Depardieu says he's not too white to play Dumas
By theGrio
3:54 PM on 02/19/2010
BERLIN (AP) -- Gerard Depardieu has rejected the discussion over his right to play mixed-race author Alexandre Dumas because he is a blue-eyed blonde...
Rap star says Romney got physical with him on plane
By theGrio
1:14 PM on 02/19/2010
BOSTON (AP) - A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him -- and not the other way around...
Fan gets jail time for text-stalking Ashanti's mother
By theGrio
11:16 AM on 02/19/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A delusional fan who unleashed his crude fantasies about Ashanti in a battery of text messages to her mother was sentenced to two years in jail...
'High School Musical' star Corbin Bleu talks to theGrio about new Broadway role
By Alex Presha
9:26 AM on 02/19/2010
VIDEO - Bleu talks about the his new role, race on Broadway and the evolution of Hollywood...
New film 'Blood Done Sign My Name' recreates 1970 battle against segregation
By Todd Johnson
8:34 AM on 02/19/2010
VIDEO - A new film looks at how the tragic murder of a Vietnam veteran prompted a small North Carolina town's black community to stand up and fight back...
Hollywood's most overlooked resource: black female directors
8:22 AM on 02/19/2010
OPINION - It took 74 years for the Academy Awards to acknowledge a black female as best actress. How long will it be before black woman is nominated for best director?...
New Sade album goes gold in first week
By theGrio
5:29 PM on 02/17/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - An army of fans -- more than 500,000 of them -- went out to support Sade's latest CD, "Soldier of Love," giving the group their first No. 1 disc in 20 years...