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Issa Rae Cancels Event After Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover

NO, THANK YOU

The comedian was slated to host an event at the center in March.

Yasmeen Hamadeh | Published Feb 13, 2025

‘Insecure’s’ Amanda Seales: I’m Done ‘Protecting’ Issa Rae

‘MEAN GIRL’

“It’s at a point where my protecting of Issa has become turned onto me and something that people are using against me,” actress Amanda Seales said in a new interview.

Helen Holmes | Published Apr 25, 2024

‘Insecure’ Actress Denise Dowse in Coma Battling Meningitis

‘VIRULENT’

Dowse’s doctors “do not know when she will come out of the coma as it was not medically induced,” her sister wrote.

AJ McDougall | Published Aug 09, 2022

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What Does It Mean to Be F*ckable? Let ‘Rap Sh!t’ Explain.

FEELING MYSELF

In its first two episodes, the new HBO Max series is changing how female sexuality—especially for women of color—is talked about on TV. And it’s about damn time.

Allegra Frank | Published Jul 26, 2022

‘Rap Sh!t’ Breakout Star KaMillion Is the Real Deal

‘SKY’S THE LIMIT’

The real-life rapper tells The Daily Beast about channeling City Girls’ Yung Miami on Rae’s HBO Max comedy series and her quest to become the “breakout star that everybody loves.”

Adam Manno | Published Jul 22, 2022
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Jeremy O. Harris Let Go From HBO’s ‘The Vanishing Half’

A NEW CHAPTER

Sources say that the acclaimed playwright and ‘Euphoria’ co-producer departed the TV series after failing to meet script deadlines. HBO confirmed Harris is no longer attached.

Marlow Stern | Published Jun 24, 2022

NY Rep Chose Issa Rae’s Wedding Over Voting—and Blamed COVID

ABSENT

Citing the “ongoing public health emergency,” Mondaire Jones got a proxy to vote for him on a host of bills in D.C.

Alan Halaly | Published Jun 16, 2022

You’re Gonna Want to See Nicole Kidman Eating Photographs

THE PATRIARCHY

The Apple TV+ anthology series from the creators of “GLOW” is like a feminist “Black Mirror,” but its tales are very hit-or-miss.

Kyndall Cunningham | Published Apr 16, 2022

Issa Rae, Michael Cera, and Hari Nef Board ‘Barbie’ Movie

AN UNLIKELY TRIO

The eclectic cast list keeps growing, after Will Ferrell and Emma Mackey were added to the call sheet earlier this week.

Jordan Julian | Published Apr 14, 2022

See Nicole Kidman Eat Paper (Yes, Paper) in ‘Roar’ Trailer

YOU’RE GONNA HEAR THEM ROAR

Issa Rae, Betty Gilpin, and Cynthia Erivo also star in Apple TV+’s new anthology series, which looks like “Black Mirror” with a whole bunch of womanly chaos.

Fletcher Peters | Published Mar 24, 2022

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