Issa Rae News

Rising R&B songstress TeaMarrr has been announced on Essence Festival's 2020 lineup. The iconic festival will feature artists such as Bruno Mars, Janet Jackson, Janelle Monáe, Summer Walker and more. She will also share the bill with SiR, who TeaMarrr recently supported on his Summer Forever Tour and will be joining him for the international leg starting on February 21st. Essence Festival of Culture will take place is New Orleans, LA, July 1st - July 5th.

Back Lot Music has released the original motion picture soundtrack to Universal Pictures' THE PHOTOGRAPH today. The soundtrack to the film features an original score by multi-GRAMMY® winning recording artist Robert Glasper, as well as two new songs by recent GRAMMY® nominee Lucky Daye and GRAMMY® winning artist H.E.R. The romantic drama, starring Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield, arrives in theaters nationwide on Valentine's Day.

LaKeith talks about going to modeling school, acting in Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler & Kevin Garnett, his new movie The Photograph with Issa Rae, and wanting to play the Joker.

Atlanta based Grammy nominated songwriter/artist/musician/producer CHILDISH MAJOR is kicking off the new year with a new song and visual for his latest track “Dem Know” which features dancehall/rap recording artist, BEAM and was both produced and engineered by Childish himself. The two most recently collaborated on “Stranded” (included on BEAM's latest EP, 95). He's also officially announced that he'll be joining YBN Cordae for the European leg of The Lost Boy Tour beginning with the March 8th date in Glasgow, UK before wrapping on April 5th in Dublin, Ireland. Tickets and more information available via www.ChildishMajorOfficial.com.

Wanderluxxe once again hosted one of the hottest parties during the Sundance Film Festival. Guests including Lena Waithe, Issa Rae, Jay Ellis, and Kendrick Sampson left Main Street to join the cast of '40 Year Old Version' at the film's premiere after-party.

Award-winning musician, actress and television personality Eve has been confirmed to host the 13th annual ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA. ESSENCE, the number one media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women globally, will celebrate women owning, expanding and transforming the art of storytelling in honor of the brand's 50th anniversary at its annual exclusive OSCAR-week luncheon taking place on Thursday, February 6, 2020. ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood is presented by Ford and sponsored by AT&T Humanity of Connection, Coca-Cola, Geico, Hulu, L'Oréal Paris, McDonald's and Netflix.

Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for the new film The Lovebirds, starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani.

Get ready for the new season of Insecure, returning April 12 on HBO.

See what's coming up at Union Hall! Take a look below at the full schedule.

Returning for its ten-episode, fourth season SUNDAY, APRIL 12 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), INSECURE follows our favorite characters as they evaluate their relationships, both new and old, in an effort to figure out who and what comes with them in this next phase of their lives. 

These are the contenders for the biggest awards at the 2020 Academy Awards, which will take place on Feb. 9.

Today's top stories: Cameron Dallas joins Mean Girls tonight, and more!

This morning, Actor and producer John Cho and actor/writer/producer Issa Rae hosted the two-part live presentation of the Oscars 2020 nominations announcement for all 24 Oscar categories.

Straight from the renowned New York stand-up scene via winning Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, American sensation Catherine Cohen is back on UK soil with her hilarious show about living, laughing, loving, and losing your debit card five times in one year a?" for two nights only at London's Bush Hall on 11th and 12th March 2020.

The American Black Film Festival Honors, the preeminent awards event celebrating Black culture and artists who have made distinguished contributions to the entertainment industry either through their work or as champions of diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, today announced the nominees for the “Movie of the Year” award.

New Jersey Performing Center (NJPAC) presents The Valentine's All Star Comedy Show on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

NBC's Writers on the Verge welcomes eight new writers to its 2019-20 class: comedy writers Rishi Chitkara, Shirin Najafi and Min-Woo Park as well as drama writers Andi Delott, Maya Houston, Mitali Jahagirdar, Lira Kellerman and Shani Am. Moore. Chosen from an applicant pool of more than 2,300 submissions, the new class joins the long-tenured initiative for emerging writers of diverse backgrounds.

Deadline reports that Issa Rae will write, produce, and star in upcoming comedy film 'Perfect Strangers.' The film also hails from Spyglass Entertainment.

Rising R&B songstress TeaMarrr announces her support on SiR's Summer Forever Tour. The tour kicks off tonight in TeaMarrr's hometown – Boston, MA—and continues through December 17th. The first six tour dates are already sold out, alongside the final date in Los Angeles.

Today, ABFF Ventures announced Cynthia Erivo will receive the a?oeRising Star Awarda?? at the 2020 ABFF Honors. The fourth annual ceremony, hosted by actor and comedian Deon Cole, will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.