Minneapolis police are under public scrutiny after a video of officers shooting a Black man after bursting into the apartment he was staying in while executing a no-knock warrant was made public last week. The 22-year-old’s parents say he was “executed” while stumbling to defend himself after suddenly being awakened from his sleep. Police say…
The hilariously funny commentary provided by actress Leslie Jones during the Olympic Games may be no more after the comedian revealed that she is rethinking doing her narration videos. Jones has been living-tweeting the longstanding sporting event over the years and was even invited by NBC to be a part of its 2016 Olympics coverage…
OPINION: Tired of seeing the Magical Negro trope? Don’t want to watch Black bodies being brutalized? TheGrio Test, much like the Bechdel Test for women, seeks to let Black filmgoers know what movies they can trust. The whole hubbub around the Oscars always reminds me of the power of cinema and its ability to shape how…
Source: yulkapopkova / Getty Black podcast shows have taken the entertainment industry by storm over the last decade and the growing audio platform sector doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), reported in 2020 that podcasts generated a whopping $842 million in revenue, despite the pandemic causing…
Source: Nathan Howard / Getty Last week, Minneapolis police killed 22-year-old Amir Locke showing it’s not enough to “reign in” no-knock warrants. The practice needs to end. Associate director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Jani Nelson said Locke’s killing might have been prevented had Congress passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing…
AUP EP#39 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 2/7/22 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, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week we’re sitting down with Gerrick…
Gabrielle Union took to Instagram on Feb. 6 to showcase what a typical Sunday is like with her daughter Kaavia James Union Wade. In the social media post, the pair, who are dressed in their pajamas with beverages at hand, are dancing in what appears to be their living room to Curtis Mayfield’s 1970 single…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty Black school board members and education professionals across the country are under attack for their commitment to equity and justice. Approximately two weeks after one of Georgia’s most diverse school districts elected its first Black woman chair, Tarece Johnson, Ed.D., finds herself under attack by conservatives for her commitment to…
The film takes place in Curaçao, centered around a high-stakes game of dominoes. Ernest Dickerson‘s film, Double Play, will be coming to video on demand (VOD) this month. Allen Media Group, owned by Byron Allen, who also owns theGrio, has acquired the North American VOD rights to the drama and will distribute it to rent…
Rapper Yo Gotti calls himself “Scholarship Gotti” after agreeing to cover tuition costs for a student at Clark Atlanta University next semester. In celebration of his double album, “CM10: Free Game,” the Memphis native has pledged to support up-and-coming artists who shared a freestyle to his new single, “Dolla for Dolla.” Yo Gotti pledges to…
