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Pixar’s Onward Features Disney’s First Animated Openly Lgbtq Character
It’s a new era for Disney: Its new Pixar film Onward features its first animated openly Lgbtq character.Meet Officer Specter, a cyclops police officer voiced by gay Emmy-winning Master of None actress and screenwriter Lena Waithe.In one scene, the character and her cop partner, voiced by Ali Wong, pull over a driver who claims he was distracted […]
Continue readingLena Waithe and Wife Alana Mayo Split Just 2 Months After Announcing Their Marriage
Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo have separated, a rep for Waithe confirms to People.The couple, who married last year after three years of dating, announced the split in a joint statement on Wednesday.“After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” they said in a statement to People.“We have nothing but support for […]
Continue readingLena Waithe and Wife Alana Mayo Split
Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo have decided to go their separate ways, E! News has exclusively learned.The news comes two months after announcing they secretly married.A statement was shared with E! News about their decision to split.”After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” a joint statement from their reps read.”We have […]
Continue readingLena Waithe Reveals She Secretly Married Her Longtime Love
Wedding bells are ringing for Lena Waithe! On Friday, the Emmy winner revealed that she secretly married her longtime love Alana Mayo during her visit on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.Sitting down with guest host John Legend, Lena opened up to the newly-crowned Sexiest Man Alive about their decision to keep their wedding private.”We snuck and […]
Continue readingLena Waithe Inks Overall Deal at Amazon
Lena Waithe has signed a new overall deal at Amazon.The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Saturday.Waithe already has a two-season commitment at Amazon for the horror anthology series “Them,” and will create and produce other original series under the new deal.She had previously been set up under a […]
Continue readingThe A Black Lady Sketch Show Trailer Is Full of Guest Stars and Laugh-Out-Loud Moments
Where can you find Robin Thede, Issa Rae, Kelly Rowland, Angela Bassett, Laverne Cox, Patti Labelle and Lena Waithe? Only on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show.The new series, starring and executive produced and created by Thede, is the first of its kind to feature a core cast of black women.Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis […]
Continue readingJames Corden and Michelle Obama Face Off in Epic Celebrity Dodgeball Game
Are you ready for some dodgeball? Michelle Obama and James Corden showed off their patriotic pride and faced off in an epic dodgeball tournament on Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show.It all started when the former first lady and the late-night host got into a debate over whether the United States or the United Kingdom […]
Continue reading‘The Chi’ Creator Lena Waithe Addresses Jason Mitchell Misconduct Allegations: ‘I Wish I Would Have Done More’
Lena Waithe is opening up about misconduct allegations against Jason Mitchell, the recently fired former star of the Showtime series she created, “The Chi”.The 35-year-old actress and writer called into the morning radio show “The Breakfast Club” on Thursday, where she publicly addressed the allegations that led to Mitchell’s termination and negative claims regarding her […]
Continue readingFreeze All Motor Functions and Watch the First Teaser For Westworld Season 3
Westworld is back, and it looks like the action in season three is going to introduce a ton of new stories and transport us to new, eye-popping destinations.In the brief teaser for the third season, we meet Aaron Paul’s nameless thief in the regular world, outside of the park, who seems to be disillusioned with […]
Continue reading‘Boomerang:’ Halle Berry, Lena Waithe to Exec-Produce BET Series Adaptation
One of Boomerang’s original stars will help bring the film to the small screen next year.Halle Berry has boarded BET’s series adaptation of the 1992 movie as an executive producer, along with “The Chi” creator Lena Waithe, TVLine has learned.The film starred Eddie Murphy as a womanizing, chauvinistic ad exec who realizes his new boss […]
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