Acting Up

Acting up is smart, relevant and dedicated to supporting Black Excellence in Hollywood. Hosted by Cortney Wills, TheGrio’s Entertainment Director and pop culture junkie, covering music, TV and film since 2005, she guides us through one-on-one conversations with icons, celebrities, actors, producers, directors, and all the Black people who keep this industry thriving.

Follow the show:

Follow the podcast:

Bass Reeves and How the West Was Won with David Oyelowo

April 24, 2024 -

It Comes Down to Choice, with Da’Vine Joy Randolph

March 8, 2024 -

Say It Loud: The Influential and Complicated Legacy of James Brown

February 16, 2024 -

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on ‘Origin’, Inhumanity & Inequity

January 22, 2024 -

The Ring Before Spring: Black women and the MRS Degree

September 29, 2023 -

Return to Wakanda

November 12, 2022 -

Trees of Peace

November 5, 2022 -

Taking in ‘TILL’

October 15, 2022 -

Michelle Buteau: Survival of the Thickest

October 8, 2022 -

Yvonne Orji: A Whole Me

October 1, 2022 -