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Swag, Suits, and a Whole Lotta Slits: The 2019 Billboard Awards Red Carpet Strikes Again
If there’s any industry that loves celebrating itself, it’s the entertainment industry—with plenty of demand from us fans, of course. And taking yet another opportunity to flex, many of music’s most of-the-moment artists converged on Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday night to attend (and win) the 2019 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). By now you’ve heard…
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40 Shades of WTF: SZA Reports Being Racially Profiled at Calabasas Sephora
Fenty didn’t debut 40 shades of foundation at Sephora for this mess. Calabasas, Calif., may be home to “All the Stars” (including Kanye, the Kardashian clan and their growing cadre of mixed-race children), but celebrity reportedly didn’t save Grammy and Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter SZA from being racially profiled while shopping at the area’s local Sephora.…
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The Big Reveal: Singer Jorja Smith Is the Newest Face of Dior Makeup
Best New Artist Grammy nominee Jorja Smith’s star may just be rising on this side of the Atlantic, but in her native United Kingdom, the singer-songwriter is winning big—including a recent Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist. Now, Smith has more to celebrate, joining Dior Makeup as their newest ambassador, which was announced on…
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Engaged, But Still Single: Rachel Lindsay Says It's 'Sad' She's Still the Only Bachelorette of Color
Rachel Lindsay found love in 2017 as the first black Bachelorette in ABC’s long-running romantic reality show. But while filming an upcoming reunion special with host Chris Harrison and 11 other past Bachelorettes, the lawyer-turned-media personality expressed disappointment that the franchise hadn’t become more diverse in the seasons since. “It was sad for me to…
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Big Beauty Tuesday: A Tale of 2—No, 3!—Cities
It will have been twenty days spent in three cities, two very different climates, juggling business, pleasure and one vicious sunburn until I see my bed again this weekend, and whew! Since mid-April, I’ve hit the Florida beaches for my birthday, revisited my days as a New York City girl at the Tribeca Film Festival…
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'We Would Not Have All Been White': Cynthia Nixon Reflects on Sex and the City's White Feminism Problem
It’s been 15 years since Sex and the City set the standard for what it meant to be a successful working woman in New York City, with four white actresses (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristen Davis) providing a weekly dose of humor, friendship, fashion, and yes, sex to devoted viewers from…
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'Change the Game': Halima Aden Makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue History in a Hijab
Halima Aden has been changing the game since 2016, when she became the first contestant in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant to wear a hijab—and made it to the semifinals. In the years since, the Somali refugee-turned-burgeoning supermodel has been lighting up runways and magazine covers alike, reinforcing the fact that modesty can be glamorous,…
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From Ingenue Entrepreneurs to Enduring Icons, Essence Beauty Carnival Brought Out the Best of Black Beauty
The energy? Buoyant. The crowd? Beautiful. The inspiration? Boundless. In the first stop in their first-ever Beauty Carnival tour, Essence magazine created a mecca for black girl magic this weekend in New York City, with some of the most notable names in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industries on site at the South Street Seaport’s…
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If You’ve Ever Wanted to Rock Chaka Khan’s Iconic Hair, Now’s Your Chance
10-time Grammy Award winning Icon Chaka Khan, known for a crown of curls as big as her voice, has announced a new wig collection, The Chaka by Indique. Currently, there are two styles to choose from: the iKhanic Curl and the iKhanic Straight (see what she did there?) “I want to empower younger people, to…