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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Sterling . Brown
Sterling K. Brown opens up about his experience with cancer and his desire to support survivors and spread awareness about life after the diagnosis.
Wanda Sykes
Netflix has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming comedy special ‘Wanda Sykes: Not Normal’ premiering on the streaming service May 21.
Cardi B
Cardi B, Drake, Beyonce, Travis Scott, and more lead the pack in 2019 BET Awards nominations and we’ve got the full list of contenders.
Lizzo
Lizzo will make her major TV performance debut when she takes the stage at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards and we can’t wait.
Kevin Durant
May 15, 2019
‘Q Ball’ is a documentary produced by Kevn Durant that highlights the basketball team formed at San Quentin State Prison.
Lupita
Check out the full list of nominees for the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards including Lupita Nyong’o, Amandla Stenberg, Jason Mitchell and more.
Tiffany Haddish thegrio.com
Tiffany Haddish just scored a new gig. The comedienne has been tapped to host ABC’s reboot of Kids Say The Darnedest Things. Some folks may remember the (1998-2000) version of the show that featured tons of kids from a…
Zendaya
HBO has dropped the first full-length trailer for its upcoming teen drama, ‘Euphoria’ and Zendaya takes on a much darker role than we’re used to.
Ayesha Curry
Ayesha Curry revealed that she chose to get breast implants while suffering from postpartum depression after having second child.
According to reports, Premier health Urgent Care is a Black-owned urgent care that has opened in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Mixed-ish
After months of anticipation, ABC has finally dropped the first trailer for their black-ish prequel series, Mixed-ish. The 30-minute comedy will air Tuesdays at 9/8c on ABC and stars Arica Himmel, Tika Sumpter, Gary Col…
Star thegrio.com
Fox chief addresses diversity efforts at the network after cancelling several Black-led shows including ‘STAR’, ‘Lethal Weapon’, and ‘Rel.’
Games People Play
Sarunas Jackson and Parker McKenna Posey speak on the trouble with shooting those steamy sex scenes on ‘Games People Play.’
Peggy Lipton has died at age 72. Her daughters, Rashida Jones and Kidada Jones confirmed the sad news in a statement on Saturday. “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” the daught…
Taraji P. Henson
A list of female celebrities who should be applauded for speaking out about mental health in the Black community and beyond.
Keyon Dooling
Former NBA star, Keyon Dooling, opened up about how keeping his child abuse a secret sent him to a mental institution on ‘Red Table Talk.’
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union reveals the best strategy for working moms to stay sane is to “act like a dude” and let yourself off the hook.
Wu-Tang
“Of Mics and Men’ director, Sacha Jenkins, recaps his favorite moments from first installment of his four-part Wu-Tang Clan docuseries.
Kenya Barris/ Rashida Jones
‘black-ish’ creator Kenya Barris and Rashida Jones will executive produce and star in new Netflix series ‘Black Excellence’.
Sacha Jenkins
Sacha Jenkins, director of the Wu-Tang docuseries ‘Of Mics and Men’ breaks down why the group’s story is an important piece of American history.