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TheGrio's 100: Roland Martin, multi-media news maestro
8:00 AM on 02/07/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Contemporary media has caught up to Roland S. Martin, not the other way around...
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TheGrio's 100: Tyra Banks, a model who's breaking the mold
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Noted for her incorporation of hip-hop moves and rhythms into her catwalk, Banks rose quickly to land among the modeling elite...
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TheGrio's 100: Oprah Winfrey, media queen expanding her empire
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - It has been Winfrey's sharp business acumen and full understanding of her industry that led to her billionaire status...
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TheGrio's 100: Byron Pitts, from illiteracy to world-class journalist
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Functionally illiterate until age 12, nothing in Byron Pitts' background suggested that he'd become an Emmy award-winning journalist...
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TheGrio's 100: Shonda Rhimes, Grey's Anatomy mastermind
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - She describes herself as a "writer, mother, sleeper, dancer, baker, procrastinator," but Shonda Rhimes also keeps us glued to the TV, hearts racing...
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Fantasia's fight to get back on track
10:42 AM on 01/25/2010
VIDEO - Former 'American Idol' Fantasia talks exclusively with theGrio about her recent career stumbles and plans for a successful comeback.
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Gadgets to look for in 2010
8:20 AM on 01/12/2010
SLIDESHOW - TheGrio.com took a look at a few cutting edge products to help accentuate your home, your car, and your phone calls...
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'Diff'rent Strokes' star Gary Coleman hospitalized
8:51 AM on 01/07/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman is in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering what he believes was a slight seizure..
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Tyra has bankable future
10:07 AM on 12/29/2009
OPINION - Well into its fifth season with no indication of trouble, Tyra Banks has announced that this will be the final season of "The Tyra Show".
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Sunday morning TV talk shows need to break color barrier
1:52 PM on 12/23/2009
Three years ago, Stephanie Jones, who heads the National Urban League Policy Institute, criticized the "paucity" of blacks on TV's five leading Sunday morning news talk shows.
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Scientists find subconscious racism in television characters
1:18 PM on 12/18/2009
The scientists studied interactions between television characters. They found that even when the characters were having a positive interaction, the body language and facial expressions of white characters was more likely to be unfavorable when they were interacting with black characters
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Bryant Gumbel reveals lung cancer surgery
1:00 PM on 12/08/2009
Gumbel dropped the bombshell while co-hosting "Live With Regis and Kelly" when Kelly Ripa tried to get him to dance and he told her he wasn't up to it.
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Oprah is going out on her 'OWN'
7:17 AM on 11/23/2009
OPINION - Now she's got an entire network to program and only one thing is certain: only Oprah can trump Oprah...
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Oprah pulling the plug on her show
8:57 PM on 11/19/2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end...
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Mixed race Chinese TV show contestant faces racist rants online
10:13 AM on 11/19/2009
FROM BBC> When singer Lou Jing entered the Chinese TV talent show Go Oriental Angel she was proud to be representing her city of Shanghai. But she didn't expect to became the subject of abusive internet comments about her skin color - some of them telling her to "get out...
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Harvard's course on 'The Wire' should require 'in the hood' training
9:40 AM on 11/11/2009
OPINION - It's refreshing to know that Harvard plans to teach a class using the TV show The Wire, to begin a dialogue and hopefully create solutions to some of urban America's...
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Trial begins for accused murderer of Arkansas newswoman
12:34 PM on 11/03/2009
Jury selection has begun in the trial of a murdered Arkansas newswoman...
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60 Minutes' Byron Pitts talks about overcoming illiteracy
11:00 AM on 11/03/2009
VIDEO - When Byron Pitts was 18 years old, his dream was to work for "60 Minutes" by the time he was 45. Raised by his mother in East Baltimore, Pitts was functionally illiterate until the age of 12...
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Can a more colorful late night lineup attract an audience?
9:25 AM on 10/23/2009
OPINION - Next month, late night television will reach outside of its customary comfort zone and break with old habits...
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Mayor Booker and Conan face off for last laugh after weeks of verbal sparring
8:28 AM on 10/16/2009
VIDEO - It was just a joke. But not to Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, NJ. In September, talk show host Conan O'Brien dissed the mayor's attempt...
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Essence says rumors of folding are untrue
A recent gawker.com post has the internet abuzz with speculation over whether Essence magazine is in danger of folding...
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