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Issa Rae’s “Rap Sh!t” Renewed for a Second Season at HBO Max

Shawna and Mia are just warming up. The aspiring rappers will continue their journey in Season 2 of “Rap Sh!t.” Deadline reports that HBO Max has renewed the comedy. Created by...

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Features

Pick of the Day: “Rap Sh!t”

Issa Rae is back with another nuanced examination of women’s friendships, ambition, and sex lives with “Rap Sh!t.” The HBO Max comedy is set in the music industry and tells the...

Festivals

Issa Rae to Serve as 2022 American Black Film Festival Ambassador, Will Premiere New Series “Rap Sh*t”

Actress, writer, director, producer, and creator Issa Rae is taking on another role. The Emmy nominee will serve as Festival Ambassador for the 2022 edition of the American Black Film Festival...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Roar”

In the new show from “GLOW” creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, a tall, statuesque blonde model becomes an actual trophy wife. A Black author realizes no one can see or hear her. A...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, & More Team Up for Genre-Bending Stories in Apple TV+ Series “Roar”

“GLOW’s” cancellation in 2020 still stings. The Netflix comedy about a ragtag women’s wrestling league was in production on its fourth season when word came that the...

Awards

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,...

Awards

Issa Rae to Be Honored with the Visionary Award at the PGA Awards

Issa Rae is following in the footsteps of Ava DuVernay and Octavia Spencer. The Emmy-nominated “Insecure” co-creator, star, writer, and exec producer has been named as the recipient of...

Features

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...

Trailers

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...

Features

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...

Television

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” Renewed for Season 3 at HBO

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” *clap clap* is getting another season *clap clap*. A press release has confirmed Robin Thede’s groundbreaking sketch series has been renewed for Season 3...

Television

Issa Rae Is Rebooting “Project Greenlight” at HBO Max

Issa Rae is spearheading a “Project Greenlight” reboot at HBO Max. The Emmy-nominated “Insecure” co-creator and star is set to appear in every episode of the...

Awards

Viola Davis, Issa Rae, and Stacey Abrams Take Home NAACP Image Awards

Viola Davis, Issa Rae, and Stacey Abrams were among the big winners on the final night of the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Prizes were given out over five nights in non-televised, virtual ceremonies last...

News

Issa Rae Signs Eight-Figure Overall Deal with WarnerMedia

“Insecure’s” upcoming fifth and final season won’t be the end of Issa Rae’s relationship with HBO. The collaborators are just getting started. The Emmy-nominated...

Television

Issa Rae’s “Rap Sh*t” Receives Series Order at HBO Max

All those mirror raps seem to have paid off. “Rap Sh*t,” Issa Rae’s half-hour comedy about former friends who reunite to form a rap group, has received an eight-episode series order...

Television

Issa Rae Exec Producing HBO’s “Nice White Parents” Adaptation

That staff at We Got Y’All must be so psyched. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Issa Rae is set to exec produce an adaptation of the breakout podcast “Nice White Parents.” HBO...

Features

Quote of the Day: Issa Rae Talks Advocating for Herself and Holding the Door Open for Others

Issa Rae is an actress, creator, writer, and producer with three Emmy nominations to her name and a resume that includes “Insecure,” “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “The...

News

Issa Rae Exec Producing HBO Doc Exploring Black Television History

With “Insecure,” the HBO comedy she co-created, writes and produces, and toplines, Issa Rae has become an indelible part of television history — and a powerful voice in Black...

Films

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...

Television

“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...

News

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...

Trailers

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...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Issa Rae Is Afraid to Love in Stella Meghie’s “The Photograph”

“How are you supposed to know if you want to spend forever with someone?” asks Issa Rae in a new trailer for “The Photograph.” Stella Meghie’s romance sees the...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Issa Rae Digs into Family History and Falls in Love in “The Photograph”

“My mother wasn’t very good at love,” says Issa Rae in the first trailer for “The Photograph.” “What if I’m just like her? How are you supposed to know if...

Television

Projects from Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Banks, & Issa Rae in the Works at HBO Max

The list of women-driven projects on HBO Max’s slate keeps getting longer. WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform has revealed that it has half-hour comedies from Mindy Kaling,...

Films

Issa Rae Working on a Reimagining of “Set It Off” with New Line

Weeks after HBO announced that it’s renewing “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” on which Issa Rae serves as exec producer, comes word that the Emmy-nominated “Insecure”...

Television

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” Renewed for Season 2

Robin Thede and Co. will be bringing more hilarious sketches like “Negro League Groupies,” “No Makeup,” and “Bad Bitch Support Group” to the small screen. HBO has...

News

Submit Now: Issa Rae and Paul Feig’s Teen Movie Contest

The minds behind “Insecure” and “Freaks and Geeks” are teaming up to bring audiences the next great coming-of-age comedy. Issa Rae and Paul Feig are seeking pitches for...

Awards

Amy Poehler, Issa Rae, and More Will Be Honored at Women In Film Annual Gala

Amy Poehler, Issa Rae, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cathy Schulman are heading to the 2019 Women In Film Annual Gala. According to a press release from Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF LA), these ladies...

Films

Issa Rae to Topline Stella Meghie’s “The Photograph”

Issa Rae and Stella Meghie are set to collaborate for a third time. The former will star in the latter’s next film, “The Photograph.” Variety confirmed the news. Written and...

Television

Robin Thede’s “Black Lady Sketch Show” Coming to HBO, Issa Rae Exec Producing

Robin Thede and Issa Rae are teaming up for a sketch comedy series that’s not dominated by white men. Titled “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” the upcoming half-hour HBO series will...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Issa Rae Helps Regina Hall Through a Cursed Situation in “Little”

Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) is the boss from hell in the new trailer for “Little” — but she gets her comeuppance. After years of bullying her assistant, terrorizing her staff, and...

News

Issa Rae and Columbia Pictures Join Forces to Support Emerging Diverse Writers

Issa Rae’s latest project will help boost diverse, up-and-coming screenwriters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Insecure” star’s ColorCreative has signed a...

Television

Laura Dern & Issa Rae to Star in HBO Limited Series About Riots Caused by Cabbage Patch Kids

Laura Dern and Issa Rae are taking a real-life “Nightmare Before Christmas” story to the small screen. The respective stars of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and...

Films

Issa Rae and Stella Meghie Reteam for “American Princess”

Stella Meghie and Issa Rae are reuniting. Just a month after premiering her latest pic, “The Weekend,” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Meghie has lined up another feature. The...

Features

2018 Emmy Nominations: Tiffany Haddish, Sandra Oh, Issa Rae, and More

Tiffany Haddish can add Emmy nominee to her rapidly expanding list of accolades. The 2018 Emmy nominations are in, and the “Girls Trip” breakout just scored her first-ever nod for hosting...

Trailers

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...

News, Women Producers

Woman to Watch: Actress-Writer-Producer Tracy Oliver

Last weekend, the latest installment of the “Barbershop” franchise opened. “Barbershop: The Next Cut” has already grossed over $20 million. The comedy was co-written by Tracy Oliver, an...

Films, News, Television, Women Directors

Apply to Get Your Web Series Made With the Support of Issa Rae and Project Greenlight Digital

Issa Rae and Project Greenlight Digital Studios are partnering up to showcase the visions of underrepresented writers. The New Normal Writing Contest is now accepting pitches for an anthologyweb...

News, Television

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...

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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...

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HBO Gives Greenlight to Issa Rae Comedy ‘Insecure’

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TV: Black Female Creators Discuss Responsibilities, Opportunities

Among the most interesting discussions this week about the difficulties and possibilities of culture creation today was a 30-minute roundtable discussion posted on YouTube called “The State of...

News

HBO to Develop Comedy Series Starring Issa Rae

Issa Rae is teaming up with Larry Wilmore to co-write a comedy series for HBO. Rae is set to star. The project will focus on the life of a modern African-American woman through both her extremely...

News, Videos

Watch This: The Michelle Obama Diaries — Produced by Issa Rae

We had previously written that Issa Rae was a woman in media to watch. She continues to produce content that proves that. Her latest is The Michelle Obama Diaries. Written by Lena Waithe and...

Features, News, Television

Woman to Watch: Issa Rae — Creator and Star of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Issa Rae, 27, is beginning to make her mark in Hollywood. She recently sold with Shonda Rhimes a half hour comedy to ABC, I Hate L.A. Dudes, which is about a journalist who moves to Los Angeles to...

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