Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis spoke about racism in Hollywood at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 18, and she revealed a director once confused her with his maid. Davis was speaking during the Women In Motion Talk with Variety. Davis recalled working on a film when she was around 30 years old and…
Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t, Aftershock, and more take center stage at this year’s festival The American Black Film Festival is weeks away, and on Thursday they announced their official lineup of 12 spotlight screenings. As theGrio previously reported, the American Black Film Festival is gearing up for its 26th year, which will include a hybrid…
A Black man falsely accused of attacking a white woman while he was birdwatching in Central Park has now landed a TV series on a major network. After the woman called the police on him, Cooper emerged as a stand-up by not pressing charges against her for falsely accusing him of a crime. National Geographic…
Kimberly Johnson, of Buffalo, places her hand on a photo of the late Hayward Patterson, at a makeshift memorial across the street from the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Buffalo, NY. | Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty There are…
Fans first fell in love with Phaedra Parks after she graced their television screens in 2010, when she joined the third season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” The self-proclaimed Southern belle was a regular cast member until she was fired in 2017, during the show’s ninth season. Parks was given the boot after admitting that she falsely…
The ruling said the law’s 15-week ban on abortions would remain blocked until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a related case in Mississippi. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking key portions of a new Kentucky abortion law that had forced the state’s two clinics to temporarily halt…
Fans of Grammy Award-winning star Bobby Brown are just days away from the premiere of the singer’s new A&E documentary, followed immediately by his new reality series “Bobby Brown: Every Little Step,” featuring his wife, Alicia Etheredge, and their three young children together. Etheredge and Brown met in the late ’80s shortly after the entertainer…
The grieving family members of the ten people killed in a mass shooting are expressing their pain as funerals begin Relatives of the 10 Black people massacred in a Buffalo supermarket pleaded with the nation Thursday to confront and stop racist violence, their agony pouring out in the tears of a 12-year-old child, hours after…
OPINION: The NBA legend’s racing team, 23XI Racing, has reached victory lane twice since he entered the sport last year. It’s good news for NASCAR, which wants to grow and diversify its fanbase. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Thanks to Michael Jordan…
Thanks to Cooper’s deep love of nature, he’ll be hosting a new show, “Extraordinary Birder,” focused on his lifelong hobby. Christian Cooper, the Central Park birdwatcher made infamous by recording a woman making false claims about him to the police, has landed himself a new gig. Cooper will be the host of a new show…
