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April 13, 2022

You can’t stain something that’s already tarnished: A rebuttal of Harry Lennix’s column suggesting Will Smith return his Oscar

TheGrio offers a rebuttal of Harry Lennix's column in Variety suggesting that Will Smith return his Oscar to restore the…
August 4, 2016

Clint Eastwood excuses Donald Trump’s racism in cringeworthy interview: ‘Just get over it’

Clint Eastwood is on board the Trump train...
July 24, 2013

Spike Lee: ‘Me and Tyler Perry are cool’

theGRIO VIDEO - Spike Lee talks about why he turned to Kickstarter and finance his new film, and revealed the…
January 24, 2013

Whatever happened to Clint Eastwood's 'empty chair'?

theGRIO REPORT - Eastwood infamously gave a rambling, unscripted endorsement of candidate Mitt Romney while pretending to interact with a…
December 26, 2012

Slideshow: People we'd like to leave behind in 2012

SLIDESHOW - We must not forget the figures which made the past year most unpleasant, even though we'd like to...
December 20, 2012

Chrysler ad features Motown Records founder Berry Gordy

DETROIT (AP) - The new ad features Gordy sitting in the backseat of a white Chrysler 300 Motown, which is…
November 8, 2012

Daniel Day-Lewis borrows Eastwood empty chair routine

theGRIO REPORT - Daniel Day-Lewis borrowed a page from Clint Eastwood's book last night as he accepted an award at…
October 24, 2012

Clint Eastwood stars in TV ad supporting Romney

WASHINGTON (AP) - Clint Eastwood is starring in a new ad to support Republican Mitt Romney's election to the White…
October 19, 2012

Clint Eastwood's daughter Francesca: I am not voting for Mitt Romney

theGRIO REPORT - Even though her father staged an infamous anti-Obama stunt at the Republican National Convention, Francesca Eastwood told…
October 10, 2012

'Go back to Kenya' anti-Obama display with watermelons and noose sparks controversy

theGRIO REPORT - Residents in Morgan Hill, California are calling a nearby homeowner's anti-Obama display racist and threatening towards the…
October 10, 2012

Beyoncé backs out of Clint Eastwood's 'A Star Is Born' remake

theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé is backing out of Clint Eastwood's long awaited Warner Brothers remake of A Star Is Born…
September 24, 2012

Texas man takes down 'lynched' empty chair

theGRIO REPORT - A Texas man, who got attention last week for hanging an empty chair representing President Barack Obama…
September 21, 2012

Denzel Washington: Eastwood still 'my hero'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Clint Eastwood has taken a lot of barbs over his empty chair routine at the Republican National…
September 21, 2012

Black director helms horror film 'House at the End of the Street'

theGRIO REPORT - House at the End of the Street hits theaters today just as Halloween season approaches...
September 20, 2012

Texas man 'lynches' empty chair, says Obama can 'go to Hell'

theGRIO REPORT - In what appears to be an homage to Clint Eastwood's much maligned debate with an imaginary President…
September 19, 2012

Eastwood mocks his 'oddball' empty chair routine, GOP for being 'dumb enough' to let him speak

It seems as though even Clint Eastwood thinks his RNC speech to an empty chair was 'oddball'...
September 18, 2012

Trump video mocking Obama not shown at GOP convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans, who heard criticism about actor-director Clint Eastwood's lecture to an empty chair at their recent convention,…
September 7, 2012

Clint Eastwood defends ’empty chair’ RNC speech, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax ever’

theGRIO REPORT - Academy Award winning Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood has finally spoken out about his widely panned performance at…
September 6, 2012

Eva Longoria promises 'no empty chairs' at Democratic convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - Actress Eva Longoria says her speech to the Democratic convention will be very different from Clint Eastwood's…
September 5, 2012

Celebs flock to Charlotte to support Obama at DNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Celebrities are flocking to Charlotte for the Democratic convention, albeit without the prop furniture that made…