Lena Waithe doesnât owe anyone an explanation for who she is, how she loves or why she cut her famous locs last month; but the writer, actress and producer graciously gave one to Vanity Fairâs cameras while on the red carpet for the Hollywood Foreign Press Associationâs Grants Banquet on Thursday night.
The Emmys were this past Sunday, and they were nothing short of black star power. From a black actor winning for the first time in decades in the drama category to a black comedian winning in a comedy series directed and written by all black people, one could say that the event was the most inclusive andâŚ
Lena Waithe didnât even know she made history and was shocked to learn that her Emmy nomination received for comedy writing for Netflixâs Master of None marked the first time a black woman was up for the award in the category.
Legendary actress Angela Bassett hopes to raise awareness of the connection between Type 2 diabetes and heart disease with her campaign For Your Sweetheart. Her mother, Betty Jane Bassett, was diabetic and passed away from heart disease in 2014. Since then, Angela Bassett has been working steadily to raise awareness.âŚ
When Master of Noneâs Lena Waithe shared her coming-out story with the showâs writersâ room, she never thought it would ever end up as an episode, let alone one of the Netflix seriesâ most memorable episodes to date.
I was recently reading my girl Dara's latest blog post about marriage being boring and un-mysterious. (A conversation prompted by the Netflix show, Master of None). She also discussed the way she is comforted by the familiarity of her husband and their routine, and the newness they still experience as they grow andâŚ
