Issa Rae Launches Online Class for Creators Looking to Break Into Hollywood Issa Rae, star and creator of HBO’s “Insecure,” is launching her first online class — in which she promises to share her approach to “creating outside the lines” and how she followed her own path to showbiz suc... Read More...
National Black Radio Hall of Fame 2020-2021Induction Awards Ceremony The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) Board of Directors have approved the following industry trailblazers into our prestigious national museum for our 2020 and 2021 induction ceremony on Saturday, Feb... Read More...
Keyon Harrold and son accosted by woman who claimed the young man stole her phone Grammy-winning jazz musician Keyon Harrold posted a video on Sunday in which an unknown woman accosted Harrold and his teenage son at a New York City hotel on Saturday, falsely accusing the young man ... Read More...
Byron Allen launches THEGRIO.TV TheGrio.TV is set to enter 100 million households next month, debuting on Martin Luther King Day weekend. Byron Allen is transitioning his newly-acquired MGM over-the-air broadcast network Light TV, rebran... Read More...
Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent Ink ABC TV Deal ABC has given a put pilot order to a musical comedy series that boasts Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Mary J. Blige among its executive producers. Titled “Family Affair,” the single-camera series fol... Read More...
Sinbad is recovering from a Stroke Stand-up comedian Sinbad is recovering from a recent stroke, his family told Variety in a statement on Monday morning. “It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is reco... Read More...
CBS Sets Diversity Targets for Reality Casts; 50% of Talent Must Be BIPOC CBS’ slate of reality shows is set to become more diverse after the network introduced a series of representation targets. The network has introduced an edict that 50% of its casts for its unscripted shows m... Read More...
Nick Cannon Fired Over Anti-Semitic Comments Nick Cannon — the actor, TV show host and musician — has been fired from his long-running comedy improv show Wild 'N Out. It comes after he made anti-Semitic comments on his podcast and YouTube show, Cannon's C... Read More...
Joy Reid to become first Black Woman to host Prime Time Cable News Show Joy Reid, who rose to television fame as a sharp critic of President Trump and commentator on liberal politics and race, will become the host of a new nightly show on MSNBC, the network announced on Thursda... Read More...
Black Americans at a Higher Risk for Coronavirus Black Americans have more existing medical issues, less access to health care, and are more likely to work in unstable jobs -- all factors that have made the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately hurt black... Read More...
