Lena Waithe Videos

Created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe under her Hillman Grad banner (Twenties, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award and Emmy winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago. Watch the video trailer now!

CBS Mornings continued their 'Road to the Tonys' series by spotlighting Jordan E. Cooper, who received two nominations this year for his play Ain't No Mo'. Cooper discussed how he became inspired to write, the play's pre-mature closing, earning support from stars like Lee Pace, Queen Latifah and Tyler Perry, and more. Watch the video now!

Lending their voices to the film are family members, colleagues and those whose lives Mary Tyler Moore impacted including directors Rob Reiner, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and Jim Burrows, actors Ed Asner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lena Waithe, Phylicia Rashad, Bernadette Peters, and Joel Grey. Watch the video trailer now!

Jordan E. Cooper, the youngest Black American playwright on Broadway, has announced that the history-making and critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Ain’t No Mo’, presented by Lee Daniels, will extend through Friday, December 23, 2022 at the Belasco Theatre.

Playwright Jordan E. Cooper and producer Lee Daniels appeared on SHERRI this morning to discuss making history with Ain't No Mo' on Broadway. At the age of 27, Cooper is making his Broadway debut as the youngest American playwright in Broadway history. Watch the new video interview now!

Myles Frost made history, becoming the youngest individual actor to win a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical at only 22- years old. He took home the award for his critically acclaimed performance as Michael Jackson in the smash Broadway hit, MJ. watch his celebration with his MJ family!

The documentary feature unpacks the career of Dick Gregory, the activist, pop-culture icon and thought leader who changed the lives of millions across the world through constant disruption and awareness.

In this horror satire set in 1989, BAD HAIR follows an ambitious young woman (Elle Lorraine) who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. 

Apple has released the trailer for Visible: Out on Television, a five-part documentary series that premieres exclusively on Apple TV+ February 14. 

SHOWTIME has announced that the third season of its drama series THE CHI, which will feature series creator and Emmy® winner Lena Waithe (Queen & Slim, Boomerang) in a multi-episode arc as a Chicago mayoral candidate, will debut on Sunday, July 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc., at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour.

Apple Releases a first look promo for 'Visible: Out on Television,' a five-part documentary series, coming exclusively to Apple TV+ on February 14.

The writer and producer of 'Queen & Slim' considers the film a form of protest art, and hopes that works like this will help protect the lives of Black people by humanizing them on screen.

From James Beard Award-Winning Chef David Chang and Academy Award-Winner Morgan Neville, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner follows Chang as he travels around the world  accompanied by a different celebrity guest including: Seth Rogen, Chrissy Teigen, Lena Waithe, and Kate McKinnon.  Each episode explores a single city, its culture and its cuisine and as Chang and his friends learn about each city, they also uncover new and surprising things about themselves.

From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix's Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation's most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce's “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready's unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.

From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix's Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation's most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce's “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready's unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.

From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix's Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation's most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce's “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready's unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.

Since moving to the United States for The Late Late Show, James Corden has been searching for a way to determine which is better: the UK or the US. Corden enlists Michelle Obama to put together a group of American all-stars, including Kate Hudson, Mila Kunis, Melissa McCarthy, Lena Waithe and Allison Janney, to take on a group of formidable UK opponents. Can James, Reggie Watts, Harry Styles, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Bradley earn honor for Great Britain?

The highly anticipated second season of the hit SHOWTIME drama THE CHI will premiere on Sunday, April 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe (Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award(r), Emmy and Golden Globe(r) winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. The ensemble cast includes Jason Mitchell (Mudbound, Straight Outta Compton), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Jacob Latimore (Sleight), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight) Yolonda Ross (Treme), Tiffany Boone (The Following), Armando Riesco (Bull), Barton Fitzpatrick, Shamon Brown Jr., and Michael V. Epps. THE CHI averaged 4.5 million weekly viewers across platforms and ranks as the highest-rated SHOWTIME freshman series since BILLIONS in 2016. The announcement was made by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc., at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour. 

The series, which explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago, premieres on Sunday, January 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

At last night's Obama Foundation Summit, audiences were treated to a performance of 'Dear Theodosia' by Chance the Rapper and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check out the performance in the video below at the 2:09:20 mark!