black celebrities
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Reunited (and It Feels So Good!): LeToya Luckett and Beyoncé Share a Sweet Moment on the 'Gram
Now, this is a moment worth waiting for: Just in time for #ThrowbackThursday, a long-awaited reunion was captured backstage at Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s On the Run II stop in Arlington, TX. To the best of our knowledge, the two haven’t been spotted together since they acrimoniously parted ways in 2000, but original Destiny’s Child member…
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Catfight in Couture?!? Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Make a Mess of the Harper's Bazaar 'ICONS' Party [Updated]
Updated: 9/8/18, 2:12 p.m. EDT: A insider from the Harper’s Bazaar party told Marie Claire that the altercation was sparked when Nicki (whom, according to Cosmopolitan, was taking a photo with Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony), deliberately stepped on the train of Cardi’s dress, ripping it. Cardi then purportedly confronted Nicki for talking about…
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Famously Fly: Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed 2018 Includes Some of Our Most Fashionable Faves!
You’ve seen them on screen, on the red carpet and often, right here on The Glow Up. And now, just in time for New York Fashion Week, several of our favorite fashionable celebs have landed on Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed 2018 list! And because we’re always rooting for everybody black (it’s our job, as well…
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What Does $750,000 Worth of Shirts Look Like? Tisha Campbell-Martin Says It Looks Like Alimony
Twenty years of marriage, two children … and $750,000 worth of shirts. That’s what Martin star Tisha Campbell-Martin says entitles her to spousal support from estranged husband Duane Martin, after learning that her soon-to-be ex is the owner of more than 500 shirts costing approximately $1,500 each. You do the math—and then, imagine the closet…
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Film Noir: Issa Rae Gets Dramatic for Glamour's October Issue—and Claps Back at Melania's Camp
Issa Rae is happy—and why shouldn’t she be? She’s the creator and star of a hit show in its third season, in the process of creating several more projects, has a contract with CoverGirl and has quickly become a bona fide fashion star in her own right. (CFDA Awards, anyone?) And now, she’s the star of…
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Made for Now: Janet Jackson's Beauty Is Eternal on October's InStyle
They said it wouldn’t last, we had to prove them wrong: Fresh off the historic wave of melanated magnificence on September covers around the world, a new crop of black beauties of is greeting us for October, as epitomized by Janet Jackson on the cover of InStyle magazine’s Beauty Issue. The internet may currently be…
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Aspiring to the A-List? Viola Davis Talks Inclusion, Inequities and Acting in Her Natural Hair
It’s strange to consider a world in which Viola Davis isn’t considered “A-list.” The woman already has a star on the Walk of Fame and is just one Grammy away from being achieving “EGOT” status (surely, someone’s got an audiobook that could use her talents, no?). So, when a new interview with the star in…
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Celebrating 'Bey Day'? Treat Yo' Self on eBay!
Hive members, this is not a drill. In celebration of the birth of your queen, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter, mother of future dragons Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi and wife of “that man,” online marketplace eBay has blessed us with a shopping list—and online shop!—to celebrate the day. And they’ve done it with care: After…
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Capture the Crown: Who Designed Cicely Tyson's Famous Hat for Aretha Franklin's Funeral?
At five feet, three inches, 93-year-old acting legend Cicely Tyson may be a petite woman, but her presence has always been larger than life—as was the hat she wore to pay tribute to friend Aretha Franklin last Friday. The ruffled and wide-brimmed black straw picture hat was instantly iconic, turning heads among viewers both at…