EXCLUSIVE: “Powell always recognized our commonality as Black Americans occupying these historic and predominantly white spaces in Washington.” Monday morning was a normal day. I was taking my daughter to school listening to music when I received two back-to-back text messages that informed me that General Colin Powell had died. As I reflect in shock…
The ‘That’s So Raven’ star was a short-lived co-host on the daytime chatfest Raven-Symoné has never been one to mince her words and in a recent interview the former Disney star opened up about why she feels like she was “catfished” into joining ABC’s daytime talk show The View. Monday, Symone appeared on the podcast The View: Behind…
Kevin Hart‘s ex-wife Torrei Hart defended her decision to keep Kevin’s last name on Saturday, Oct. 16, a day following her admission on “The Real.” During her appearance on the daytime talk show last week, Torrei opened up about experiencing a breakthrough after a public divorce with the comedian, co-parenting their two children and keeping her last…
Wreckage of the crashed helicopter that was carrying former NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna smolders on the ground on January 26, 2020, in Calabasas, California. | Source: David McNew / Getty Kobe Bryant‘s widow has been about as open as possible about the devastation she has experienced by losing her husband…
EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio sat down with the team at BFRJ and broke down the ways in which the fight for equality in the theatre industry is in many ways just getting started After a historic shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway is officially back in New York City. Like many institutions, however, the theatre community…
Raven-Symoné is continuing to talk about her long history with weight loss struggles. Throughout her adult life the actress has candidly spoken about the stress of the fluctuating number on the scale. But the angst of being made acutely aware of her changing body dates back to when she was just a preteen. Raven-Symoné. (Photo:…
EXCLUSIVE: Merritt tells theGrio’s April Ryan that “we want to make sure that African Americans are not being struck from the jury pool by basis of race alone.” Ahmaud Arbery, the young Black man slain in South Georgia after taking a peek at a home renovation site during his usual run through his neighborhood, will…
OPINION: Powell called on Republicans to take their message to Black communities versus running away from them and warned that it would soon shrink to the party it is today. The world awakened Monday to the sad news that we had lost a great American soldier, statesman and former US Secretary of State in Retired…
Jai Scott has been charged with five counts of attempted murder. An Alabama teen has been arrested and charged in connection to a shooting during a high school football game in Mobile, Ala. Friday night. Jai Scott, 19, of Semmes, Ala. was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail after being charged with five counts…
Production crew members have reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after threatening to strike over wages and working conditions. An agreement was reached between IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) shortly before the IATSE was to begin an Oct. 18 strike. But how long…
