Issa Rae Got an Education in Ivanka Trump for ‘Coastal Elites': ‘The More I Found Out, the More Horrified I Was’

Angelique Jackson The creative team behind HBO’s hit series “Insecure” has a lot to celebrate at the moment: The fourth season of the comedy nabbed eight Emmy nominations, including best comedy series.

Jon Voight might need to learn to keep his hands to himself.

Celebrities couldn’t wait to share their reactions after Kimberly Guilfoyle’s RNC Speech on Monday.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Insecure co-creator and actress Issa Rae talked about knowing her worth as a Black creative in Hollywood."For me, my longevity will be opening the door for others," she said.Issa Rae is fully aware of the impact her career in Hollywood can have on opening the door for other Black creatives.

Issa Rae is all about helping and elevating Black creatives in Hollywood. The creator and star has normalized Black lives onscreen with her HBO show and other projects — and it's something she prides herself on.«For me, my longevity will be opening the door for others,» Rae, 35, tells in a new interview published Wednesday, adding that it also means leaving a legacy with her work.

William Earl administratorHBO is bringing quarantined celebrities to the small screen with their new original film “Coastal Elites,” and the just-released trailer shows the lighter side of isolation. The film, the latest in a slew of pandemic programming, stars Issa Rae, Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy and Sarah Paulson as several people telling their socially-distanced stories from across the United States.

Also Read: 17 New Summer TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers, From 'Tough as Nails' to 'United We Fall' (Photos)From playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay Roach, the 1-hour, 30-minute social-distancing satire, which “tells contemporary stories of characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic,” will debut Saturday, Sept.

We’re on the precipice of a million different shows and films taking the COVID-19 pandemic and turning it into fodder for plot and entertainment. And though that’s to be expected whenever a major world event happens, it’s pretty insane that we’ve seen something like “Coastal Elites” not only be conceived, written, and produced in such a short time, but it will actually get released while the US is still dealing with the pandemic on a day-to-day basis.

Issa Rae is opening up about preparing for her new role in Coastal Elites.

Peter White Television EditorHBO’s quarantine-produced comedy feature Coastal Elites, starring Bette Midler, is to launch on September 12 – six months after COVID-19 started to ravage the U.S.The show centers around five characters from New York and Los Angeles coping with politics and the pandemic.Midler plays Miriam Nessler, a long-time teacher in the New York City public school system, who loves her students, the New York Times and the theater, who finds herself in police custody.Speaking as

Coastal Elites transformed into a screen adaptation at the start of the pandemic and as the year unfolded.

Issa Rae.

Will Thorne Staff WriterIssa Rae has found her latest project at HBO.The “Insecure” creator and star is set to executive produce a two-part documentary called “Seen & Heard” on the history of Black television from the perspective of those who wrote, produced, created and starred in series of the past and present. “Who Killed Malcolm X?’ helmer Phil Bertelsen is on board to direct the doc which will feature interviews with actors, showrunners, writers, and celebrities sharing their experiences

Issa Rae has officially lined up her next project at HBO. It was announced today that Rae has signed on to executive produce the two-part documentary Seen & Heard for the premium cable network.

Halsey, Bette Midler, Sara Bareilles, Gloria Estefan and more stars shared their thoughts on the massive explosion in Lebanon's capital of Beirut Tuesday (Aug. 4) that has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.

Universal Pictures, “Insecure” star and creator Issa Rae and Oscar-winner Jordan Peele (whose studio Monkeypaw are facilitating a whole lot of interesting work lately) are teaming up on movie “Sinkhole,” a thought-provoking genre piece that engaging with questions around female perfection and identity, adapted from a short story of the same name.