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September 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dusty Springfield, the English singer behind the classic 'Son of a Preacher Man' has been an icon…
September 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Producers of the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day are reportedly considering Fruitvale Station…
September 26, 2013
VIDEO - Madea is back -- and this time she's dressed as Santa Claus in the upcoming film, 'Tyler Perry's…
September 25, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Paula Patton talks about her new film 'Baggage Claim' and opens up about how she chooses her…
September 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Chris Brown's latest struggle may be getting people to sit through his new movie, 'Battle of the…
September 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A biopic about the late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur has recently received financial backing from Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films.
September 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Winnie Mandela, a biopic about the former wife of South African president Nelson Mandela, is finally hitting…
September 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This dramatic look at Mandela’s life is perhaps even more poignant now, with Mandela still in critical…
September 18, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee will receive the 20th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which carries a reward…
September 18, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Jones, who once vowed she'd never write a memoir, has changed her mind....
September 16, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Both 'The Butler' and 'We're the Millers' have been in theaters for more than a month,…
September 12, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) — Nas says life has been really great since his 11th album, the critically acclaimed 'Life Is Good,'…
September 11, 2013
TORONTO (AP) - Film history is long enough that one might expect one of the nation's most essential chapters to…
September 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Steve McQueen’s upcoming historical drama 12 Years a Slave may be the first film to define the…
September 9, 2013
TORONTO (AP) - Idris Elba stars as the South African leader in 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' which the Weinstein…
September 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When first approached, Isaiah Washington turned down the opportunity to portray John Allen Muhammad, the DC sniper,…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The voting process for the music and media festival South By Southwest's (SXSW) Blacks in Technology panel…
September 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview with theGrio, Vin Diesel talks about producing his new film 'Riddick' despite pushback from…
August 30, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Ron Howard's 'Made in America' documentary about the Jay-Z-curated music festival in Philadelphia will air Oct.…
August 27, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Chadwick Boseman, hot off his portrayal of Jackie Robinson in the hit film '42', is set to…