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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Tamar
July 30, 2018
Towanda Braxton claims Tamar Braxton was harassed by a Delta Airlines pilot for flying while black and shares video receipt.
Kid Fury
July 30, 2018
Kid Fury is developing an untitled, 30-minute comedy series for HBO that will be executive produced by Emmy-winner, Lena Waithe.
Ben & Amy 2
July 30, 2018
An exclusive interview with Insecure writers, Ben Cory Jones and Amy Aniobi discuss inclusion of LGBTQ community on season 3 of the hit HBO show.
Sorry to Bother You thegrio.com
July 27, 2018
There are tons of films you should be seeing this weekend including ‘Sorry To Bother You,’ ‘Blindspotting’ and ‘The Equalizer 2.’
RHOA
July 27, 2018
Porsha Williams has a new man, Kenya Moore says Bravo is cheap, and Sheree Whitfield won’t be returning to ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta.’
Gwyneth Paltrow
July 27, 2018
Gwyneth Paltrow denies Amber Rose’s claims that she is Jay-Z’s mistress, “Becky with the good hair,” referenced in “Sorry” by Beyonce.
Roseanne
July 27, 2018
Roseanne Barr sat down for an interview on ‘Hannity’ and made several ridiculous jokes and offered a half-hearted apology for her racist tweet.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 26, 2018
LeBron James has inked a deal with HBO for his new barbershop talk show, “The Shop’ proving he has big plans to take over Tinseltown.
Omarosa Trump book
July 26, 2018
Omarosa plans to release an explosive, tell-all book, ‘Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House’ on August 14.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 26, 2018
‘God Morning America’ host, Robin Roberts, has partnered up with Lifetime to create new films and documentaries for the network.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 25, 2018
NBA star, Dwyane Wade, has reportedly been offered a three-year, $25 million contract to play professiinal basketball in China.
Jay Williams
July 25, 2018
An exclusive iinterview with Jay Williams about his new show, “Best Shot” and why leBron James is the perfrct producer for the project.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
July 25, 2018
BET just announced that it has cancelled The Rundown with Robin Thede. The late-night comedy show that premiered in October […]
Lena Waithe thegrio.com
July 25, 2018
‘The Chi’ creator, Lena Waithe, will be bringing more comdey to the small screen after inking a first-look deal with Showtime.
Black Thought Trayvon Martin thegrio.com
July 25, 2018
Black Thought debutsmusic video for “Rest In Power” from the soundtrack of the upcoming film about the life and death of trayvon Martin.
Drea Kelly
July 25, 2018
Drea Kelly, the ex-wife of R. Kelly, has responded to his new song, “I Admit” with a remix of her own that highlights how she suffered at his hands.
Denzel Washington
July 23, 2018
‘The Equalizer 2’ took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, besting ‘Mama Mia’ thanks to the star power of Denzel Washington.
insecure girl
July 23, 2018
#Insecurefest went down in Los Angeles over the weekend and featured a star-studded guest list and amazing performances from Rico Nasty and 2 Chainz.
Issa Rae
July 23, 2018
An exclusive interview with Issa Rae about her Emmy nomination and what we can expect from season 3 of her hit show, ‘Insecure.’
Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal thegrio.com
July 20, 2018
An interview with Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal on how they made their powerful and poignant buddy comedy, ‘Blindspotting.’