Nearly a year after being unceremoniously demoted from “Today” show co-anchor to seldom-seen TV news reporter, Ann Curry is reportedly en route to a prominent…

NBC’s popular reality series “The Biggest Loser” is launching a 13-city cross-country search to find new contestants for the next edition of the hit show. They will be holding auditions at Planet Fitness in Charlotte on Saturday. Individuals and teams of two who have at least 85 lbs. to lose are encouraged to apply for […]

VIA: TheGrio.com TheGrio.com, a division of NBC News, today announced the results of “TheGrio’s 2011 African-American Leadership Survey” in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  The web-enabled poll, designed by Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Perry, was completed by a group of contemporary academics, artists and activists. As part of the survey, the assembled jury […]

I remember watching the concert for Hurricane Relief sponsored by NBC after Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. I was just as shocked as everyone else when Kanye West went off-script from the teleprompter and stammered out these words: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Comedian Mike Myers, who had been trying to stay […]