black celebrities
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Janet, Lena, Latifah and More: Black Girls Rock! Returns to the Red Carpet
The ceremony won’t be televised until Sept. 9, but on Sunday night at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., black girl magic was on full display as an array of our established and future icons hit the red carpet for Black Girls Rock! 2018. Honorees Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Naomi Campbell,…
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Splitting Hairs: Celeb Hairstylists Kim Kimble and Tokyo Stylez Sparked a Shady Debate Over Legitimacy
One is a legend in the hair game and the other is steadily making a name for himself creating of-the-moment looks for any number of famous heads, but an exchange of shade between celebrity hair gurus Kim Kimble and Tokyo Stylez this week sparked a lengthy debate about who really gets to call themselves a…
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2 Chainz, 2 Rings: How Rap Royalty Celebrated a Longtime Love at Miami's Versace Mansion [Updated]
Updated: Aug. 21, 2018, 9 p.m. EDT: This article was edited to include more details as they became available. Real talk? When rapper, TV host and philanthropist 2 Chainz stopped the fashion show on the Met Gala red carpet in May by dropping to one knee to propose to longtime partner Kesha Ward, half our…
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Save Sundress Season! Rihanna Just Reminded Us of the Summer We're Not Having
If you’ve yet to hear the rumors, Rihanna and Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) are currently filming together in Cuba, as both are reportedly cast members of the upcoming Guava Island, directed by Atlanta and “This Is America” video director Hiro Murai. While we’ve yet to hear any details about a plot or release date,…
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Face-Off: What Did Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Have in Common at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards?
If there’s one event I look forward to every year, it’s the MTV Video Music Awards—I’ma let you finish, but hear me out on this: While the Grammys may be the highest echelon of music ceremony, rivaled only by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, no event has annually given us as many…
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She Got That Glow: Why We're Low-Key Obsessed With Laura Harrier's Ever-Changing Looks
We love a girl who keeps us guessing, and when it comes to red carpet looks, BlacKkKlansman star Laura Harrier always does. In fact, she rivals her Spider-Man: Homecoming co-star Zendaya in switching up her look regularly and sometimes, dramatically; especially as her profile (and promotional appearances) have escalated. With a sexy, heavy-lidded gaze, high…
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En Vogue: This September, Vogue Made a Global Investment in Black Women
We started off August 2018 on an undeniable high as we received word of two history-making events: Beyoncé would appear on Vogue’s September Fall Fashion issue photographed by its first-ever black cover photographer, Tyler Mitchell, while Rihanna would cover her first September issue of Vogue’s British sister, styled by its first black editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful.…
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Older Is the New Ageless: Angela Bassett Is 60 Today and We Need to Get Our Lives Right
That skin. That smile. That body … though we’ve certainly said it before, to say Angela Bassett is #agegoals is pretty much the understatement of the century; especially considering the fact that at now 60 years strong, she’s still sexier than many of the starlets in her wake. In fact, as we speak, Bassett is…
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A Study in Contrasts: Teyana Taylor & Ruth Negga Stun on Separate September Covers
What do multihyphenates Teyana Taylor and Ruth Negga have in common? Aside from both being well known and extremely talented black women, it would seem not much … except the two were both raised as only children, both worked at their crafts for decades before making a major breakthrough, and each is a style icon…