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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Quad Webb
June 1, 2018
Quad Webb-Lunceford has filed for divorce from her husband, Dr. G and the ‘Married TO Medicine’ stars’ battle is getting uglier by the day.
Joy Reid
June 1, 2018
MSNBC host Joy Reid issues apology for past blog posts that were hateful and offensive toward LGBTQ community and John McCain.
Cheo Coker
June 1, 2018
Exclusive interview with Cheo Coker on season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Luke Cage,’ Kanye West, the use of the n-word, and the rise of black superheroes.
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian
June 1, 2018
Kanye West dropped his latest album, ‘Ye’ on a live stream and hosted a listening party in Wyoming attended by Chris Rock, Kim Kardashian, Pusha T and others.
Cardi B
May 31, 2018
Marron 5’s latest music video for their song “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B stars several black beauties including Mary J. Blige, Phoebe Robinson, and Tiffany Haddish.
Kim Kardashian meets with Donald Trump thegrio.com
May 31, 2018
Kim Kardashian West reveals her reasons for meeting with Donald Trump about prison reform and her desire to get Alice Johnson pardoned.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
May 31, 2018
Jesse Jackson grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the social network’s lack of diversity during the annual shareholder’s meeting on Thursday.
serena williams
May 31, 2018
Serena Williams reveals her struggle with postpartum depression after having her daughter and dishes on her desire to have more children.
Insecure spread
May 31, 2018
‘Insecure’ star Sarunas Jackson fires back at fans for homophobic reactions to a recent poolside photo shoot in ‘GQ’ featuring him and his male cast mates.
Jesse Williams thegrio.com
May 31, 2018
Jesse Williams is reportedly dating SportsNet New York anchor Taylor Rooks and PageSix reports the two were spotted together over Memorial Day weekend.
Roseanne Barr
May 31, 2018
Roseanne Barr’s latest conspiracy theory is that former First Lady, Michelle Obama got ABC to cancel ‘Roseanne’ after racist tweets.
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
May 31, 2018
Now that Meghan Markle is officially a royal, she has a brand new life as The Duchess of Sussex, here’s five things to know about her new role as a royal.
Warryn & Erica Campbell
May 30, 2018
Warryn Campbell has worked with Kanye West and he seems to think his recent meltdown was more of a publicity stunt to sell records.
Roseanne Barr
May 30, 2018
Now that Roseanne Barr has been fired by ABC for her racist remarks we’ve rounded up a list of plausible future gigs for her to consider.
Nicki Minaj thegrio.com
May 30, 2018
BET has announced performers who will take the stage at the BET Awards including Nicki Minaj, Janelle Monae, H.E.R., and Migos.
sophie brussaux
May 30, 2018
Pusha T’s diss rack suggests Drake has a secret son named Adonis and his alleged baby momma claimed he asked her to ora the baby.
Whoopi Goldberg
May 30, 2018
Whoopi Goldberg slams Roseanne Barr for sharing a photoshopped image of her and condemn her racist comments against Valerie Jarrett.
Roseanne meme
May 30, 2018
The twitter-verse unleashes hilarious responses to ‘Roseanne’ being cancelled by ABC after Roseanne Barr made racist remarks about Valerie Jarrett.
Serena Williams
May 30, 2018
Serena Williams just dropped a new clothing line and she is looking fierce and fabulous on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK.
ABC president Channing Dungey cancels Roseanne after racist rant thegrio.com
May 30, 2018
Was ABC’s shocking decision to cancel Roseanne after Roseanne Barr’s racist comments about Valerie Jarrett motivated by morals or money?