Lena Waithe has conquered television and film. Now the Black creative has her sights set on the music industry.
Lena Waithe's shaky marriage to Alana Mayo is officially a wrap.
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Queen & Slim is the epic new-age love story of our time that comes once every few decades. Related: Lena Waithe & Halle Berry To Executive Produce Forthcoming ‘Boomerang’ Series The romantic suspense is a modern version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet illustrated with compelling images of black love and community told through a poetic-like […]
Lena Waithe has to do some fact checking. The notable screenwriter and actress said certain stars, like Denzel Washington and Will Smith, need to finance more independent films by people of color. The problem is, those actors she name-checked actually have been doing so, for years. “You can make a very well-done independent black movie […]
Lena Waithe Says She Did Do Something About Jason Mitchell ,Twitter Still Is Giving Her The Side-Eye
Lena Waithe’s month of May was going great, but her buzz hit a roadblock thanks to Jason Mitchell and her silence on his alleged on-set shenanigans. The writer/actress//producer called into The Breakfast Club to tell her side of the story. Unfortunately, Twitter was not feeling her response. All eyes have been on Waithe’s Twitter timeline […]
Jason Mitchell and his spectacular tumble from stardom to infamy has been documented heavily, but a new wrinkle in the story suggests more was known than previously thought. A showrunner for hit series The Chi says that Lena Waithe and the entire set of the show knew about Mitchell’s behavior prior to his firing. THR […]
If you’re not familiar with Lena Waithe, you might have been wondering who Halle Berry was kissing in that viral clip tongue down on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’ Waithe, creator of The Chi and boundary pusher, is a creative force to be reckon with. She continues to push the culture forward with her content, fashion and overall […]
