Cynthia Erivo’s turn as Aretha Franklin in ‘Genuis: Aretha’ is the only nomination for a Black actor in 30 slots for TV The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations are here, and the nominations in television categories have shut out much of this year’s Black talent. Cynthia Erivo attends the “Twenties” Season Two Screening on…
Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January 12, 2022 Gerren Keith Gaynor: [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you the 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: [00:00:14] Oh! fancy title! And I’m your…
Every so often, actors or artists make public statements about the mistreatment that they endured in the entertainment industry and call for action to change it. India Arie is one of the latest musicians to speak out about her “TRASH” experience in the music industry. Although she didn’t ask for it to change, she did…
It was the city’s deadliest blaze in three decades. The New York Police Department released on Wednesday the names and ages of the 17 people who perished in the Bronx apartment fire on Sunday. The Associated Press reported that an electric space heater set up in one of the bedrooms of a duplex on the…
The foundation said in an announcement the donation was in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the national holiday marking his birthday The Home Depot Foundation said it will give $1 million to the Atlanta-based National Center for Civil and Human Rights, which plans to use the donation to expand its museum…
Cannon was first diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune disease 10 years ago. It’s been 10 years since actor, comedian and host Nick Cannon was first diagnosed with Lupus. On a recent episode of his talk show, The Nick Cannon Show, he opened up about the disease, how he has shifted his entire lifestyle in order…
Harvey went on to explain that he has no plans on having a comedy special of his own until he stops performing because it would, ‘end his television career’ During a recent appearance at the Television Critics Association press tour, Steve Harvey spoke out against “cancel culture,” saying, “political correctness has killed comedy.” Cancel culture…
Officials with the nonprofit law center said the recipients were selected in consultation with members of the Congressional Black Caucus to assist with current and future programming Sites associated with Black history in five Southern states will each receive grants of $50,000 from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal advocacy group based in Alabama,…
Hill’s memoir is scheduled for June 7 and billed as a “full, frank story” covering both the “pinnacle of success” and “the depths of personal trauma.” Grant Hill’s path to the NBA Hall of Fame had plenty of pain along with all the highlights. Hill has a deal with Penguin Press for the memoir “Game,”…
New details suggest that an off-duty police officer in North Carolina who shot and killed an unarmed Black man over the weekend under questionable circumstances didn’t need to use lethal force — or any force at all — even though the contents of his 911 call show he was determined to use his gun. Cumberland…
