Lena Waithe to voice Disney’s first LGBTQ+ character

is back — and joining,, and are a trove of new cast members that will play into each character’s storyline in season three. The most notable new character is Caleb played by, who has returned to TV with his first onscreen role since and the follow-up film . 

It might’ve been a Tuesday night in Hollywood, but the “Boomerang” cast, crew and exec. producer Lena Waithe were ready to celebrate “Waithe Wednesdays” at the BET drama’s second season premiere.

What timing! Ahead of the release of Pearl Jam’s Gigaton, frontman Eddie Vedder revealed the lineup for his fifth annual Ohana Fest on Monday (March 9), and the main stage will feature not only the rocker himself as well as his band on separate dates, plus Kings of Leon over three days at Doheny State Beach in California.

Pixar fans in parts of the Middle East will be missing their new film.

Demi Lovato recently ended her two-year hiatus when she took to the Grammys stage with a heartfelt performance of “Anyone,” a song she recorded four days before her overdose in 2018. Now, she’s back with her latest single, “I Love Me”—and the video looks back on her early years as a Disney star, tracing her growth as she’s learned to embrace self-love.

Loretta Lynn is lending a helping hand to Music City.

The Latinx community is filled with trailblazers paving a new path for this generation on what it means to live in nuestra Latinidad. From Eva Longoria to Diane Guerrero to Dascha Polanco, members of the Latinx everywhere are taking a stand for what they believe in and standing strong for what they deserve.

Festival goers attend the DTLA Proud Festival in 2018 at Pershing Square. Photo: DTLA Proud.

Success can sometimes come with ugly consequences, and few Hollywood creators in the spotlight right now know this better than Lena Waithe. Over the course of just a few seasons (actual seasons, as in summer and fall) the Emmy-winning writer and producer behind The Chi, Queen & Slim, and BET's new series Twenties took heat over an actor's firing on The Chi, got dragged by black Twitter over Queen & Slim, and became tabloid fodder over her recent divorce.

Officer Specter — Photo: Walt Disney Pictures

The cat or rather the dinosaur is out of the bag! After months of speculations and theories, Jurassic World 3 makers have announced the title of the upcoming sci-fi movie. The third movie from the franchise sees Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard reprise their Jurassic World roles as they are joined by Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill. While the plot is still under tight wraps, Jurassic World 3 director Colin Trevorrow and Pratt took to social media and revealed the title. 

Disney's "Onward" is set to feature an openly LGBTQ animated character to be voiced by actress Lena Waithe. The character, a purple cyclops, will be a police officer who references her girlfriend when she pulls over a driver that was distracted by his girlfriend's kids, according to Slate.

Disney's "Onward" is set to feature an openly LGBTQ animated character to be voiced by actress Lena Waithe. The character, a purple cyclops, will be a police officer who references her girlfriend when she pulls over a driver that was distracted by his girlfriend's kids, according to Slate.

“It’s a modern fantasy world and we want to represent the modern world"

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.

Lena Waithe will voice the first openly gay character in an animated Disney film.

Lena Waithe will voice the first openly gay character in an animated Disney film.