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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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The cast of "The Chi"
Atlanta Season 2 thegrio.com
January 8, 2018
The first trailer for Atlanta Season 2 is finally here. The trailer debuted during Sunday night's Golden Globes. It doesn't…
Sterling K. Brown makes Black history at Golden Globes thegrio.com
January 8, 2018
Sterling K. Brown won Best Actor in a TV drama at the Golden Globes on Sunday, marking the first time…
Oprah Winfrey thegrio.com
January 8, 2018
Oprah Winfrey delivered a powerful speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award for Lifetime Achievement at the Golden Globes…
Gina Neely thegrio.com
January 5, 2018
Gina Neely is ready to find love again with the help of relationship expert Diann Valentine. She stars in the new…
Grown-ish thegrio.com
January 5, 2018
2018 is here and theres a whole new batch of TV snacks to feast on that has us excited. We…
Amara La Negra thegrio.com
January 3, 2018
That didn’t take long. This week, the world was introduced to a new batch of talent on Love & Hip
Coachella thegrio.com
January 3, 2018
Coachella just unveiled its 2018 lineup and folks are shocked about all the color coming to the desert this Spring...
Step Sisters Netflix thegrio.com
January 2, 2018
We’ve got the exclusive trailer to the flick that’s sure to cause quite the stir when it premieres on January…
December 21, 2017
Byron Allen knows a thing or two about taking risks to make something out of nothing.
December 21, 2017
2017 has been a year riddled with long-standing racial tensions in this country and the film world certainly took notice...
December 21, 2017
Scott Cooper’s new film, Hostiles is a project with themes of racism, feminism and moral ambiguity.
December 21, 2017
Christian Bale doesn't think white guys should run the world
December 20, 2017
Five-time Grammy nominee SZA is the latest face to grace Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty campaign and she’s showing off some serious…
December 20, 2017
New year, new drama. Love & Hip Hop: Miami is about to take over the small screen when it premieres
December 20, 2017
It’s almost time for HBO to give us our whole life when they debut the highly-anticipated special series, 2 Dope
December 20, 2017
A restraining order Tiffany Haddish filed against her ex-husband in 2011 has surfaced and shows that her stories of abuse…
December 20, 2017
Cardi B just broke another record thanks to her Migos/Nicki Minaj collaboration, and the reality star turned rapper shows no…
December 19, 2017
Disney just dropped a teaser for its upcoming release, The Nutcracker And The Four Realms and we are here for