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Donald Glover has spoken candidly about his time working on 30 Rock, and said that Tina Fey told him he was a “diversity hire”.The actor and rapper, also known as Childish Gambino, was speaking during a new interview yesterday (April 4), when he explained how he got his first writing job, working for the US sitcom 30 Rock.According to Glover, he got the role back in 2006, back when he was still a resident assistant in Goddard – living in a dorm in New York City. However, despite performing well in his role, he consistently felt like an outsider.“It definitely didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there,” he told GQ.

Donald Glover is stepping into a new era of his career, one where he helps foster «the freshest entertainment and art» with Gilga, his new production company/incubator/cultural library. In an interview for 's first-ever Global Creativity Awards issue, Glover explains that the company is named after Gilgamesh, the mythic Mesopotamian hero who angered the gods. «Gilga is like Erewhon for culture,» the 39-year-old tells the outlet, referring to the high-end California supermarket. «I want to work with the best people in every medium.

Donald Glover takes his satirical style into new territory with horror thriller series Swarm.Created by Glover and Janine Nabers (Watchmen), the series follows Dre (Dominique Fishback) and her obsession with world-famous popstar Ni’Jah (Nirine S. Brown) which leads her down a dark path.Alongside Fishback, the series stars Chloe Bailey as Dre’s sister Ris, with guest appearances from Damson Idris, Rory Culkin, Paris Jackson, Byron Bowers and Billie Eilish.Amazon Prime Video hasn’t officially announced a second season.The project is the first to come from Glover’s deal with Amazon, so it’s unclear whether this will be an ongoing series or a standalone experiment.Speaking to Elle, Nabers gave a definitive answer on whether Dre’s story will continue in a second season.

Swarm, the new Amazon Prime Video show from Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, made its bow earlier this month.The satirical thriller series debuted on the streaming service on March 17, with the likes of Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey and Billie Eilish all starring.Swarm follows Dre (played by Fishback), “a young woman whose obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn”. You can watch the official trailer for Swarm below.“It’s based on true events,” Glover told The Hollywood Reporter about the show, which he described as “a post-truth TV show”.“I know there’s a lot of heavier issues or ideas but it really boiled down to, is this something that’d be fun to watch?… That’s something that we talked a lot about [in the writers’ room], like, this could be really kind of weird.”Swarm is available to stream in the UK on Amazon Prime Video, with all seven episodes of the show now available to watch.

Donald Glover is here, with the acclaimed actor, writer and Childish Gambino musician co-creating Swarm with Janine Nabers.The new satirical thriller series debuted on Amazon Prime Video on March 17, with the likes of Dominique Fishback, Chloe Bailey and Billie Eilish all starring.Swarm follows Dre (played by Fishback), “a young woman whose obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn”. You can watch the official trailer for Swarm below.The first season of Swarm consists of seven episodes, all of which arrived on Prime Video on March 17.The seven episodes are titled: ‘Stung’, ‘Honey’, ‘Taste’, ‘Running Scared’, ‘Girl, Bye’, ‘Fallin’ Through The Cracks’ and ‘Only God Makes Happy Endings’.Speaking to Vulture about the writing process, Glover, who created Atlanta, said: “We talked a lot about mental health and the internet in the writers’ room.

Chloe Bailey has said the reaction to her Swarm sex scene was “blown out of proportion” due to the fact she’s a woman.The new Amazon Prime Video series from Donald Glover features a star-studded cast of Bailey, Billie Eilish, Rory Culkin and Dominique Fishback. The last of which plays Dre, an obsessive, Houston-based music fan who goes on a murderous rampage over her favourite musician.Early on in the opening episode – which was released on March 17 – Dre’s sister Marissa (Bailey) is shown having sex, and the scene has been criticised by some for its explicit nature.In a recent appearance on the Big Boy’s Neighborhood podcast, Bailey defended the scene, saying: “I’m an actress and I feel like it’s about art.”“It’s not about seeing me in the mirror of that scene,” the actor-singer said.

Swarm, the new Amazon Prime Video TV series created by Donald Glover.The seven-episode show follows Dre (played by Dominique Fishback), whose obsession with a pop star plunges her into a dark world.Obama is credited as a staff writer on all seven episodes of the new show and wrote the teleplay to its fifth episode, titled ‘Girl, Bye’.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Glover’s co-creator and Atlanta writer-producer Janine Nabers praised Obama’s work. “Some of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so funny,” she said. “She’s an incredible writer.

Debuting to critical acclaim and lots of theories about its parallels to Beyonce and the Beyhive, is a wildly captivating comedy-horror series about a young girl whose obsession with a pop star and deep love for her sister sends her down a violent path.«It's also just really the story of a woman, who by any means necessary, is trying to get to the one thing that she understands in her life and the one thing that completes her,» showrunner Janine Nabers said. Co-created by Donald Glover and Nabers, the seven-part story stars Dominique Fishback as the central antihero, Andrea «Dre» Green, and Chloe Bailey as her sister, Marissa, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Damson Idris, Kiersey Clemons and Paris Jackson appearing as some of the ill-fated characters who come across with Dre. «When I was younger, I watched with Charlize Theron… And I watched Heath Ledger do the Joker and you see all of these people get to really tap into different characters,» Fishback said of wanting to take on this role. «I was like, 'Man, I want to get the opportunity to really just stretch myself as an actor and explore the human psyche in ways that I would never do.' …And, I feel like I got that freedom to do so at Dre's expense.

comes from the minds of Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, both of whom worked together on before they co-created the Prime Video series, it also features contributions from Malia Obama, who makes her TV writing debut on the show.  And Obama's episode does not disappoint, with Nabers, who serves as the series' showrunner, telling ET that "['Girl, Bye'] is probably one of the wildest episodes." She adds, «I think it's going to surprise a lot of people.

Billie Eilish just made her surprise acting debut with a previously unannounced role in the wildly captivating Prime Video series,, from co-creators Donald Glover and showrunner Janine Nabers. The singer, who appears in episode four, is just one of many unexpected supporting players who cross paths with Dominique Fishback. Now streaming, the series follows a young woman named Dre (Fishback) whose obsession with one of the world's biggest pop stars as well as an unexpected trauma involving her sister, Marissa (Chloe Bailey), sets her on a dark journey across the country. As Dre continues on her increasingly violent path, she encounters characters played by Damson Idris (Marissa's boyfriend, Khalid) as well as Bryron Bowers, Kiersey Clemons, Paris Jackson, internet personality Rickey Thompson, Rory Culkin and breakout X Mayo. That also includes Eilish, who plays Eva, a cult leader to white women played by the likes of Kate Lyn Sheil (, ) and others, who've all gathered together to attend the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which is being headlined by Ni'Jah.

Billie Eilish just made her surprise acting debut with a previously unannounced role in the wildly captivating Prime Video series,, from co-creators Donald Glover and showrunner Janine Nabers. The singer is just one of many unexpected supporting players who cross paths with Dominique Fishback.  Debuting on Friday, the series follows a young woman named Dre (Fishback) whose obsession with one of the world's biggest pop stars as well as an unexpected trauma involving her sister, Marissa (Chloe Bailey), sets her on a dark journey across the country. As Dre continues on her increasingly violent path, she encounters characters played by Damson Idris (Marissa's boyfriend, Khalid) as well as Bryron Bowers, Kiersey Clemons, Paris Jackson, internet personality Rickey Thompson, Rory Culkin and breakout X Mayo. That also includes Eilish, who is seen in a clip posted to Instagram having an intense conversation with Dre about «milk spilled on the carpet.» Eilish's character is also shown in the newest teaser that was shared by Prime Video on Thursday. While Eilish has appeared in several music documentaries and has voiced a version of herself for the Simpsons' short film,, marks the first time the singer is appearing in a fully scripted role. The idea to add her to the ensemble came from casting director Carmen Cuba, who knew that the singer wanted to get into acting.

 is a heady tale of a young woman's obsession with a fictional pop star and how that evolves into a dark road trip with unpredictable encounters. But according to star Chlöe Bailey, it's more a tale of sisterhood than anything else.From co-creators and executive producers Janine Nabers and Donald Glover,  follows Dre (Dominique Fishback), a young woman obsessed with the fictional pop star Ni'Jah, whose body of work and art style are very similar to Beyoncé's. Set between 2016 and 2018, the series follows Dre as her fandom takes her to dark, unexpected places, which begins after a tragic incident involving her sister Marissa (Bailey) and Marissa's boyfriend, Khalid.

Donald Glover and showrunner Janine Nabers, follows Andrea Green (Dominique Fishback), a young woman whose obsession with one of the world's biggest pop stars, a Houston, Texas-born singer named Ni’jah, and an unexpected trauma in her life sets her on a dark, twisted journey across the country. Inspired by the Beyhive and fans' relationships with the likes of Beyoncé, the Prime Video series is a captivating (and at times, disturbing) character study that parallels and as it tells the origin story of an anti-hero, who is unlike ones previously seen on TV. While speaking to ET, Nabers addresses whether is a critique of stans, what it was like getting to create a new kind of character for TV, and what Fishback, who is known for  and, brought to the role that surely will leave people screaming at their screens.    This story is 100 percent taken from real events and real internet rumors and real other things, true crimes that have happened between the years of 2016 and 2018.