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Rochelle Aytes and Drew Sidora, KeKe Palmer, and Lil Mama in VH1's biopic, 'Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story.'

Actress: 'There would be no TLC without Pebbles'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGrio, Rochelle Aytes talked about her role as Perri 'Pebbles' Reid in the upcoming TLC biopic....
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Zoe Saldana

Filmmakers stand by casting Saldana as Simone

Courtney Garcia
theGRIO REPORT - Mort acknowledges critics with sensitivity, but explains that her story of Simone is not meant to be a 'strict biopic' or depiction of the singer’s activism...
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October 10, 2011: Idris Elba attends the UK film premiere of 'Demons Never Die' held at the Odeon West End in London. Mandatory Credit: INFevents.com

First look: Idris Elba as Mandela

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - Idris Elba is poised to make a big splash at the movies this year....
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"Black Liberaces," Bootsy Collins, Prince and Little Richard

'Black Liberaces': Fab black male music stars

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - In celebration of 'Behind the Candelabra,' we bring you our list of black Liberaces, musical geniuses like Liberace similarly inspired by the muse of style...
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Zoe Saldana in 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

Zoe Saldana: 'I do believe in androgyny'

Courtney Garcia
theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGrio, Zoe Saldana talks about her role in 'Star Trek Into Darkness' and also weighs in on the criticism she received after being cast in 'Nina'...
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Cast of VH1's upcoming TLC biopic. Left-Right Drew Sidora as T-Boz, Keke Palmer as Chili, and Lil Mama as Left Eye (Courtesy VH1)

First look: VH1's New TLC biopic

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - VH1 has released the first image of the cast from the upcoming 'TLC biopic, 'Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story'...
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Usher (via Twitter)

Usher gets ready for role as Sugar Ray Leonard

Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Usher believes his dancing skills will help him in his upcoming role as Sugar Ray Leonard in 'Hands of Stone'...
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S. Epatha Merkerson and Jesse L. Martin attend the 2011 Misbehavin In Harlem Spring Benefit at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse on May 12, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

S. Epatha Merkerson praises Jesse L. Martin's performance as Marvin Gaye

Chris Witherspoon
VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, S. Epatha Merkerson talks about playing Marvin Gaye's mother in the upcoming biopic 'Sexual Healing'...
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This publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman, right, as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ drama “42,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Jackie Robinson's daughter excited about '42'

Associated Press

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s daughter says she and her family are excited about a new movie about her father, who broke the color barrier …

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When he retired at the end of the 1956 season, three major league teams had yet to integrate their clubhouses.  The Philadelphia Phillies integrated in 1957 with John Kennedy, the Detroit Tigers integrated in 1958 with Ozzie Virgil, and the Boston Red Sox were the last major league team to integrate when they signed Pumpsie Green in 1959.  (AP Photo)

10 little known Jackie Robinson facts

Carrie Healey
SLIDESHOW - As the 2013 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to take the field in the 20th Century, is remembered...
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