Tag: Insecure
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‘Insecure’ Final Season Trailer: Issa Rae’s Award-Winning Series Comes To An End Later This Fall
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 consistently release high-quality series, such as the comedy “Insecure.” And now’s probably a great time to catch up, if you haven’t already, as…
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Insecure Season 5 Trailer: The HBO Comedy Series Is Coming To An End
The beginning of the end is upon us — HBO just dropped a teaser for the final season of “Insecure.”This first look at the final season evokes a very special kind of bittersweetness. We might be excited to finally catch up with Issa Rae’s character, but it’s a serious bummer knowing this will be her…
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Kendrick Sampson Signs With M88 (Exclusive)
Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson has signed with M88, the independently operated representation firm founded in 2020 by Phillip Sun and Macro’s Charles D. King.Alongside M88, the star will also be represented by the firm’s sister company Uncmmn, which spotlights disruptive talent rooted in new media. Under the new partnership, M88 and Uncmmn will work…
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Issa Rae Set to Voice Spider-Woman for ‘Spider-Man’ Sequel to ‘Into the Spider-Verse’
Issa Rae is getting ready to move from the world of her popular Showtime series, “Insecure,” and into the animated world of “Spider-Man.” Rae has been tapped to voice Spider-Woman in the upcoming sequel to “Into the Spider-Verse.”Initially reported via The Hollywood Reporter, Rae will be providing the voice for Jessica Drew, otherwise known as…
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Insecure’ Star Issa Rae To Play Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman In ‘Spider-Verse 2’
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 voice-cast member in the animated sequel to “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.” What’s more, Rae will be playing Jessica Drew,…
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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: ‘Soul,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Take Top Honors
“Soul,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” were the big film winners Sunday at the 11th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.“Soul” took best supervision for a film budgeted over $25 million, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” for under $25 million, “Promising Young Woman” for under $10 million,…
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‘High Maintenance’ Season 5 Not Going Forward, as Creators Look to New Projects
If you’ve been hoping to get more stories from Ben Sinclair’s The Guy and his life in New York City as presented through HBO’s “High Maintenance” we hate to be the bearers of bad news. The show, which finished its fourth season in April of 2020, won’t be coming back for a fifth.HBO confirmed as…
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‘Insecure’ to End With Season 5 on HBO
Issa Rae‘s Emmy-winning series is coming to an end. Insecure, which Rae created and stars in, is set to conclude with its upcoming fifth season on HBO, set to air sometime later this year. HBO announced that the upcoming fifth season of Insecure will be its last season. Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President of HBO…
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‘Saturday Night Live’: Jim Carrey and Alec Baldwin Take on Dueling Town Halls
Hosted by comedian and “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae, the third episode of Season 46 of “Saturday Night Live” kicked off with the return of Jim Carrey as former Vice President and Presidential Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the third time this season. Carrey was also joined by Alec Baldwin, reprising his long-running term…
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Why horror keeps creeping into black drama
Shows such as I May Destroy You, Atlanta and Insecure depict a wide spectrum of black life, from hilarity to mundanity – but all these shows, at times, also have an impending sense of doom. This feeling of horror, this looming sense of dread, is intentional, but it plays on the common tropes we’ve been…