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Nickelodeon's 2023 Kids' Choice Awards - Arrivals
March 6, 2023
Halle Bailey just went through the Disney Princess rite of passage. Ahead of the new live-action "The Little Mermaid" film,…
September 15, 2022
Voting opened Wednesday on which toys out of 12 nominees should go into the National Toy Hall of Fame for…
August 13, 2022
A Hampton University graduate is inspiring the next generation of HBCU pride through her new line of HBCyoU Dolls, now…
May 11, 2022
Mattel has rolled out its most diverse and inclusive Barbie doll line to date with the Fashionistas collection. 
December 31, 2019
A video of a child flinging away a Black doll that went viral is not the child's or her family's…
July 4, 2016
When rumors started flying that popular Disney cartoon Doc McStuffins may not be returning for a fifth season, the internet got to work.
January 28, 2016
Mattel has announced that its line of Barbie toys will be coming out in new shapes with various skin tones, in
December 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson spent over $17,000 on children at Toys R' Us.
November 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORt - Legal disputes through 2007-2012 between Hasbro and Lonnie Johnson’s company kept him from being properly compensated for…
October 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The new ethnic doll collection features a vast array of customized black dolls with natural hair done…
January 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Upon the film's release on Christmas day, a line of figurines of the movie’s main characters were…
January 9, 2013
(AP) - Slavery-era action figures tied to Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" are raising questions about whether they're appropriate...
January 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Quentin Tarantino's latest film 'Django Unchained' may turn out to be his most successful and most controversial…
December 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Houston Texans star wide receiver Andre Johnson spent $19,521 Tuesday afternoon at a Toys 'R' Us purchasing…
November 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Many questions remain. What impact will this have on the Elmo brand and sales as we enter…
December 20, 2011
CHICAGO - Thousands of Chicago children may not get a toy this Christmas because of a real live Grinch...
December 20, 2010
VIDEO - "I would like my children to make decisions about food aside from a toy that they would like…
May 24, 2010
THEGRIO REPORT - "I've never had a problem with Barbie. I grew up with Barbie...It was just that this particular…
December 17, 2009
VIDEO - "We thought it was going to be bad, as soon as the scandal happened. This has been the…
October 2, 2009
OPINION - In the era of Obama and in the age of Oprah come three new potentially iconic Americans, who…