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(L-R) Richard Price, Clarke Peters, Seth Gilliam,Wendell Piere, David Simon and Clark Johnson attend a panel discussion with the cast of 'The Wire' at The Times Center on July 30, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Obama Victory Fund to hold fundraiser with 'The Wire' stars

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - The Obama Victory Fund and supporters have announced a fundraiser on August 15th with the cast of the HBO series 'The Wire'...
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Roommate: FAMU hazing victim's last words

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Florida A&M University (FAMU) student Robert Champion died last year on November 19 after a hazing ritual...
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Villains on HBO's 'True Blood' wear Obama masks

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - in an interesting twist, on Sunday night's episode of 'True Blood', HBO chose to have the villains don masks of the current president -- Barack Obama...
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Could 'Girls' have been made with black female characters?

Britni Danielle, Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - As much as we complain about the lack of real black shows on TV, we’d be just as weirded out by real black sex.
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This publicity image released by HBO shows Emily Mortimer as Mackenzie MacHale , left, and Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy on the HBO series, "The Newsroom," premiering Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 10 p.m. EST on HBO. (AP Photo/HBO, Melissa Moseley)

Lack of diversity on 'The Newsroom' is same old story

Ronda Racha Penrice
OPINION - Label me 'jaded' but I watch a fair amount of cable news programming and, while it is far from perfect, they aren’t quite as devoid of melanin as 'The Newsroom'...
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'Cherry Waves' director Carey Williams

ABFF announces HBO Short Film winner

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theGRIO REPORT - 'Cherry Waves' bested four other films to win the HBO Short Film Competition at the 16th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami Beach...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 02: Shonda Rhimes arrives at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards at San Francisco Marriott Marquis on June 2, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for GLAAD)

Shonda Rhimes sounds off about lack of diversity on 'Bunheads'

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TV producer Shonda Rhimes recently tweeted about the lack of diversity on the new ABC Family show Bunheads...
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Ochocinco signs with Dolphins

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MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Chad Ochocinco signed with the Miami Dolphins on Monday, four days after being released by the New England Patriots...
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Donald Glover to be on season 2 of 'Girls'

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The critically acclaimed HBO series 'Girls' has been getting slammed ever since its first episode for its lack of diversity...
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'Girls' creator Lena Dunham defends show's whiteness

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'Girls' creator and executive producer Lena Dunham, who's hit HBO show has received backlash for its lack of diversity (the four main characters are white), recently addressed...
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