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‘Vengeance’ Trailer: B.J. Novak’s New Blumhouse Darkly Comic Thriller Arrives In July

May 23, 2022 11:05 am

Some things in this world are just a fact. The sky is (often) blue. The Earth is round. “The Office” is routinely considered one of the best sitcoms ever made and is likely to be the most rewatched television ...

Issa Rae & Michael Cera Are Latest Additions To Greta Gerwig’s Live-Action ‘Barbie’ Movie Starring Margot Robbie

Christopher Marc

April 14, 2022 1:11 pm

News

A live-action movie based on the iconic doll line "Barbie" has been in the works for ages, but it finally started shooting in the United Kingdom with director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women") behind the camera an...

‘Roar’ Review: Apple TV+’s Dark Feminist Fables Anthology Series Offers Very Strange & Mixed Results

Valerie Ettenhofer

April 11, 2022 10:04 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

The new women-centric Apple TV+ anthology series “Roar” is extremely literal. Across its eight episodes, a trophy wife lives on a shelf, an ignored woman disappears, and a frustrated wife returns her husband t...

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‘Roar’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman, Alison Brie, Cynthia Erivo, Betty Gilpin & More Star In Apple TV+’s New Feminist Anthology Series

Edward Davis

March 24, 2022 11:52 am

News, Television, Trailers

Apple TV+ is having quite the year of television so far, gathering acclaim for shows like Ben Stiller’s “Severance” and “WeCrashed,” with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto, and is sure to receive attention for stro...

‘Insecure’ Final Season Trailer: Issa Rae’s Award-Winning Series Comes To An End Later This Fall

Charles Barfield

September 29, 2021 1:31 pm

News, Television, Trailers

While HBO doesn’t have the monopoly it once did on prestige TV series, with recent competition from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Apple, and other streaming services, that doesn’t mean the premium network doesn’t con...

‘Insecure’ Final Season Teaser: Issa Rae’s Breakthrough HBO Comedy Series Comes To An End This Fall

Charles Barfield

September 2, 2021 1:32 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Issa Rae has become a bit of a household name in recent years. But even though the actress has landed high-profile films such as “The Lovebirds,” “The Photograph,” and a supporting role in the upcoming “Spider...

Insecure’ Star Issa Rae To Play Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman In ‘Spider-Verse 2’

Rodrigo Perez

June 5, 2021 9:23 am

News

With its final season airing later this year, “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae is about to exit one universe and enter another. The actress is joining Sony’s Spider-Verse, and Rae will be appearing as a vo...

Issa Rae Set To Revive ‘Project Greenlight’ For HBO Max

Tyler Casalini

May 18, 2021 9:05 pm

News, Television

In March earlier this year, HBO announced, as "Insecure" was coming to an end, that producer-writer-director Issa Rae had signed a five-year overall production deal with WarnerMedia. The deal established an ex...

‘Nice White Parents’: HBO Outbids The Obamas & Netflix For New Series From Issa Rae & Adam McKay

theplaylist

December 5, 2020 1:30 pm

News

You would think that perhaps HBO would have the inside track on landing a new series produced by Issa Rae and Adam McKay, right? Well, even though HBO is the home for Rae’s “Insecure” and various McKay project...

‘Coastal Elites’ Trailer: Bette Midler, Issa Rae, Sarah Paulson & More Star In Jay Roach’s Pandemic-Inspired Satire

Charles Barfield

August 17, 2020 2:25 pm

News, Television, Trailers

We’re on the precipice of a million different shows and films taking the COVID-19 pandemic and turning it into fodder for plot and entertainment. And though that’s to be expected whenever a major world event h...

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