'Downton Abbey' adds first recurring black character for season 4

Stuart Kemp, The Hollywood Reporter

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - 'Downton Abbey' is ramping up its roster of fresh cast, inking a deal with Gary Carr (TV's 'Death In Paradise') for the hit British costume drama's fourth season...

Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?

Michelle Faul, Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or hindered the cruel system of white rule and prolonged the jailing of Nelson Mandela...

Black Britons have mixed feelings about Margaret Thatcher legacy

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - In Britain, Thatcher was a divisive force, who you either loved or loathed...

First lady crowned queen of fashion

Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor

TODAY - Michelle Obama has been crowned fashion royalty by Britain’s Sunday Times Style Magazine, which ranked the first lady at the top of its best-dressed list...

Black British actors invade Hollywood

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - In recent years more and more have been cast in on-screen roles, not just in big budget U.S. films but also on American television...

Mick Jagger's letters to black lover pull in over $300,000

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - Mick Jagger, the legendary founding member of The Rolling Stones, wrote a series of love letters in the summer of 1969 to his former African-American lover Marsha Hunt...

Colonial sins return to haunt former world powers in Kenya

NBC News' Ian Johnston, Nancy Ing and Ploy Bunlueslip

LONDON - It is a court case that could reverberate round the world: Three elderly Kenyans are suing the U.K. government for torture inflicted by the colonial regime during the African country's struggle for independence...

Alicia Keys sings to the heavens

Associated Press

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Alicia Keys has been getting in touch with her spiritual side, headlining 'MTV Crashes Manchester' in the city's cathedral...

Teen sentenced for stabbing girl with 'Afro comb'

Kunbi Tinuoye

theGRIO REPORT - A 16-year-old girl is facing a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of murdering her teenage rival with a steel Afro comb...

Nicki Minaj cancels UK festival show due to vocal chords

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Nicki Minaj has canceled her appearance at this weekend's V Festival in the United Kingdom because of damage to her vocal cords...

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'Downton Abbey' adds first recurring black character for season 4

Did Thatcher help or hinder apartheid?

Black Britons have mixed feelings about Margaret Thatcher legacy

First lady crowned queen of fashion

Black British actors invade Hollywood

Mick Jagger's letters to black lover pull in over $300,000

Colonial sins return to haunt former world powers in Kenya

Alicia Keys sings to the heavens

Teen sentenced for stabbing girl with 'Afro comb'

Nicki Minaj cancels UK festival show due to vocal chords

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