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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April 2, 2021
Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin discuss their new Netflix film ‘Concrete Cowboy’ co-starring Lorraine Toussaint and Jharrel Jerome.
March 26, 2021
Patrice Covington opens up about honoring Aretha Franklin and portraying her sister, Erma Franklin in NatGeo’s ‘Genius: Aretha’
5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards - Red Carpet
March 25, 2021
‘Lovecraft Country’ star and NAACP Image Award nominee, Aunjanue Ellis speaks on pay inequity for Black women in Hollywood
Dr. Holly Carter thegrio.com
March 25, 2021
Check out our exclusive interview with industry veteran Dr. Holly Carter on her road to Hollywood and a long list of upcoming projects.
Courtney B. Vance
March 18, 2021
Courtney B. Vance and Suzan-Lori Parks discuss NatGeo’s upcoming limited series, ‘Genius: Aretha’ on theGrio’s Acting Up podcast.
March 15, 2021
It’s crystal clear that one of our faves made an impact: “Judas and the Black Messiah” is the film to beat at the 93rd Academy Awards.
March 12, 2021
Beyonce is poised to make history at the 2021 Grammy Awards and we’ve got everything you need to know about music’s biggest night.
March 12, 2021
Kelly Rowland opens up about birthing a new baby, new movie, and new album on the debut episode of theGrio’s new podcast Acting Up.
Deborah Joy Winans thegrio.com
March 1, 2021
Check out our exclusive interview with Deborah Joy Winans on her starring role in TVOne’s ‘Don’t Waste Your Pretty’
2020 Sundance Film Festival -   Cinema Cafe With Radha Blank And Winston Duke
March 1, 2021
Winston Duke has signed on to portray Marcus Garvey in the upcoming biopic, ‘Marked Man’ at Amazon Studios.
Andra Day thegrio.com
February 28, 2021
Find out who won big at the 2021 Golden Globes including Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega, and Disney/PIXAR’S ‘Soul.’
February 28, 2021
Chadwick Boseman made history as the second person to win the Golden Globe for ‘Best Actor’ posthumously for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.’
February 28, 2021
Daniel Kaluuya won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture at the 2021 Golden Globes and experienced technical issues during his speech.
Sterling K. Brown, Ava DuVernay, theGrio.com
February 26, 2021
Hollywood hits back against Golden Globes and Hollywood Foreign Press Association for having no Black members with #TimesUpGlobes movement.
Andra Day thegrio.com
February 26, 2021
Andra Day talks about her starring role as Lady Day in ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ in a Grio exclusive.
February 26, 2021
Check out our exclusive interview with The Lucas Brothers on dropping out of law school and writing ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
51st NAACP Image Awards - Nominees Luncheon
February 19, 2021
Check out our exclusive interview with trailblazing costume designer, Ruth E. Carter on episode 3 of ‘How Hollywood Highlights our History’
AFI FEST 2019 Presented By Audi – "Queen
February 19, 2021
Check out theGrio’s exclusive interview with Kelly Rowland on giving birth to a new baby and a new album during the quarantine.
February 16, 2021
Check out our review of ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ starring LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, and Dominique Fishback.
February 16, 2021
Check out an exclusive clip of the Netfix docuseries ‘Amend: The Fight for America,’ featuring Brittany Packnett Cunningham.