AAEA Hollywood | by noreply@blogger.com (Norris McDonald) | Fri, Nov 7
Fri, Nov 7
David Alan Grier of "In Living Colour" fame has a new show called, "Chocolate News" that is a black, tongue-in-cheek program similar to "Dateline." Look at the similiarities in description: Grier's show is described by IMDb as, "A magazine-show parody hosted by comedian David Alan Grie...
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