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Tracy Morgan won't help his mother avoid foreclosure

By theGrio

9:33 AM on 02/01/2012

The 43-year-old star of NBC's hit show 30 Rock has reportedly offered his mother, Alicia Warden, $2,000 to help her stave off foreclosure, despite her currently owing $25,000 on her Ohio home...
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Jennifer Hudson 'Dateline' exclusive: J-Hud talks family, tragedy and joy

By Chris Witherspoon

1:20 PM on 01/05/2012

VIDEO - Jennifer Hudson talks about her family tragedy, her weight loss and her upcoming wedding in interview with NBC's 'Dateline'...
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Perry Bacon, Jr. joins theGrio.com as DC-based political editor

By theGrio

12:51 PM on 12/13/2011

NBC NEWS - NBC News announced today that theGrio.com is expanding its editorial team and building out the site's political coverage with the addition of Perry Bacon, Jr. as Political Editor...
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Questlove: NBC clearing Roots songs for Fallon

By theGrio

10:51 PM on 12/08/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - NBC is now checking the songs the Roots play on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" after the band performed an off-color song during Michele Bachmann's show appearance last month...
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Steve Harvey leaving stand-up for NBC talk show

By theGrio

4:16 PM on 12/07/2011

Steve Harvey says goodbye to stand-up, makes way for talk show...
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NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Roots song choice

By theGrio

10:52 PM on 11/23/2011

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - As Bachmann entered the studio for an interview on Tuesday morning's show, the Roots played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song. The title of the song is 'Lyin' A** B*tch.'...
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Christina Milian is joining 'The Voice'

By Clutch Magazine

4:30 PM on 10/27/2011

CLUTCH - This is amazing news for Milian whose divorce from singer/producer, The Dream, was recently finalized...
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NBC '1600' sitcom may be inspired by Obama family

By Angelica Razack

12:48 PM on 10/25/2011

theGRIO REPORT - 20th Century Fox says that the sitcom, titled '1600 Penn', will revolve around 'a dysfunctional family that just happens to live at the most famous address in America'...
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Lester Holt new host of 'Dateline NBC'

By theGrio

11:52 AM on 09/19/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Holt has been a valued utility player at NBC News, doing multiple reporting and anchoring jobs at the network and sister station MSNBC, and he said people often come up to him wondering when he takes time off...
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'The Voice' winner to play Ray Charles on NBC's 'The Playboy Club'

By theGrio

7:54 PM on 09/16/2011

Soulful crooner Javier Colon will portray Ray Charles in an upcoming episode of "The Playboy Club," singing "Let the Good Times Roll." ...
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NBC buys adaptations of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series

By theGrio

9:34 AM on 09/13/2011

Deadline Hollywood - John Wells' Warner Bros TV-based production company is shifting its attention back to broadcast TV this development season. John Wells Prods has already sold two projects, both based on books: Easy Rawlins to NBC...
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Michael Kenneth Williams to join cast of 'Community'

By theGrio

11:38 AM on 07/24/2011

It's rare that a piece of casting news elicits outright whooping, but the announcement that Michael K. Williams would be joining the cast of "Community" next season certainly comes close...
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Javier Colon now in the finals for NBC's 'The Voice'

By theGrio

2:41 PM on 06/23/2011

CONNECTICUT - Javier Colon now has a score of 138 and joins 3 others for a chance to become "The Voice"...
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Barber battled depression, says he needs football

By theGrio

2:42 PM on 06/20/2011

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Tiki Barber says failures off the field after his retirement from football in 2006 led to a yearlong bout with depression...
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Should NBC replace Tracy Morgan on '30 Rock'?

By theGrio

9:45 AM on 06/14/2011

While gay-rights group GLAAD says they do not want to see Morgan fired, others in the industry still want him removed...
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Frenchie Davis has second shot at fame with 'The Voice'

By Chris Witherspoon

9:08 AM on 05/17/2011

theGRIO Q&A - Today, with the scandal of 'American Idol' in her rear view mirror Davis is making headlines again but this time for her talent and performance ability on 'The Voice'...
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Trump says he's not running for president

By theGrio

12:50 PM on 05/16/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - He made his announcement as NBC rolled out its fall lineup. The network is home to Trump's television show, 'The Celebrity Apprentice'...
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Condoleezza Rice to appear on upcoming '30 Rock'

By theGrio

3:25 PM on 04/15/2011

Five seasons later, Jack Donaghy's ex-girlfriend is finally appearing on "30 Rock." After all, she has some free time, now that she's not Secretary of State....
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Black characters on 'Community' are positively funny

By Mychal Denzel Smith

9:03 AM on 03/10/2011

OPINION - Actor Donald Glover and his co-star Yvette Nicole Brown play perhaps the most interesting and fully expressed black characters on television today...
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Tiki Barber, take two: Comeback about dollars, not sense

By Marcus Vanderberg

8:32 AM on 03/09/2011

OPINION - No matter how many millions you have in the bank, all it takes is one failed marriage and poor money management before reality tackles you in the backfield...
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