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“Insecure” and “Black and Missing” Among Television Academy Honors Selections
“Insecure,” “Black and Missing,” and more are being recognized for their use of “powerful and innovative storytelling to advance social change.” As Deadline...
NAACP Image Awards: “Insecure,” “Black and Missing,” and More
Issa Rae just landed another NAACP Image Award. The budding media mogul received the honor for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for “Insecure’s” series finale,...
Pick of the Day: “Insecure”
“The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl” served as Issa Rae’s calling card in the industry, but it’s “Insecure” that launched her into another stratosphere. Now...
Teaser Watch: Issa Rae Dreams of Being “Drama-Free and Happy” in “Insecure’s” Final Season
Issa Rae is reflecting on her past, present, and future in a new teaser for “Insecure.” Set to return to HBO October 24, the Emmy and Peabody-winning comedy’s fifth and final season...
Costume Designer to Watch: Ayanna James-Kimani of “Insecure”
“Costume is prime real estate in television — whatever message you want out, you’re going to see it in the person’s wardrobe,” costume designer and stylist Ayanna James-Kimani observed in...
Issa Rae and Jordan Peele Team Up for “Sinkhole,” Bidding War Erupts
“Insecure’s” Issa Rae has a hot new project in the works. She’s teaming up with “Get Out” and “Us” writer-director Jordan Peele on...
Trailer Watch: “Insecure” Actress Yvonne Orji’s HBO Comedy Special “Momma, I Made It!”
After major doubts about her daughter going into the entertainment biz, Yvonne Orji’s mom is now proud to say you can watch her on HBO. A trailer has dropped for “Momma, I Made...
“Insecure” Renewed for Season 5
This calls for a celebratory mirror rap. HBO has renewed “Insecure” for a fifth season, Variety confirms. Co-created by and starring Issa Rae and partially based on her web series...
New “Insecure” Mobile Game Will Tie In with Season 4
We’re about to get even more Issa, Molly, Kelli, and Tiffany in our lives. A press release has confirmed that a new “Insecure” mobile game is on it ways, and will tie in to the HBO...
Trailer Watch: Issa Rae Is Planning a Block Party and Charting a Path in “Insecure” Season 4
Issa is on a “forward path” in the fourth season of “Insecure,” for which a trailer just dropped. As Issa (Issa Rae) explains to her BFF Molly (Yvonne Orji), “I’m...
Writer to Watch: “Insecure” Scribe Amy Aniobi
“It’s something that we really want to preserve — this idea that black women are worthy of love, worthy of true friendship, can achieve it together,” Amy Aniobi has said of...
“Insecure’s” Natasha Rothwell Signs Overall Deal with HBO
Another “Insecure” actress is strengthening her relationship with the network behind the Issa Rae-starrer. Best known for playing Kelli on the Peabody-winning comedy, Natasha Rothwell has...
Trailer Watch: Issa and Molly Vow to Know Better and Do Better in “Insecure’s” Third Season
Issa and her pals are “single, 30, thriving” in a new trailer for Season 3 of “Insecure.” That’s how they feel when they’re being optimistic, anyway. Issa (Issa...
Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ Picked Up By HBO
Issa Rae’s long-gestating TV series, “Insecure,” has received a series order from HBO. That’ll make Rae, who got her start with her two-season web series “The Misadventures of Awkward...
Issa Rae’s Long Road: When Are We Finally Going to Stop Wondering if Women of Color Are “Relatable”?
Five years ago, HBO greenlit Lena Dunham’s “Girls,” betting that the romantic misadventures of an educated, upper-middle-class twentysomething white girl and her friends were resonant enough...
Issa Rae’s HBO Comedy ‘Insecure’ Finds Pilot Director in Melina Masoukas
Issa Rae’s transition from YouTube to prime time continues. Rae’s HBO comedy “Insecure” has found a pilot director in music-video helmer Melina Masoukas. “Insecure” will mark...
HBO Gives Greenlight to Issa Rae Comedy ‘Insecure’