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2020 Emmy Awards will certainly be a star-studded affair!ABC and the Television Academy announced on Thursday that Oprah Winfrey, Issa Rae, Gabrielle Union, Anthony Anderson, America Ferrera, Lena Waithe and J.J. Watt will be among the stars who will make special appearances during the 72nd Primetime Emmys on Sunday, Sept.

Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Alfre Woodard, and Sanaa Lathan — are coming together for a one-night performance of, drumroll, The Golden Girls!Tonight, Sept. 8 at 9 p.m.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime has renewed “The Chi” for a fourth season. News of the renewal comes after the series aired its Season 3 finale on Aug.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorShowtime has ordered a fourth season of the Lena Waithe-created drama The Chi.“Each season, The Chi’s authentic storytelling resonates more deeply with its devoted and growing audiences,” said Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic(We will continue to update this post) The death of Chadwick Boseman tonight has sent shockwaves through Hollywood at the loss of a man who was as full of grace as he was talent.The Black Panther star passed away Friday from colon cancer at the age of 43 years old. Boseman had been battling the disease since 2016, the year he first appeared as T’Challa in the Russo Brothers’ directed Captain America: Civil War.

The Forty-Year-Old Version is coming!

A new trailer that is getting so much buzz is the upcoming Hulu movie Bad Hair!

Kinky, curly, afro-centric hair and bad hair are not synonymous, but obviously complicated topics, not only in Black culture, but Black and BIPOC filmmaking too, especially on a society that seems to favor straight hair. Chris Rock made an entire documentary about it, “Good Hair,” which explored the explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles, but also the obsession with natural vs.

Following its premiere at Sundance, we’re finally getting a look at “Bad Hair”.

, about a young woman in 1989 with ambitions of becoming a TV star who transforms her look to make it big in an image-obsessed world. Only problem is, her new hair may have a mind of its own. In the first official teaser for the upcoming satire, Laverne Cox’s character, Virgie, is seen waxing poetic about the weave she’s putting on Anna (newcomer Elle Lorraine), suggesting that it may have mystical powers.

heads toward its Aug. 23 season finale.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerStacey Abrams, Kenya Barris, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Gabrielle Union, Jemele Hill, Angela Rye, and Lena Waithe have have been added to the lineup for the virtual edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which will run from Aug 21-30.

Demi Lovato, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union

 dropped early Friday, and the internet is already obsessing over it!Shortly after the visual album (a companion to the music of Lion King: The Gift) premiered on Disney+, fans took to social media to marvel over Bey's latest labor of love. From the intricate costumes to the fire choreography and surprise cameos, the Beyhive seemed to be loving it all.As one fan so perfectly put it, "Beyoncé just turns up every few years and REINVENTS the visual album.

Naman Ramachandran Lena Waithe (“The Chi”), Andrea Riseborough (“Luxor”) and Julie Taymor (“The Glorias”) will be among the luminaries participating at this year’s virtual Sundance London event in August.Waithe and Riseborough will be joined on a panel by Jeff Deutchman, executive VP of acquisitions and production, Neon; Julia Oh, senior commissioning executive for Film4; and Mathieu Ajan, BFI Network executive and founder of Bounce Cinema.

James Patrick Herman Lena Waithe and CBS’ chief creative officer David Nevins have been conducting a “great social experiment” over the past couple months, Waithe tells Variety. The findings of her preliminary research on “Twenties” — the semi-autobiographical sitcom she has been shopping for over a decade that began airing its eight-episode season on BET in March — were disappointing to say the least.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: In the conversation of Asian and Asian American representation in film and TV, the South Asian community tends to be overlooked.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerOscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is set to star in Universal Pictures drama Talent Show, which is being directed by Gandja Monteiro (Vida, The Chi). Emmy winner Lena Waithe penned the latest version of the script from earlier version by Aimee Lagos.

was fired last year after sexual misconduct allegations brought by showrunner Ayanna Floyd Davis and by Tiffany Boone — who played Mitchell’s on-screen girlfriend, Jerrika. She left the series on her own volition.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLena Waithe and her production company, Hillman Grad Productions are known for being mindful of inclusion with their staff and now they are extending this with the safety of their productions.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIn January, not long after the merger of Viacom and CBS closed, CBS chief creative officer and Showtime Networks chief exec David Nevins asked BET Networks president Scott Mills to share some of the pipeline projects that Mills was most excited about.One of those series was Lena Waithe’s “Twenties,” which at that point hadn’t yet premiered on BET, the cabler that joined the combined company from the Viacom side.

The GLAAD Media Awards are going virtual. The media advocacy organization announced today that its combining two planned ceremonies, one in New York (March 19) and the other in Los Angeles (April 16), into one virtual event scheduled for July 30 and set to stream on GLAAD’s Facebook and YouTube accounts at 5 p.m.

Lena Waithe wants financial repercussions for Hollywood companies who aren’t being inclusive enough.

Lena Waithe Money is the only language that people in Hollywood understand. The only way we’ll see change in an industry that benefits from systems of inequality as they exist today is to hit people in their pockets.We need mandates for inclusion.

Lena Waithe has a big reason to celebrate this weekend, her show “Twenties” has been renewed for a second season by BET.

Also Read: Summer TV 2020: Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows (Photos)The eight-episode first season of “Twenties,” which premiered March 4 and concluded April 15, was the No.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLena Waithe’s breakout hit Twenties will be back for a second go-round. BET has renewed the series for a second season.

Lena Waithe doesn’t expect her new show to get attention during awards season.