Name: The Death and Life of Sandra Bland" will debut on the cable network in December.
Drake will be Zendaya’s executive producer in a new HBO teen drama, Euphoria, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Maude Apatow and Storm Reid also star in the series that will follow a group of high school students as they “navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship.” Sam Levinson, from HBO’s Wizard of Lies, adapted the show from a 2012 Israeli series […]
Insecure star Natasha Rothwell is jumping onto the big screen. The actress has been added to Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman sequel, joining fellow franchise newcomers Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal and returning stars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Plot details and details of Rothwell’s character are being kept under wraps, but it’s known that the film, which is currently in […]
The first episode of “Being Serena,” a five-part documentary series on HBO about Serena Williams, closes with the tennis great in a hospital bed, about to have a C-section. Just before the screen fades, a voiceover from Williams is heard: “I was terrified. And it was a whole new kind of fear. Tennis? I don’t […]
The "Girls Trip" actress is having an amazing 2018!
Issa Rae is continuing to break barriers. The actress and writer will bring two new shows to HBO — Him or Her and Sweet Life. Sweet Life will be about teenagers in an area of Los Angeles known as the Black Beverly Hills. Him or Her, according to Deadline.com, will be a “single camera half-hour chronicles […]
HBO is firmly committed to stay in the Issa Rae business and fans reap all the benefits. It was just announced that the top premium cable network has nabbed two new series’ from the Insecure star that already sound addictive. https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/942887893147594752 While we continue to wait on season three of the incredible Insecure, HBO and […]
