Tonya Pendleton, Author at TheGrio

About Tonya Pendleton

TONYA PENDLETON is a veteran multimedia journalist in news, sports, lifestyle and entertainment reporting. She’s written for Essence, Ebony, BET.com, The Source, XXL, Jordan Magazine, the Philadelphia Daily News, The Washington Post and more. In her current incarnation as a writer/editor with TheGrio.com and as “Things To Do” curator for NPR affiliate WHYY, she crafts content for a local and global audience. The Philadelphia resident was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of The New School.

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Celebs Featured Sports August 24, 2021

Dell and Sonya Curry accuse each other of cheating in divorce filings

If you thought that Sonya Curry and Dell Curry would have a harmonious divorce after they announced this week that

AFRO-LATINX Entertainment Featured Television August 24, 2021

Arlen Escarpeta shines on ‘David Makes Man’

Actor Arlen Escarpeta is in a unique position – he gets to play both the comedy relief and a dramatic

Entertainment Featured Music August 9, 2021

Producer Chucky Thompson, of Bad Boy’s famed Hitmen, dies

Producer Chucky Thompson, who created massive 90s hits for Bad Boy Records as part of the Hitmen, has died. In

Featured Sports Top Stories August 8, 2021

Top 10 Black Moments at the Tokyo Olympics

The 2021 Olympics is over — sniff, sniff, — and though it was a strange and unprecedented Games in Tokyo,

Celebs Entertainment Featured August 6, 2021

Vanessa Bryant settles lawsuit with her mother

Vanessa Bryant and her estranged mother, Sofia Urbieta Laine have settled their differences if not personally, then at least financially.

Celebs Entertainment Featured Television August 3, 2021

‘Queen Sugar’ announces sixth season premiere

The Bordelon family is heading back to OWN and sooner than most fans likely expected. The network announced on Tuesday

Celebs Entertainment Featured Music July 20, 2021

Oprah shows some ‘respect’ for Jennifer Hudson in interview about Aretha biopic

The icon and force that was Aretha Franklin may have transitioned in 2018, but her decades of musical excellence and

AFRO-LATINX Featured Politics Top Stories Video July 19, 2021

Will protests lead to lasting change in Cuba?

Protests in Cuba erupted last week when the island nation expressed its dissatisfaction after food shortages, electricity outages, and rising

Crime Featured July 17, 2021

DNA from the Atlanta Child Murders case re-investigated

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced at a Friday press conference that 40% of DNA evidence was “methodically reviewed” in

Featured Media Sports July 14, 2021

Maria Taylor in talks with ESPN rival NBC: report

Though ESPN host Maria Taylor has been making headlines recently, it hasn’t hurt her marketability. According to a report from

Black Business Business Featured Local News Media Television July 14, 2021

Byron Allen now owns 24 stations in 20 markets

Byron Allen continues to expand his entertainment empire. The media mogul who is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Allen

Entertainment Featured Television July 10, 2021

‘Run the World’ actress Bresha Webb gets engaged to writer Nick Jones, Jr.

Her character may be in the midst of a divorce on the Starz hit Run the World, but Bresha Webb‘s

Featured Sports July 10, 2021

Kansas City Chiefs star facing jail time for alleged felony gun possession

Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl defensive end Frank Clark may be at risk of losing his liberty as he’s been

Featured Sports June 29, 2021

Fans show support for Serena Williams after Wimbledon injury

Over the course of her storied career, Serena Williams has been victorious many times. But her quest to set the

Boston Celebs Entertainment Featured Local News Sports June 23, 2021

Ime Udoka hired as new Celtics head coach

If you’re not a basketball fan yet heard the name of the new Celtics head coach and thought it sounded

Celebs Entertainment Featured Television June 22, 2021

Actor Kwame Patterson shows a softer side in ‘David Makes Man’

Kwame Patterson seems like a really nice guy if one can tell those things accurately via the forced familiarity of

Entertainment Featured Television June 20, 2021

‘Run the World’ is not another ‘Sex and the City’ says actress Corbin Reid

Run the World actress Corbin Reid says she understands the comparisons of her show to the 90s classic HBO series

Featured News Top Stories Video June 20, 2021

Louisiana father works to rebuild community after two hurricanes

Ten months ago, Hurricanes Laura and Delta devastated the community of Calcasieu Parish in southwest Louisiana. As the cleanup began,

Entertainment Featured Music Television June 19, 2021

Chloe Bailey praised for Juneteenth special performance of Nina Simone classic

Chloe Bailey is heading from ingenue singer and actress to full-grown star in front of our eyes. The ‘Do It”

Black History Change the World Featured Top Stories June 19, 2021

Black illustrator creates Juneteenth Google tribute: ‘It’s time to celebrate us’

If you noticed the colorful work of the Juneteenth Google Doodle, you may have wanted to know more about the