Lena Waithe to voice first openly gay character in an animated Disney 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.

The latest film by Pixar will have the Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx voicing the lead Joe Gardner's character. The makers of the film Soul released the film's trailer and the fans are very excited about the film.

Disney-Pixar’s fantasy film “Onward” is dominating North American moviegoing this weekend, opening with $40 million at 4,310 locations, estimates showed on Saturday.

Disney-Pixar’s fantasy film “Onward” will cast a spell on North American moviegoers this weekend, opening with $38 million to $40 million at 4,310 locations, early estimates showed on Friday.

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.

2 min read In a Tweet on Wednesday night, President Trump has named his first openly gay cabinet secretary Richard Grenell to the post of Acting Director of National Intelligence. The current U.S.

Officer Specter — Photo: Walt Disney Pictures

Cast your mind back an entire ten days, and reflect on Luna Stephens offering celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin $5 for a cut. It's a deal most of us—even the most practiced hagglers among us—wouldn't be able to lock down, considering Atkin tends to the hair of the Kardashian-Jenners, Hailey Bieber, and, of course, Luna's mom Chrissy Teigen, and founded haircare company Ouai.

Lena Waithe has been tapped by Disney to voice the studio’s first openly LGBTQ+ character.

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 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.

Liam Neeson had been associated with a few superhero films in the past but he is done with the genre and is in no mood to return. During his latest interview with ET, the actor, who recently appeared in romance-drama film Ordinary Love, was asked if he would ever consider doing a superhero film again. The actor, who featured in The Dark Knight Rises, said he does not want to do superhero movies because he is not a fan of that genre.  

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.

Justin Fashanu, who remains England’s first and only openly gay male professional footballer, has been recognised for his achievements both on and off the pitch with a special honour on what would have been his birthday.