Insecure Season 4 Finale Recap: [Spoiler] Drops a Major Bombshell On Issa and Lawrence’s Reunion

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of Insecure. If you’d rather watch first, read later, exit stage left. We knew they were coming. The closer we got to the Season 4 finale of Insecure, the more clearly we could see not only those turning points fast approaching but also the exclamation […]

TVLine Items: Issa Rae's HBO Sketch Show, Dixie Vet on Station 19 and More

Issa Rae (Insecure) and Robin Thede (The Rundown With Robin Thede) are joining forces for A Black Lady Sketch Show, which has received a series order from HBO, our sister site Deadline reports. The half-hour comedy — executive-produced by Rae and Thede — will consist of sketches performed, written and directed by black women. Thede, […]

Performer of the Week: Issa Rae

THE PERFORMER | Issa Rae THE SHOW | Insecure THE EPISODE | “Fresh-Like” (Sept. 2, 2018) THE PERFORMANCE | As Issa settled into her new apartment and her new side gig as the complex’s manager — squirrels and all — Molly declared her BFF a “brand-new bitch.” But we hope that she’s never completely transformed, because we […]

Darrell Issa to retire from Congress amid record GOP exodus

California Congressman Darrell Issa is now the 31st Republican to decide against running for reelection this year, giving Democrats a chance to flip the San Diego-based district for the first time in 14 years. Rep. Issa announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in California’s 49th district this November, becoming the 31st Republican to […]

Jay Z’s New Video for “Moonlight” Recreates ‘Friends’ with Issa Rae and More

Master of None co-creator Alan Yang directed Jay Z’s new video for “Moonlight” from the artist’s latest album 4:44. The short recreates the cult (extremely white) TV series Friends, casting Insecure’s Issa Rae, Get Out’s Lil’ Rel Howery, Tessa Thompson, Tiffany Haddish, Jerrod Carmichael, and Lakeith Stanfield. Comedian Hannibal Buress joins them. Also featured is […]

Performer of the Week: Issa Rae

THE PERFORMER | Issa Rae THE SHOW | Insecure THE EPISODE | “Hella Great” (July 23, 2017) THE PERFORMANCE | The title of the HBO dramedy’s Season 2 premiere is also an entirely accurate description of the performance given by and awesomely typical of the series’ luminous leading lady/co-creator. Over the course of just 30 […]

How Casual Complexity Built to a Gripping Emotional Arc in the First Season of Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’

We’re pretty big fans of Issa Rae’s so-real series, Insecure. So to celebrate season 2, we’re taking a look back at the acclaimed first season, and recapping the highly anticipated new episodes. Don’t miss the return of Insecure on Sunday, July 23 at 10:30pm, only on HBO. The penultimate episode of Insecure‘s first season builds […]

Issa Endures (and Worsens) A Series of Terrible Dates in ‘Insecure’ Season 2 Trailer

Issa Rae has shared the trailer for the second season of Insecure, and it picks up where the last left off — which is to say, Issa is now immersed in the abyss of dating, following (spoiler) the explosive deterioration of her relationship with Lawrence (Jay Ellis) that made up a good part of the first […]

Ava DuVernay and Issa Rae Jump Onboard (at Least, on Social Media) the Rihanna/Lupita Nyong’o Movie Idea

A lot of the movies put out by Hollywood puts out these days seem to have had wholly nonverbal pitches: an image of a superhero, or a poster of the movie on which it’ll be based, or a toy, or a still of an app about goddamn tempestuous fowl. So a film wrought by a casual Twitter conversation […]