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Robin Thede's A Black Lady Sketch Show is set to premiere next month on HBO. Thede shared the news today on Twitter, telling fans she had a “huge announcement.” “A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW premieres AUGUST 2 on @hbo! Fridays at 11pm! Follow @BlackLadySketch!” The actress and comedian added that she created the series…

First, the news: This year's Women in Film Gala, held Wednesday night at the Beverly Hilton, showed this group means business by introducing three new awards honoring Hollywood's female entrepreneurs: The WIF Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award, Emerging Entrepreneur Award, and the WIF Members Choice Award. The first…

Paramount’s romantic comedy The Lovebirds is fleeing the nest. The film has been moved from its announced March 6 wide-release date to April 3. Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani star as a couple on the brink of breaking up who get unintentionally embroiled in a bizarre murder mystery. As they get closer to clearing their…

Amy Poehler, Issa Rae, Elizabeth Debicki and Cathy Schulman will be honored at this year’s Women In Film Annual Gala, the new name of Women in Film Los Angeles’ annual awards event that had been known as the Crystal + Lucy Awards since 1994. This year’s gala is set for June 12 at the Beverly Hilton, with The Mindy Proj…

Insecure‘s Issa Rae and Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield are set to lead Universal/ Will Packer Productions’ romantic drama The Photograph, written and directed by Stella Meghie (Everything, Everything). Will Packer and James Lopez are producing the pic for Packer's eponymous company. The plot centers on intertwining love…

HBO has given a series order to A Black Lady Sketch Show, a half-hour sketch comedy starring and executive produced by Robin Thede (The Rundown with Robin Thede) and executive produced by Insecure‘s Issa Rae. Created, written by and starring Thede, A Black Lady Sketch Show will be breaking new ground in sketch comedy…

Universal has released the first official trailer for Little, the forthcoming body-swapping comedy starring Regina Hall, Black-ish star Marsai Martin, and Insecure‘s Issa Rae. Tina Gordon directed the Will Packer Productions (Girls Trip) pic, which can be compared to films like Tom Hanks’ Big or Jennifer Garner’s 13 Go…

HBO has put in development The Dolls, a limited series with Laura Dern and Issa Rae attached attached to star and executive produce. The project hails from Dern and Jayme Lemons’ Jaywalker Pictures. Rae, who’s under a deal with HBO, also will co-write the project with Laura Kittrell and Amy Aniobi, who work with Rae…

Deadline Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond gives his take on the top acting contenders for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards. Here, he breaks down the categories of Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series The big news here is that the…

Considering the social climate and the mistreatment and unlawful murder of Black men, the story behind 20th Century Fox’s The Hate U Give is wildly — and regrettably — similar to the reality making headlines. Directed by George Tillman, The Hate U Give follows Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) who is constantly…

Issa Rae's hit HBO comedy Insecure entered some dramatic territory in its second season, as the onscreen fictional Issa battled a break-up, a rent hike, workplace horrors and toxic friendships. Still, through it all, Rae always manages to bring some laughs. But in her new, upcoming HBO project Sweet Life—about teen…

With the August 12 premiere date for Season 3 of HBO hit comedy Insecure approaching, star Yvonne Orji gave more clarity on what to expect, calling the new installment “a season of growth.” “This is definitely a checks-and-balances season, and some people will get checked,” she told Deadline on the sidelines of the…