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About Cortney Wills

Cortney M. Wills is the Entertainment Director at TheGrio and host of our latest podcast initiative, Acting Up.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, the Medill alum began her career at Time Inc. and has since covered music, film, television, and pop culture for numerous publications including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, MTV News, JET, and more.
Much of her work at TheGrio focuses on holding Hollywood accountable and examines how stories about our people, our culture, and our communities are being told on screens big and small.
She’s currently based in Los Angeles where she resides with her husband and children.

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Robin Thede, Gabrielle Dennis, Ashley Nicole Black and Quinta Brunson land second season for their series, A Black Lady Sketch Show (Credit:Dorothy Hong/HBO)
August 9, 2019
An interview with Robin Thede, creator, executive producer, and star of HBO's latest series, 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' opens…
Kiki Layne
August 9, 2019
James Earl Jones, Rick Ross, and Kiki Layne have been cast in the highly anticipated sequel 'Coming To America 2'…
Angela bassett
August 2, 2019
An interview with Angela Basset about her new Netflix film, 'Otherhood' co-starring Felicity Huffman and Patricia Arquette.
Sextuplets
August 2, 2019
Marlon Wayans is portraying six different characters in his hilarious new Netflix film, 'Sextuplets' co-starring Bresha Webb, due out August…
A Black Lady Sketch Show
August 2, 2019
Robin Thede is finally ready to unveil her new HBO series 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' and there are tons…
Hobbs & Shaw
July 31, 2019
Dwayne Johnson and Idris Elba are smoldering hot hunks in ’Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw’ easily summer's funnest…
John Legend thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
EGOT winner John Legend calls Donald Trump a racist POS and insists we need to get him out of office…
Nene Leakes
July 31, 2019
Nene Leakes insists she's happy that Cynthia Bailey is engaged to Mike Hill after rumors that she was angry about…
Queen and Slim
July 31, 2019
Check out the first official trailer for 'Queen & Slim' starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith and written by Lena…
Moniece Slaughter
July 31, 2019
Moniece Slaughter has confirmed she is quitting 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood' after season 6 in a series of social…
Matt Jordan
July 31, 2019
Kenya Moore's ex boyfriend, Matt Jordan has been arrested on three seperate charges including aggravated assault and theft.
Cardi B
July 30, 2019
According to reports, Cardi B has been forced to cancel a concert in Indiana for safety reasons after the venue…
Nicki Minaj thegrio.com
July 30, 2019
It looks like Nicki Minaj may be ready to walk down the aisle with her bourfriend, Kenneth Perry after reports…
Kelly Rowland
July 30, 2019
After rumors started swirling that Destiny's Child was planning to reunite on the heels of their 20th anniversary, Kelly Rowland…
Mary J. Blige
July 29, 2019
Courtney A. Kemp has announced that Mary J. Blige will star in a 'POWER' spinoff at STARZ entitled 'Power Book…
Tituss Burgess
July 29, 2019
Tituss Burgess went IN on Andy Cohen on social media after having an uncomfortable exchange on 'Watch What Happens Live.'
Sade theGrio.com
July 29, 2019
Sade's son Izaak is in the process of transitioning from female to make and he opened up aout his latest…
Chance the Rapper
July 29, 2019
Chance the Rapper just announced plans to embark on a massive, 35-stop tour afer dropping his debut album, 'The Big…
Wood Harris Avon thegrio.com
July 29, 2019
'The Wire' creator, David Simon, calls Donald Trump a "racist moron" in a Twitetr rant after POTUS hurls insults at…
Dennis McKinley
July 29, 2019
Porsha Williams' ex fiance, Dennis McKinley, claims he was assaulted by police after being accused of stealing a $4 sandwich.