black girl magic
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A New Series, a New Fashion Line, and the New Face of Lancôme. Is Zendaya Quietly Coming for the Crown?
She was sorely missed on the Oscars red carpet this year (after shutting it down last year), but we have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more of Zendaya in the coming year. The 22-year-old has a new series debuting on HBO, a co-starring role in the Dune remake, is producing her first film…
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As Awards Season Wraps Up, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Honor Our Magic
The competition may be fierce for Hollywood’s top honors on Oscars Sunday, but at the annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards luncheon on Wednesday, it was all love … with fierceness of a different sort. This year’s honorees Regina Hall, KiKi Layne, Amandla Stenberg and the “Mother of Black Hollywood” Jenifer Lewis were all…
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Queen, Meet Crown: Regina King Gets Even More Glorious this Awards Season
Fun fact: Regina King’s name literally translates to “Queen King,” Regina meaning “queen” in Latin. In case you think you think that’s a coincidence, her sister Reina’s name translates to the same, albeit in Spanish—and the two share a production company called Royal Ties. (Another fun fact: Rihanna is a derivation of Rhiannon, which is…
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Alfre Woodard Embodies the Escape a Tired Black Woman Needs and Deserves in Juanita
We’ve all heard the black woman motto around this clusterfuck of a world that needs fixing: “Fine, I’ll do it.” But what of the black woman who is tired of doing it? When does she get to rest? When does she get to escape? When does she get to just … be? Cue Netflix, with…
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Phenomenal Women: Generations of Black Beauty Grace February and March Magazine Covers
We all know “black don’t crack,” but this season we’re seeing that in action on a variety of pre-spring magazine covers that celebrate the varied and ageless glory of black beauty. From 94-year-old Cicely Tyson on the Ava DuVernay-edited Time “Art of Optimism” issue, to Indya Moore on one of five Teen Vogue Young Hollywood…
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Young Money: 14-Year-Old Marsai Martin Inks First-Look Deal with Universal
Black History Month may be off to a bizarrely shitty start (Virginia blackface, fashionista blackface, and “black bastards”, oh my!), but Marsai Martin is swooping in to save the day with her young winning ways. The 14-year-old actress and executive producer has just inked an overall deal with Universal Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter.…
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Black Owned Beauty Month, Day 6: Is It Spring Yet?
Having survived last week’s polar vortex here in oh-so-chilly Chicago—and looking out at frozen shards floating atop Lake Michigan as we speak—I am, of course, eager for warmer days ahead. I mean…who wouldn’t be, at this point? That said, since I can’t escape winter temps at the moment, on Day 6 of our Black-Owned Beauty…
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'What Black Girl Magic Looks Like': Detroit Cop Seizes Woman's Car, Mocks Her on Snapchat as She Walks Home in Below-Freezing Weather
A Detroit police officer thought it would be funny to post a video of a black woman walking in below-freezing temperatures after he seized her car. In the Snapchat video, the “good cop” filmed the woman, claiming that she was doing the “walk of shame” and posted stickers over the images “What black girl magic…
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Black Myself: Rhiannon Giddens Forms Supergroup ‘Our Native Daughters’ and Reclaims the Soul of Country Music
Four women. In 1966, Nina Simone famously sang the strikingly diverse yet intersecting narratives of four fictional-but-unforgettable black women. Now, four women who could be considered Simone’s spiritual daughters—award-winning musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens, acclaimed neo-folk singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah, classical and folk artist Leyla McCalla (formerly of Giddens’ Grammy-winning band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops), and…