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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 work on their craft and to provide them with major platforms, such as Direct TV, to showcase their […]

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Emmy-winning writer/actress Lena Waithe has signed on for the third season of HBO’s “Westworld.” She joins the other announced newbie, “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul, who Deadline reports will be a regular on the show.  They join the series that already stars Jeffrey Wright, Jimmi Simpson, Thandie Newton, James Marsden and Anthony Hopkins. Paul went to Twitter to share news […]

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Halle Berry and Lena Waithe, two women with an Oscar and an Emmy respectively between them, have signed on as executive producers for a series based on the 1992 rom-com Boomerang, that starred Berry and Eddie Murphy. Murphy played Marcus Graham a self-centered executive working for a Black-owned cosmetics company while Berry, as Angela, was […]

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell and Judith Jamison are among the recipients of the 2018 Black Girls Rock awards. Queen Latifah will host the show, which will be taped Sunday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Blige will receive the star power award. Campbell will be presented the […]

“It’s a little nutty. I’m trying to balance it out, but I’m really grateful,” said Lena Waithe. The Emmy-winning writer is preparing to for a wedding with her girlfriend Alana Mayo a film production executive according to People. Waithe is juggling promoting her new movie Ready Player One and her wedding. The theme for her […]

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The last year has been a whirlwind for actress/writer/producer/creator Lena Waithe. After making history by being the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (for the Netflix hit Master of None,) creating the new Showtime hit series The Chi and co-starring in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Girls Trip” changed the game for Tiffany Haddish, and now she’s being honored as one of Essence magazine’s “game-changers” at its annual “Black Women in Hollywood” awards. “Girls Trip” was one of last year’s big hits and made Haddish a breakout star. The comedian is one of four women being honored […]

ABC’s hit show This Is Us will have writer Lena Waithe guest star in their next episode. TV Line reports, The Chi creator will guest star on the show as an animal shelter worker who acts as an advisor to character Kate. The Emmy winner for the Master Of None series got the part thanks […]

You know her as detective Greggs on The Wire and the producer of the documentary Baltimore Rising which was inspired by the death of Freddie Frey, Sonja Sohn is back as Laverne on the Showtime show The Chi. “It’s produced and created by Lena Waithe and Common,” explained Sohn. “They really wanted to explore the humanity and sensationalism behind the South Side […]

09/21/17-  She didn’t win an Emmy but she was a part of an Emmy winning show, Master Of None. Specifically, the Thanksgiving episode that went viral all over the world which Kym played in! Lena Waithe was the first Black woman to win for best comedy writing and shouted out Kym!   Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow […]