Alicia Keys campaigns for HIV education
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alicia Keys says she wants to spark a global conversation about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS...
Halle Berry, Michael Kors launch Watch Hunger Stop
NEW YORK (AP) - Halle Berry says she's a woman of compassion and Michael Kors says he's a man of action. Together, they want to make a dent in the battle against hunger around the world...
Wendell Pierce creates supermarket chain to help New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS -- As a boy, Wendell Pierce dreamed of leaving his hometown one day for the world stage. Today, the veteran actor with global credits has returned on a mission: rebuilding neighborhoods, brick by brick, aisle after aisle.
Dwyane Wade: A charitable champion
theGRIO REPORT - Two-time NBA Champion Dwyane Wade has hosted a weekend of events to raise money for charities and inspire fathers to play an active role in the lives of their children...
‘Doc McStuffins’ reveals changing face of medicine
theGRIO REPORT - As TV doctor dramas go, 'Doc McStuffins' is no ER....
Magic Johnson jumpstarts celeb mentor project
theGRIO REPORT - Johnson, alongside hip-hop artist, Common, and BET boss, Debra Lee, have joined forces with Coca-Cola to serve as mentors...
Tyler Perry offers $100K reward in Fla. cold cases
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff's deputy in southwestern Florida...
Rihanna donates $1.75 million to hospital in memory of grandmother
theGRIO REPORT - Rihanna has donated $1.75 million to a Barbados hospital in memory of grandmother, Clara "Dolly" Braithwaite. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will receive this funding exclusively for its radiotherapy department...
T.I. to launch new 'Give Like a King' campaign
theGRIO REPORT - The rapper, actor, and reality TV star is returning to his Bankhead neighborhood in Georgia to unveil his new campaign...
Alicia Keys raises $1.3M at gala, honors Oprah Winfrey
(AP) - During the auction portion of Alicia Keys' Black Ball Redux, one man was ready to jump his bid from $100,000 to $250,000 for a trip to South Africa — if Keys would join him and his friends.
