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'White House Down' (June 28): Following this blockbuster lead role in 'Django Unchained,' Jamie Foxx plays the president opposite Channing Tatum in this action thriller. Can he hold a candle to Obama? We'll see. (Photo courtesy of Iron Horse Entertainment)

Jamie! Will! Denzel! Must-see summer movies

Lilly Workneh
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Superheroes, A-list-stars and big budget special effects are headed to a theater near you this season...
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Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was brutally murdered near Money, Mississippi. (AP Photo/File)/ Lil Wayne (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Emmett Till's family pens open letter to Lil Wayne

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - The document, which was given exclusively to Vibe, the Till family asks Weezy to think before he speaks and to take ownership of the power of his celebrity status...
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Rapper Lil Wayne watches the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Kentucky Wildcats during the 2012 State Farm Champions Classic at Georgia Dome on November 13, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Lil Wayne's Emmett Till lyric offends, gets pulled by Epic label

Chris Talbott, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Epic Records says it is making "great efforts" to take down a new Future remix with a vulgar Lil Wayne lyric that has offended the family of a black U.S. teenager whose murder in the 1950s for whistling at a white woman helped to change the national conversation on race...
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Left: Beyonce (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images For BET) Right: Queen Tara from 'Epic' movie

Beyoncé voices animated character in new 'Epic' movie trailer

Carrie Healey
VIDEO - Grammy Award winning singer Beyoncé is the voice of Queen Tara in the upcoming 3-D comedy, adventure Epic, and a new trailer depicting her character has been released...
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Denzel Washington arrives at the premiere of Paramount Pictures' 'Flight' held at the ArcLight Cinemas on October 23, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Is Hollywood ready for a black Jesus?

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Denzel Washington was the winner of an online poll for 'Vanity Fair' and '60 Minutes' which asked the question, who should play Jesus Christ in a biblical epic film...
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Beyoncé

Beyoncé to star animated film 'Epic'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé has just been named as one of the lead voices in the upcoming animated film 'Epic'...
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