Happy b'day Billy Dee Williams!

SLIDESHOW - Billy Dee Williams has had a long career, spanning from his acting debut in the Academy Award-nominated 1959 movie 'The Last Angry Man', to the classic TV movie 'Brian's Song' (1971), for which he and James Caan received Emmy Award nominations...

Will Lando Calrissian return in new 'Star Wars' sequels?

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - For Star Wars fans, lovable rogue Lando Calrissian has always stood out as the coolest guy in the galaxy and its most prominent person of color...

'Lady Sings the Blues' 40 years later

Adam Howard

theGRIO REPORT - When African-American baby boomers wax nostalgic about a time when 'black movies were good,' they most likely have 1972's 'Lady Sings the Blues' in mind.

Are black men not allowed to be sexy on film?

Mychal Denzel Smith

OPINION - There are certain ways in which black men are viewed and categorized that differs from their white counterparts...

How Lumet's 'The Wiz' became a black cult classic

Adam Howard

OPINION - Does 'The Wiz' hold a candle to Lumet's most seminal work -- hardly. But it's still a fascinating part of an incredible career that has sadly come to an end...