Happy b'day Denzel! The top 25 'black don't crack' celebrities
SLIDESHOW - As the summer sun heats up, tons of sunscreen is being slathered on, however the benefit of having beautiful black skin is its ability to resist wrinkles...
'Django Unchained' does killer business on its opening day
theGRIO REPORT - According to early box office estimates, Quentin Tarantino's controversial but critically acclaimed slavery-themed western Django Unchained is shaping up to be a hit...
The top 10 black holiday movies
SLIDESHOW - Here are a choice few holiday films with black characters in leading roles that spread Christmas cheer...
Does 'Django Unchained' make slavery safe for the masses?
OPINION - The broad takeaway of 'Django Unchained' appears to be this: whether you love the movie or hate it, it’s clear the movie represents a cultural inflection point...
'Django' stars slam award season anti-black bias
theGRIO REPORT - During an interview with theGrio, Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington weighed in on the lack of award recognition black actors receive in Hollywood....
Is slavery Hollywood's new black?
OPINION - 'Django Unchained' – Quentin Tarantino’s latest ode to unrestrained violence and blood-soaked mayhem – and 'Lincoln', the celebrated Steven Spielberg period piece about the Great Emancipator, are notable for two specific reasons...
Does Hollywood negatively stereotype darker black women?
OPINION - In 'Alex Cross,' one of the few women in the movie who was of a darker complexion was once again playing someone extremely negative. Come on Hollywood, enough is enough!...
Golden Globe nominations revealed
theGRIO REPORT - This morning the Hollywood Foreign Press announced its Golden Globes nominations for the best films and television of the past year...
Tarantino on ‘Django’: ‘Hollywood didn’t want to deal with’ slavery in films
theGRIO REPORT - Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the upcoming film Django Unchained partly out of growing frustrations with the depiction of slavery, or lack thereof, in Hollywood films...
'Beasts of the Southern Wild', 'Django Unchained' make AFI top 10 list
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller 'Zero Dark Thirty,' Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic 'Lincoln' and Christopher Nolan's superhero tale 'The Dark Knight Rises' are among the American Film Institute's top-10 movies of the year...
