Robin Thede Lauds ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’s Dime Davis As She Becomes First Black Woman To Score Emmy Nod For Directing Variety Series

Eli Countryman The 2019 premiere of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” opened on its group of comics lounging on a couch discussing “The Event,” an apocalyptic occurrence that leaves the women trapped and alone within their home.Fast forward to 2020, and the couch-confined lifestyle is all-too-familiar.

Are you bored with the content on Netflix? Have you watched everything on Hulu? Have you already caught up with the DC Universe shows you’ve never even knew existed until they were on HBO Max? Then may we suggest – if you haven’t already – catch up with the Robin Thede creation, “A Black Lady Sketch Show?” READ MORE: Creative Arts Emmys virtual ceremonies expanding to five nights HBO Emmy nominee for Outstanding Variety Series (Thede), Directing for a Variety Series (Dime Davis, the first female

Reese Witherspoon was Tracy Flick from day one! The 44-year-old star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share her support for Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate, Kamala Harris, by sharing a throwback photo of herself in the third grade. «I woke up this morning thinking about a moment from my childhood.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVDime Davis already made Emmy history with her nomination in the variety series directing category for the freshman season finale of HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” which she also co-executive produces.

In a new interview for CBS Sunday Morning, Jill Biden revealed that she plans to continue teaching if her husband, Joe Biden, is elected president."It's important," she said, "and I want people to value teachers and know their contributions, and lift up the profession." In 2007, Jill earned her doctorate in education from the University of Delaware.If Joe Biden is elected to the Oval Office come November, don't expect Jill Biden to give up her teaching credentials anytime soon.Jill, who earned

Chris Willman Music WriterIf you want to see and hear Metallica with strings, the group’s latest collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony, the live album/documentary “S&M2,” will be released for home entertainment August 28.But if you want to experience Metallica with horns — car horns, that is — the band will be coming to drive-ins on August 29 with a one-night-only concert film.Their performance will mark the third presented on drive-in screens this summer by Encore Live, and the first

Marvel Studios is really taking a conscious step forward to accentuate diversity and equality in their upcoming films, not just with the actors cast but even the crew. With Black Panther's global dominance which also led to a shocking Best Picture nod at the Oscars, Marvel is definitely heading in the right direction.

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Taylor Swift has become the first artist in US chart history to score a Number 1 debut on both the Billboard singles and albums charts this week.

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Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Crenshaw Dairy Mart is kicking off their “Black August” event this month with the debut of the 2017 Damon Davis documentary Whose Streets? on PBS’s educational platform, POV on August 7.

Bruce Haring, Brandon Choe SUNDAY: California has become the first US state to hit 500,000 positive coronavirus cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.More than 9,000 people have died from coronavirus in California, and more than 6,000 people are in the hospital or an intensive care unit, according to state data published Friday morning.Despite new restrictions on such indoor venues as movie theaters, bars and restaurants issued in mid-July by California Governor Gavin Newsom,

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe Television Academy nominated a record number of Black actors for Emmys on Tuesday morning, with 34.3% of the acting nominees being Black.There were 102 acting nominees this year across lead, supporting and guest categories for drama, comedy and limited series/TV movie.

Peter White Television EditorHBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show has entered the Emmy race but the sketch category has been decimated to only three nominees.Robin Thede’s comedy has been nominated in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series category alongside Saturday Night Live and Drunk History.It comes as the Emmy rule change means that categories with less than 20 submissions have a sliding scale between zero and four nominations.While it might increase A Black Lady Sketch