BET founder to develop inspirational YouTube channel
theGRIO REPORTER - BET founder and chairman of the RLJ companies, Robert Johnson, is developing a faith-friendly channel on YouTube...
Who are the new black Hollywood elite?
theGRIO REPORT - Blacks in Hollywood are coming into a spectacular period of prominence, led by a vanguard group of African-Americans taking Tinseltown by storm such as Will Packer...
Actress Meagan Good engaged
Meagan Good, best known for her role in the 90's film 'Eve's Bayou' recently announced through her publicist that she's engaged...
Faith-based films gaining foothold in Hollywood
theGRIO REPORT - At its forefront is 33-year-old DeVon Franklin, who is vice president of production for Columbia Pictures (a division of Sony)...
Is Paula Patton not 'black enough' for you?
OPINION - Can we critique Paula Patton's acting skills? Most definitely, but to say she shouldn't play any role -- in a 'black' film -- simply because she 'sounds' white is amazingly stupid...
How Christianity lords over black romantic comedies
OPINION - Hollywood continues to play it safe with black films instead of providing black filmmakers with the platform to expose the depth of our communities...
'Jumping the Broom' cast talks family dynamics
VIDEO - Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine (who play the mothers of the film's bride and groom) talked about what the process was like for them...
Beautyshop Buzz: Does your mother determine who you date?
VIDEO - 'Jumping the Broom' brings two black families together from different parts of town. Do you believe that there is still a noticeable divide between classes...
'Jumping the Broom' will sweep audiences off their feet
REVIEW - 'Jumping the Broom' is in the tradition of 'The Best Man', 'Love and Basketball', 'Why Did I Get Married?' -- if you love black love, you will love this movie...
Paula Patton says she waiting for her son to get blacker
Actress Paula Patton recently appeared on the Chelsea Handler show and the "Jumping the Broom" star dished on why people think her newborn son Julian Fuego is adopted...
