Bernard Williams was 17 years old when he was convicted of murder for a 1996 killing. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Now Williams is suing the city of Chicago and several of the Chicago police investigators who helped wrongfully convict him, according to a federal lawsuit…
OPINION: Vice President Kamala Harris shattered a 200-year-old glass ceiling in November 2020. As a Black woman, she brings both cultural and gender competency to the most powerful table in the country. Two hundred and thirty-three years ago as the United States Constitution established the role of vice president, it also enshrined the rights of…
‘We have our own work to do,’ said HFPA Vice President Helen Hoehne. ‘Just like in film and television, Black representation is vital.’ After a lengthy recent expose by The Los Angeles Times that outed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as having no Black journalists among its 87 members, the organization says it’s committed to…
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Hamilton, who recently performed for the White House, tells theGrio despite being hospitalized with COVID-19 he is ‘educating’ himself before getting the vaccine White House officials in a Sunday evening call with reporters emphasized that there are now three highly-effective COVID-19 vaccines available across the country. The latest is the one-shot dosage from Johnson…
The ‘Greenleaf’ alum stars in the TVOne flick based on the book by Demetria Lucas Plenty of people know Deborah Joy Winans for her role as Charity in OWN’s Greenleaf but the fans of the actress with the soulful voice have never seen her quite like this before. As the lead in TVOne’s latest offering,…
Jesse Williams and Wanda DeWise are reportedly in talks to join the cast It looks like we’ll get to see a lot more of Winston Duke when he stars as Marcus Garvey in the upcoming film, Marked Man. Read More: Winston Duke, Phylicia Rashad remember Chadwick Boseman during ABC special According to Deadline, the film,…
The 78th-annual Golden Globe Awards was the latest awards ceremony to take place amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sunday, Feb. 28, attendees — with a significant portion attending virtually — gathered to celebrate some of Hollywood’s best film and television programming. The event was broadcast simultaneously at the Rainbow Room in Midtown Manhattan and the…
One thing’s for sure, the rapper The Game isn’t afraid to put his love life or interests on blast. Another reminder of that came during the Saturday, Feb. 27 solo “Verzuz” battle for singer D’Angelo. Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett and the Compton native was tuned in to the battle. Luckett, 39, was swooning…
Cross, the former Philadelphia Eagle and ‘The NFL Today’ co-host, was the first Black man to serve as a sports analyst on national TV. Former NFL cornerback and pioneering football commentator Irv Cross, national television’s first Black man to serve as a sports analyst, died Sunday at the age of 81. A commentator for CBS…
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the 29-year-old Nix was reported missing Wednesday Louis Nix III, a standout nose guard at Notre Dame before being drafted into the NFL, has died in Florida after being missing for several days, but many questions linger about the circumstances of his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the 29-year-old…
