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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March 10, 2021
Simone Biles soaks up some son in Belize on bae-cation with her NFL boyfriend Houston Texans safety Jonathan Owens.
Bianca Lawson thegrio.com
March 9, 2021
Bianca Lawson of ‘Queen Sugar’ is a private person but she’s also an actress just about everyone has grown up with.
March 5, 2021
Comcast executive Keesha Boyd is one of ten ‘Black Women Amplified’ theGrio is highlighting during Women’s History Month.
March 3, 2021
ABC News anchor and correspondent Linsey Davis is one of the ‘Black Women Amplified’ whose accomplishments are highlighted this month.
The Genesis Invitational - Final Round
March 1, 2021
Tiger Woods thanks his fans and supporters on Twitter in his first public statement after getting into a car crash last week.
February 26, 2021
Eddie Murphy tells Jimmy Fallon his version of the basketball game he and his brother Charlie played against Prince.
Russell Westbrook thegrio.com
February 24, 2021
Russell Westbrook and his wife Nina Earl are working with L.A Promise Fund to open a middle and high school in Los Angeles.
February 24, 2021
James Burke of the Chicago family group The Five Stairsteps has died of pneumonia at age 70. The group’s biggest hit was”‘O-oh Chile.”
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser thegrio.com
February 24, 2021
Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser announcd today that her sister Mercia Bowser died from the COVID-19 virus.
Queen Sugar OWN Ava DuVernay
February 16, 2021
The cast of ‘Queen Sugar’ talks to theGrio about the challenges ahead for their characters this season after shooting through a pandemic.
4th Annual TIDAL X: Brooklyn - Arrivals
February 15, 2021
Florida-born rapper Kodak Black will fund a law school scholarship in honor of Meadow Pollock, one of 17 Parkland school shooting victims.
Special Screening Of Lionsgate's "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" - Arrivals
February 15, 2021
Halle Berry and musician Van Hunt post topless for V-Day, Berry says that good love was worth the wait after romantic disappointment.
University of New Hampshire thegrio.com
February 13, 2021
A college professor resigned after it came to light that he was posting as an immigrant woman on a fake Twitter account.
Black Lives Matter Movement Inspires Demonstrations In UK
February 13, 2021
A restaurant’s new mask mandate didn’t sit right with an employee, whose complaint online led to threats of protest and unrest.
Candace Owens thegrio.com
February 9, 2021
Controversial Black conservative Candace Owens says that she’s thinking of running for president though she hasn’t shared details.
Judith Hill Michael Jackson Prince
February 5, 2021
Former Prince proégée Judith HIll says that she wants people to stop blaming her for the deaths of Prince and Michael Jackson.
January 28, 2021
Cicely Tyson spoke to Gayle King about her life and memoir in the last interview two days before she passed away.
Elizabeth Warren thegrio.com
January 28, 2021
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that the SEC should have stepped in when the stock market showed volatility this week.
Queen Sugar Bordelon OWN thegrio.com
January 25, 2021
The Bordelon family retuns to OWN Network as ‘Queen Sugar’ drops a season 5 trailer before its February 16 return.
January 25, 2021
Drummer Sheila E. says that she’s working on a movie that covers her relationship with the late, legendary musician Prince.