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Lena Waithe is launching a mentorship program to give marginalized storytellers a boost. Waithe’s production banner, Hillman Grad Productions, has unveiled the Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab, a program designed to provide opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow, and accelerate their careers in television and film, according to today’s announcement.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterEmmy winner Lena Waite’s production company has launched a 10-month mentorship lab to help shepherd a new generation of storytellers and executives.Hillman Grad Productions is now accepting applicants to its inaugural lab, one that provides opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow, and accelerate their careers in television and film.Tuition-free, the program grants 25 fellows the opportunity to enhance creative skills through personalized

Lena Waithe’s production company, Hillman Grad Productions, is launching a new mentorship program The Hilman Grad Mentorship Lab and accepting applications. The Lab provides opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow, and accelerate their careers in television and film.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Lena Waithe has teamed with Amazon Studios and Big Beach to develop a series based on a play by Obehi Janice, titled Ole White Sugah Daddy.

Lena Waithe‘s wife, Alana Mayo, has filed for divorce 10 months after the couple announced their split.Mayo filed for a dissolution of their marriage on Friday, November 20, at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Us Weekly can confirm.The couple, who secretly tied the knot in late 2019, announced their separation in a statement to Us on January 22.“After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways,” the pair’s reps said.

Alana Mayo is filing for divorce from Lena Waithe.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew Slate Ventures — the media and entertainment fund of LA-based private equity firm Sinai Capital Partners — has raised $100 million to invest in “culturally impactful” projects and expand its slate of original IP.New Slate, led by Sinai partners Jordan Fudge, Jeremy Allen and Zach White, finances content it calls intersectional and inclusive to support diverse voices.

No one would ever say that breaking into Hollywood is “easy.” Nearly every actor, filmmaker, or crew member that has ever had success in the film and TV industries has a horror story about how difficult it was to break out in the business. And we’ve heard from numerous women and POCs that not being a white male has made their journey all the more difficult.

Despite a treasure chest of talent and money, the mobile-first shortform video service Quibi is the first major victim of the streaming wars. The company, which is shuttering on Dec.

, Kelly Rowland announced she is pregnant. In the ensemble film, Rowland plays famed ‘80s R&B singer Sandra, alongside Blair Underwood, Lena Waithe, newcomer Elle Lorraine and others. “That’s the thing, we all feel like we’re part of the same tribe, we’re part of the same family, we’re part of the same community.

Angelique Jackson In the satirical horror film “Bad Hair,” which debuts Oct. 23 on Hulu, Elle Lorraine plays Anna, a young woman who adopts a new look in order to land a hosting gig at a “106 & Park”-like music countdown show.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMGM has launched development on a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic with Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani producing through their Hillman Grad banner, along with Sight Unseen’s Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman.The untitled project is based on the 1996 biography “Sammy Davis Jr.: My Father,” written by Davis’ daughter Tracey Davis and Dolores A.

A new Sammy Davis Jr. biopic is in the works at MGM and Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad banner.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: MGM has set a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic that will be based on Sammy Davis Jr.: My Father, a 1996 book written by Davis’ daughter Tracey Davis and Dolores A.

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Horror likes to warn of us many societal ills. Last year, Peter Strickland made the horror-comedy “In Fabric,” about a hexed killer dress that curses everyone who wears it.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Matthew López, the playwright behind the hit Broadway play The Inheritance, has signed an overall television deal with Amazon Studios.The streamer has signed up the writer, who also wrote on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama The Newsroom, to develop and create new projects.It is the latest overall deal for Amazon Studios, which in the last twelve months have signed up Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Steve McQueen, Gloria Calderon Kellett and Lena Waithe.López’s play The

Reese Witherspoon delighted fans after sharing a throwback selfie of her and Paul Rudd.

Halle Berry knows how to keep us in suspense!

2020 Emmy Awards will certainly be a star-studded affair!ABC and the Television Academy announced on Friday that Mindy Kaling, Bob Newhart, Ty Burrell, Ken Jeong and Tatiana Maslany will be among the stars to make special appearances during the 72nd Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 20. Previously announced stars that will make appearances at this year's award show include Jason Bateman, Sterling K.

2020 Emmy Awards will certainly be a star-studded affair!ABC and the Television Academy announced on Wednesday that Jason Bateman, Sterling K. Brown, Laverne Cox, 's Count von Count, Morgan Freeman, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, D-Nice, Randall Park, RuPaul, Patrick Stewart and Jason Sudeikis will be among the stars to make special appearances during the 72nd Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept.

This year's 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards is welcoming a myriad of stars. Anthony Anderson, America Ferrera, Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, J.J.

ABC has announced the first list of presenters for the upcoming 2020 Emmy Awards, which will air live on Sunday, September 20.

2020 Emmy Awards will certainly be a star-studded affair!ABC and the Television Academy announced on Thursday that Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, America Ferrera, Lena Waithe and J.J. Watt will be among the stars who will make special appearances during the 72nd Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept.

Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Alfre Woodard, and Sanaa Lathan — are coming together for a one-night performance of, drumroll, The Golden Girls!Tonight, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime has renewed “The Chi” for a fourth season. News of the renewal comes after the series aired its Season 3 finale on Aug.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorShowtime has ordered a fourth season of the Lena Waithe-created drama The Chi.“Each season, The Chi’s authentic storytelling resonates more deeply with its devoted and growing audiences,” said Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic(We will continue to update this post) The death of Chadwick Boseman tonight has sent shockwaves through Hollywood at the loss of a man who was as full of grace as he was talent.The Black Panther star passed away Friday from colon cancer at the age of 43 years old. Boseman had been battling the disease since 2016, the year he first appeared as T’Challa in the Russo Brothers’ directed Captain America: Civil War.

The Forty-Year-Old Version is coming!

A new trailer that is getting so much buzz is the upcoming Hulu movie Bad Hair!

Kinky, curly, afro-centric hair and bad hair are not synonymous, but obviously complicated topics, not only in Black culture, but Black and BIPOC filmmaking too, especially on a society that seems to favor straight hair. Chris Rock made an entire documentary about it, “Good Hair,” which explored the explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles, but also the obsession with natural vs.

Following its premiere at Sundance, we’re finally getting a look at “Bad Hair”.

, about a young woman in 1989 with ambitions of becoming a TV star who transforms her look to make it big in an image-obsessed world. Only problem is, her new hair may have a mind of its own. In the first official teaser for the upcoming satire, Laverne Cox’s character, Virgie, is seen waxing poetic about the weave she’s putting on Anna (newcomer Elle Lorraine), suggesting that it may have mystical powers.

heads toward its Aug. 23 season finale.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerStacey Abrams, Kenya Barris, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Gabrielle Union, Jemele Hill, Angela Rye, and Lena Waithe have have been added to the lineup for the virtual edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which will run from Aug 21-30.

Demi Lovato, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union