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Actress Sanaa Lathan has sported an array of hairstyles over the last few months in anticipation of her upcoming film Nappily Ever After. Recently, Lathan took to social media to share some behind-the-scenes footage of her hair transformation for the role. Unsurprisingly, she absolutely slays the latest look. Styled by...
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Sheryland Neal wanted to be a Deusa do Ébano—an “Ebony Goddess,” in Portuguese. That’s why Neal, an African American from Atlanta, became the first foreigner to ever compete in the A Noite da Beleza Negra (the Night of Black Beauty) beauty pageant on Saturday, Jan. 20—the premier beauty pageant...
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Rihanna had the keys to a great performance at Sunday’s Grammys. Not long after winning Best Rap/Sung Performance with Kendrick Lamar for “LOYALTY,” the singer took the stage live from Madison Square Garden with DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller to perform their hit track “Wild Thoughts,” marking her first...
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The new show from Koshie Mills is encouraging open discussion between Africans and members of the Diaspora. Ghanaian media personality, Koshie Mills, is launching a new conversation series that will foster and encourage discussion between Africans and members of the diaspora, entitled “Diaspora Dialogues.” Here’s a summary of the...
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Oscar, meet Mary. “I just can’t stop crying,” says Mary J. Blige early Tuesday morning, holding back tears over the phone. The nine-time Grammy winner had just earned her first Oscar nomination, a best-supporting-actress nod for Mudbound, the Netflix tale that focuses on the post-World War II era in the Deep South. Like...
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Marvel’s Black Panther is already on the brink of being a blockbuster, as it already broke box office records within the first 24 hours of it’s pre-sale. Beating Captain America: Civil War’s record in 2016, Fandango reports results from a user survey, stating Black Panther was 2018’s second most-anticipated...
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Academy Award winner and Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o is adding “author” to her extensive resume. Nyong’o is writing her first children’s book titled Sulwe, to be published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers next January. Sulwe, which means “star” in Luo, Nyong’o’s native language, will be...
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Essence readers will have an advance glance into ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ as cast leads Oprah Winfrey, Storm Reid and the film’s director, Ava Duvernay, cover the February issue. In the article titled ‘A Different World,’ Winfrey, Reid and DuVernay open up about their experiences on set, and deep dive into their future...
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Though she won a 2018 NAACP Award for Outstanding Jazz Album for her second major release Petit Afrique, you may not know much about Somi. Hailed by The Huffington Post as the “new Nina Simone,” Somi Kakoma is a singer, songwriter, and producer born in Champaign, Illinois on June 6, 1981, and...
Actress Sanaa Lathan has sported an array of hairstyles over the last few months in anticipation of her upcoming film Nappily Ever After. Recently, Lathan took to social media to share some behind-the-scenes footage of her hair transformation for the role. Unsurprisingly, she absolutely slays the latest look. Styled by...
Sheryland Neal wanted to be a Deusa do Ébano—an “Ebony Goddess,” in Portuguese. That’s why Neal, an African American from Atlanta, became the first foreigner to ever compete in the A Noite da Beleza Negra (the Night of Black Beauty) beauty pageant on Saturday, Jan. 20—the premier beauty pageant...
Rihanna had the keys to a great performance at Sunday’s Grammys. Not long after winning Best Rap/Sung Performance with Kendrick Lamar for “LOYALTY,” the singer took the stage live from Madison Square Garden with DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller to perform their hit track “Wild Thoughts,” marking her first...
The new show from Koshie Mills is encouraging open discussion between Africans and members of the Diaspora. Ghanaian media personality, Koshie Mills, is launching a new conversation series that will foster and encourage discussion between Africans and members of the diaspora, entitled “Diaspora Dialogues.” Here’s a summary of the...
Oscar, meet Mary. “I just can’t stop crying,” says Mary J. Blige early Tuesday morning, holding back tears over the phone. The nine-time Grammy winner had just earned her first Oscar nomination, a best-supporting-actress nod for Mudbound, the Netflix tale that focuses on the post-World War II era in the Deep South. Like...
Marvel’s Black Panther is already on the brink of being a blockbuster, as it already broke box office records within the first 24 hours of it’s pre-sale. Beating Captain America: Civil War’s record in 2016, Fandango reports results from a user survey, stating Black Panther was 2018’s second most-anticipated...
Academy Award winner and Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o is adding “author” to her extensive resume. Nyong’o is writing her first children’s book titled Sulwe, to be published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers next January. Sulwe, which means “star” in Luo, Nyong’o’s native language, will be...
Essence readers will have an advance glance into ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ as cast leads Oprah Winfrey, Storm Reid and the film’s director, Ava Duvernay, cover the February issue. In the article titled ‘A Different World,’ Winfrey, Reid and DuVernay open up about their experiences on set, and deep dive into their future...
Though she won a 2018 NAACP Award for Outstanding Jazz Album for her second major release Petit Afrique, you may not know much about Somi. Hailed by The Huffington Post as the “new Nina Simone,” Somi Kakoma is a singer, songwriter, and producer born in Champaign, Illinois on June 6, 1981, and...
February 5, 2018