Lena Waithe
Click inside to check out our first look at the highly anticipated series' return, following the tragic ending of season six.
Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad celebrated Season 5 of Indeed Rising Voices filmmakers. The program provides $100,000 each for BIPOC creators.
Justin Simien's new MGM+ four part docuseries 'Hollywood Black' shines a light on African-American contributions to cinema.
Teyana Taylor and her beautiful family take center stage at the screening of 'A Thousand and One' during the Sundance Film Festival.
Kym Whitley teams up with Lena Waithe for Audible Original Comedy 'KYM' featuring Jenifer Lewis, Jess Hilarious, Sherri Shepherd, and more
Lena Waithe is covering EBONY's latest issue and marking the publication's return after a relaunch. The historic mag that's under new ownership and is helmed by Editor-in-Chief & Senior Vice President, Programming Marielle Bobo, is announcing Lena as the first celeb to kick off not only their return but their first digital cover. Lena's retro-inspired cover shoot pays homage to EBONY’s legacy of bold iconic covers, while infusing exciting multimedia elements as part of the brand's new digital-first strategy. Inside it, the creative told fellow filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood - for who she once worked as an assistant about how she has disrupted the status quo in Hollywood, the importance of showing up authentically in any space, and criticism she's faced, seemingly over "Them."
Showtime released the trailer for Season 4 of "The Chi" which reveals the young characters are getting older and finding life even more dangerous in their hometown, with law enforcement looming as a bigger threat than ever.
BOSSIP interviewed Shahadi Wright Joseph and Melody Hurd about playing sisters in "Them," Amazon's series which follows a black family as they move from North Carolina to Los Angeles during the 1950's. In their new home, the family encounters both supernatural horrors and racial terrorism from their new neighbors.
BOSSIP's Sr. Content Editor Janeé Bolden spoke with Anika Noni Rose about her role as Ella Mae in "Them," and why it's important that audiences tune in to watch the show, despite all the trauma that's shown. Rose said "Them" deals with the trauma of terrorism, giving a face to it and how it can affect us and change us irrevocably.
BOSSIP spoke with Alison Pill about playing blatantly racist neighbor Betty Wendell in the new Amazon Studios anthology series "Them." Pill spoke about the history of white violence enacted by and on the behalf of white women and how Karens are far from a new phenomenon, citing the murder of Emmett Till as an example.
Amazon Prime revealed the trailer for "Them" today, from Little Marvin and Lena Waithe. The series follows a black family who flee North Carolina in the 1950's during the Great Migration and buy a home in California where they are terrorized by their white neighbors as well as dark forces within the home.
Amazon released a teaser of their new anthology horror series "THEM" that's super creepy but kind of recalls similar racism/horror projects 'US' and "Lovecraft Country". The show follows a Black family in the 1950's who move from North Carolina to Los Angeles where they encounter terrors, both supernatural and earthly.