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Insecure star Issae Rae is to exec produce a two-part documentary for HBO exploring the history of black television. Seen & Heard, which is currently in production, will look at the issue through the eyes of those who wrote, produced, created and starred in groundbreaking series of the past and present. It will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Universal Pictures, Insecure star and creator Issa Rae and Oscar winner Jordan Peele (Get Out) are teaming on Sinkhole, a thought-provoking genre movie that engages with questions of female perfection and identity. In a low-seven-figure deal, Universal beat out more than 10 studio bidders…

EXCLUSIVE: Having just come off the fourth season of HBO's Insecure, Issa Rae and her producing partner Deniese Davis is making some very secure moves into the management space. Rae and Davis have brought CAA's Talitha Watkins onboard to top the newly formed management division of their 2014 formed ColorCreative…

"We've always had this path to growth and I think, I know, specifically that Season 4 was heavier on the side of growth," says Insecure creator and star Issa Rae on the just completed latest cycle of the HBO dramedy. " “We wanted to showcase what was a priority for each of our characters this season, and watch that…

Here’s a bit of a mystery. The only liked tweet on Donald Trump’s Twitter account is about Issa Rae's HBO comedy Insecure. Yes, really. The tweet reads: “This is how I wanted tonight's episode of insecure to end…Damn Molly," a reference to the character played by Yvonne Orji, the best friend of Rae’s character, but a…

Just before the coronavirus pandemic shut down Hollywood and closed theaters, the Paramount marketing machine was in full gear touting its upcoming release, The Lovebirds. Once it became clear that only a handful of drive-ins would be able to play it, the studio decided to send the film to Netflix, where it begins…

HBO has renewed Issa Rae's comedy series Insecure for a fifth season, less than three weeks after its Season 4 premiere. On the show Rae plays Issa Dee, who together with her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji), navigates the single experience in Los Angeles; their peers sometimes feel intimidated by their success. For…

HBO has put in development Tre Cnt (aka Tre Count), a half-hour series about backyard wrestling, from writer Mohamad El Masri (Here and Now), Ballers alum Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions and Insecure‘s Issa Rae and her Issa Rae Productions. Created by El Masri, Tre Cnt centers around…

Season 4 of Issa Rae’s Insecure premiered on April 12 and based on the discussion between Issa and her BFF Molly (Yvonne Orji) at the end of the episode, their friendship journey is about to hit some rough waters — some really rough waters. Rae built a following with her web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Gi…

This just in. Paramount’s comedy The Lovebirds will still make its world premiere at SXSW on March 14 at the Paramount Theatre, but director Michael Showalter and stars Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae are pulling out due to coronavirus concerns. The pic opens April 3. I understand that Paramount will be doing press for…

Every couple has that defining moment in their new relationship, but it usually doesn’t involve vehicular homicide, much less a funny vehicular homicide. In The Lovebirds, Leilani (Rae) and Jibran (Nanjiani) become unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery, and as their journey to clear their names takes them from…

HBO has set an April 12 release date for season four of Issa Rae’s critically acclaimed comedy Insecure and served a new trailer at TCA Wednesday morning. Creator and star Rae was joined by executive producer/writer/director Prentice Penny and fellow cast members Yvonne Orji and Jay Ellis to tease details about the…