Academy Awards

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March 3, 2014
OPINION - The uncomfortable truth of DeGeneres’s joke is that the Oscars can be as much about what the overwhelmingly…
March 3, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - While Pharrell didn’t walk away with the Oscar for Best Song at the Academy Awards, it’s still…
March 3, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Directed by British director Steve McQueen, the film is based on a true story and stars…
March 2, 2014
OPINION - Change hasn’t necessarily come as swiftly to those bestowing the honors. As in McDaniel’s day, Academy Award voters…
February 28, 2014
OPINION - For a variety of factors, slave-themed movies are becoming more commonplace, which is an overwhelmingly positive development...
February 28, 2014
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Lupita Nyong'o delivered an emotional speech while accepting her honor for best breakout performance at…
February 28, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Lupita Nyong'o, the 30-year-old breakout star of the acclaimed historical drama, 12 Years a Slave, looks poised…
February 27, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Calling Pharrell's current state 'happy' might be an understatement...
February 27, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - Watch as theGrio's Entertainment editor, Chris Witherspoon, breaks down some of the major categories for the 2014…
February 26, 2014
(AP) - Forest Whitaker isn't much bothered by being one of the season's biggest Oscar snubs...
February 18, 2014
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Lupita Nyong'o is preparing herself for normalcy...
February 10, 2014
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — From hairstylists to A-listers, more than 150 Oscar nominees gathered in sunny Beverly Hills on…
February 4, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The 40-year-old Williams has been on quite a run with prominent roles in the recent hits…
February 3, 2014
theGRIO's 100 - Lupita Nyong'o has become one of Hollywood’s fastest rising stars after her debut role in Steve McQueen’s…
January 20, 2014
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — For the past six years, every feature film chosen by the Producers Guild of America…
January 17, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she's 'already won.' And Emma Thompson says she's at least relieved not to…
January 17, 2014
E! ONLINE - To say Zain Asher is one proud sibling is definitely an understatement...
January 16, 2014
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Odds released Thursday by Johnny Avello of the Wynn Las Vegas sports book list the slavery-era…
January 16, 2014
ANALYSIS - Black performers and filmmakers made a decent showing among this year's Academy Award nominees...
January 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Hollywood is honoring a strong set of African-American themed films that lit up the silver screen in…