Harry Connick Jr. News

Court: Exonerated inmate doesn't get $14 million

By theGrio

12:23 PM on 03/31/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - An ideologically divided Supreme Court overturned a $14 million judgment given to a former death row inmate who was convicted of murder after New Orleans...
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Cast of 'Treme' to lead parade before Mardi Gras

By theGrio

5:34 PM on 02/16/2011

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - 'Treme' is set in New Orleans in fall 2005, three months after Hurricane Katrina...
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Blackface shouldn't be a fashion trend

By Ralph Richardson

8:30 AM on 10/15/2009

OPINION - 180 years from the days of slavery and Thomas Rice, and everywhere around the world people are performing in blackface. Whatever the reason, it's a very disturbing trend.
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Blackface TV skit stuns guest judge Harry Connick Jr.

By theGrio

9:27 AM on 10/08/2009

VIDEO - An Australian variety show host has apologized for a skit in which singers parodying the Jackson Five performed in blackface...
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