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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…

Insecure star Issa Rae has signed on to write, produce and star in Perfect Strangers, a comedy film that will be produced by Spyglass Media Group, LLC, Eagle Pictures, and 3 Marys Entertainment. The pic is an English language adaptation of the 2016 Paolo Genovese-directed Italian feature Perfetti Sconosciuti, which…

Insecure's Issa Rae and Atlanta's LaKeith Stanfield are getting their romance on in the newly released trailer for The Photograph, the latest feature from writer-director Stella Meghie. The romantic drama, from Universal and Will Packer Productions, explores intertwining love stories in the past and present. Rae and…

HBO Max is unveiling its arsenal of content on WarnerMedia Day, including three comedy projects that will add to TV’s inclusive landscape with diverse stories guided by three women — two of them women of color. During its presentation Tuesday, HBO Max revealed it is developing DC Super Hero High from Elizabeth Banks…

HBO has picked up a second season of 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. "It's been thrilling to see the audience embrace the characters that Robin, Ashley [Nicole Black]…

During her TCA panel Wednesday for her next HBO series A Black Lady Sketch Show, on which she is executive producer, Issa Rae said her Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series Insecure is currently being hammered out in the writers room and that it’s “shooting in September.” And they’ll be more episodes in…

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…