Rhimes is on the latest cover of Time Magazine, in which she breaks down her journey in television, running Shondaland and more In a recent Time Magazine profile, television titan Shonda Rhimes opened up about her Netflix deal, the new season of Bridgerton, her upcoming series Inventing Anna and more. It’s been years since Rhimes…
AUP EP#32 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 1/5/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture, and our stories. I’m your host, Courtney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio, and this week we’re looking back at 2021….
Protesters were demanding justice in a northern New Jersey city after a plainclothes police officer killed a young Black man who a witness said was shot while he was holding his hands up. Activists and family and friends of Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, who died on Dec. 29 after an officer with the Paterson Police Department…
Moneybagg Yo is ready to make some real changes for his health and his creative process to make music. The Memphis rapper recently tweeted that he is done with drinking lean and ready to try being more sober. He wrote, “I use to think being sober would f-ck wit my creative process, I see dats…
The Black Army vet passed away at his home in New Orleans on Tuesday The oldest living World War II veteran in America has died at the age of 112. Lawrence Brooks passed away at his home in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans on Tuesday, nola.com reports. His death was confirmed by his…
At least seven historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats, on Tuesday, leading to the schools’ administrations evacuating each campus. Howard University in Washington was one of the institutions targeted. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Florida Memorial University, Howard University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University, Prairie View A&M University in…
Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January 5, 2022 Gerren Keith Gaynor: [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture, I’m your co-host, Gerren Keith Gaynor, Managing Editor of Politics and Washington Correspondent at theGrio. [00:00:13][10.1] Shana Pinnock: [00:00:13] And I’m your co-host, a Pinnock social…
The actor and comedian opened up to theGrio about the inspiration behind his new book, which is available now Kel Mitchell is kicking off the new year with a brand new book. The actor and comedian released Blessed Mode in December, and theGrio caught up with him to break down the inspiration behind it, his…
The HBCU community received some disturbing news to start the New Year. Multiple institutions were on alert after receiving threats of potential violence on Tuesday. Howard University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas Southern University, Xavier University of Louisiana and other historically Black colleges and universities each received bomb…
Hosts will see only the initials of users until the booking is confirmed. Airbnb is limiting how hosts in Oregon see guest profiles displayed on the app in an effort to combat racial discrimination in the state. The new policy begins Jan. 31, when hosts will see only the initials of users until the booking…
