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January 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Director George Lucas talked with Jon Stewart this week about the difficulty of getting his latest project,…
January 6, 2012
'Slavery By Another Name,' a new PBS documentary, explores and upends what producers say is a widely accepted notion: that…
January 5, 2012
Queen Latifah and country singer Dolly Parton join forces on Jan. 13, for 'Joyful Noise,' a film chronicling the journey…
January 5, 2012
Viola Davis, this year's frontrunner for Best Actress ('The Help') and George Clooney, the front-runner for Best Actor ('The Descendants'),…
January 3, 2012
CLTUCH - While many hail 'Intouchables' as a feel-good film, others are criticizing it for playing on tired racist stereotypes...
December 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT- If you are looking for an interesting yet explicit movie to see during this holiday season, you may…
December 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Steven Spielberg's first foray into 3D animation 'sensitively' tackles the racist undertones of Georges Remi's (who published…
December 21, 2011
CLUTCH - Apparently, Lee Daniels wanted to cast Hudson, but after losing weight when 'Dreamgirls' wrapped, she just couldn't stomach…
December 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - 'If you disappeared... would anyone miss you?' That's the question posed by the British film 'Dreams of…
December 16, 2011
OPINION - This weekend 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' is debuting in theaters, and the woman playing right hand to…
December 14, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's daughter says she was inspired to be an actress after seeing her father in…
December 14, 2011
OPINION - It's no secret that black audiences don't generally take kindly to roles that even reference slavery or servitude…
December 14, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The drama 'The Help' leads the Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations, including ones for…
December 13, 2011
In their first meeting, Samuel L. Jackson was fascinated by Stephen Colbert's insistence that he simply does not see color...
December 13, 2011
OPINION - No offense to Christen and Sobisky's joy to the jellyfish flick, but it's easy to understand that point…
December 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A Jackie Robinson biopic is headed to theaters soon, and the fairly unknown up-and-coming actor Chadwick Boseman…
December 12, 2011
'I spent a lot of time in the Navy thinking about who would make sense and who would bring an…
December 12, 2011
'Men In Black' is back, and that means some serious time travel...
December 12, 2011
Hollywood has finally found its Jackie Robinson. Chadwick Boseman will play the iconic baseball star and civil rights pioneer in…
December 9, 2011
CLUTCH - The film version of Steve Harvey's best-selling relationship 'advice' book is gearing up to hit theaters next year,…