Believe the Hype: “Black Panther” Sets Box Office Records with $192 Million Opening Weekend Feb 19, 2018 Arts and Entertainment By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) “Black Panther” starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B. Jordan, surpassed box office expectations during its opening weekend. With $19...
Access Denied: Justin Timberlake’s Prince ‘tribute’ does not reinstate his cookout invite Feb 5, 2018 Arts and Entertainment By Dustin Seibert ~ The Grio Full confession: I rock with Justin Timberlake. I know many Black folks want nothing to do with Timberlake because they feel he left Janet Jackson holding the boob following t...
Africa: The Premiere of Black Panther Was Testimony to Black Excellence Feb 5, 2018 Arts and Entertainment By Kylie Kiunguyu The much-anticipated film Black Panther had its global premiere in Los Angeles last week. The red carpet (which in this case was purple - the colour of royalty) resembled decadent melanin steeped in cocoa butter and the realised dreams of bl...
Jennifer Hudson to star in new Aretha Franklin biopic Jan 29, 2018 Arts and Entertainment The Grio MGM is set to produce a new Aretha Franklin biopic, which will star Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson as the legendary Franklin. On Saturday night, Clive Davis hosted his annual pre-Grammy party in wh...
‘Get Out’, ‘Mudbound’ lead big list of black Oscar nominees Jan 24, 2018 Arts and Entertainment by Karu F. Daniels After years of facing controversy stemming from #OscarsSoWhite, this year's Oscar nominations shows the campaign may have finally had an impact on the roughly 8,400 member voting body of t...
