AUP EP#43 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/19/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] 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, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio and this week we’re talking to Sacha Jenkins…
The free app allows users to suggest potential matches to friends and express moods through built-in features designed to mimic in-person dating processes Dissatisfied with the conventions of popular dating apps, two Houston natives are looking to change the game with a new platform designed to better translate conversational nuances to virtual methods of communication. Wingr,…
Congo’s expansive eastern provinces have long been wracked by sporadic armed conflict. A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in Congo said Friday the action undermines efforts to improve transparency in a region seeing rising official exports of the mineral. The U.S. announced sanctions late Thursday targeting Alain Goetz…
U.S. officials have been laying the groundwork to deliver additional booster doses to shore up the vaccines’ protection against serious disease. Drugmaker Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. The request is broader than rival pharmaceutical company…
Earlier this year, reality star Ray J was the target of some online backlash after he took a meeting with former President Donald Trump. However, those criticisms didn’t appear to bother the former “Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood” star, who met with Trump once more, this time bringing along rapper Kodak Black. In 2019 the…
Amid a worldwide chorus of condemnation, much of Africa has either pushed back or remained noticeably quiet. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently remarked that Russia’s war on Ukraine should be seen in the context of Moscow being the “center of gravity” for Eastern Europe. His son, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, was more forceful, declaring that…
Jackson has written that under “the ethics rules that apply to lawyers, an attorney has a duty to represent her clients zealously,” no matter their own views. President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo…
AUP EP#45 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/19/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] 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, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week I’m sitting down with Samuel…
Tracee Ellis Ross‘ body became a topic of conversation on March 17 after the actress uploaded a throwback behind-the-scenes clip from her Health Magazine photo shoot. In the Instagram post, Ross was seen sporting a deep-cut metallic bodysuit worn with a full face and her voluptuous curls as she posed for the camera and sang along…
The four musical performers will join under the name the All-Star Band at the show The Oscars will feature a unique all-star music collaboration: Sheila E., Adam Blackstone, Travis Barker and Robert Glasper will perform together at the 94th awards ceremony next weekend. Show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced Friday that the four…
