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*Lincoln and ESSENCE will recognize musician and singer Lianne La Havas and singer-songwriter Solange Knowles on Feb. 6 to celebrate music’s biggest event, the Grammy Awards. Lincoln’s all-new luxury midsize sedan, the 2013 MKZ, and the luxury full-size sedan, the 2013 MKS, are the official vehicles for Black Women in Music and will chauffer the [...]
*Essence Magazine recently came out with their yearly list of 35 women under the age of 35 doing it big. Here’s the list starting off with the young and talented Willow Smith Go to Essence for the rest of the list. Willow may be the daughter of superstars Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, but she’s [...]
*Actress Nia Long is on the cover of the latest Essence Magazine with her two children. The actress, who at 41, continues to look as stunning as she did in her days on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Here’s an excerpt from the cover story on the beautiful part-time mother and actress: “I’m in [...]
*Well now look who’s on the cover of the July issue of ESSENCE magazine. Why of course it’s President Barack Obama being profiled and interviewed in a piece called “Looking Forward.” RELATED: GOP Political Groups Plan to Spend $1 Billion (!) to Defeat Obama, Democrats In the July issue (available June 12), he speaks about [...]
*A month after announcing her “amicable split” from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Sherée Whitfield says she’s spending these days working on a few projects, including a fitness challenge, and also planning her next move. “I was ready to move, and I don’t need to explain myself to anybody,” she tells Essence magazine, shooting down [...]
*Of the many titles Beyoncé holds, one she can definitely be proud of is award winning journalist. Yes, journalist. The New York Association of Black Journalists is awarding the singer for her first-person intimate account of her life for a cover story she wrote entitled, “Eat, Play, Love,” originally published in Essence. RELATED: Beyoncé Reveals [...]
*The removal of white Essence Magazine Editor Michael Bullerdick is the kind of stuff that racial controversies are made of. After seeing an uproar from the black community in response to the hiring of Bullerdick, Essence employees were treated to the sheer delight of finding out that their favored son was also a right wing [...]
*The white guy who happened to be the managing editor of Essence the leading magazine for black women was fired after the content on his Facebook was brought to the magazine’s attention. Michael Bullerdick was already a controversy, being a white man in charge of a black woman’s magazine, reports Journal-isms. But he pushed the [...]
*Essence Magazine has an amazing new leading lady in the form of Constance C. R. White. EURweb recently caught up with Ms. White in Beverly Hills, California where the new Editor and Chief expressed great joy over black women making strides in Hollywood, despite challenges: “For women in Hollywood, particularly black women, it’s still a [...]
Massiel Tavares, former Miss Domican Republic Universe *Academy Award fever filled the air Wednesday at the elegant L’Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills. The private roof top bungalows framed by the slopes of the Hollywood Hills served as the perfect venue for the pre-Oscar swag party presented by Secret Room Events and The Humane Society. Among the celebrities sited [...]
*Essence magazine and BET Networks teamed up to celebrate actress Tracee Ellis Ross’ September issue Essence magazine cover and the premiere of her new BET show, “Reed Between the Lines.” Hosted by Constance C.R. White, editor-in-chief, Essence, and Debra L. Lee, chairman and chief executive officer, BET Networks, co-hosted the ultimate glam get-together on Saturday [...]
*Lake Buena Vista, Fl. – Space Mountain, Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain might have been on their “To-Do List,” but the 110 high school students who came to Walt Disney World Resort for the 2011 Disney’s Dreamers Academy were on a mission with higher peaks than Disney’s mountain range of run. They came to [...]
*Janelle Monae was lauded by Essence magazine on Wednesday night at the magazine’s second-annual “Black Women in Music” pre-Grammy event. Among those in attendance included Diddy, who is a backer of her label, and rapper Big Boi, who was an early supporter of Monae and performed with her at the event, reports the Associated Press. [...]
*Former Essence magazine editor Angela Burt-Murray, who was point person for the Huffington Post’s new project targeting African Americans, has left the project, Derek J. Murphy, chief operating officer of the venture, told Journal-isms on Thursday. “I’m currently managing staff recruiting and site development with our partnership team. Angela Burt Murray is no longer part [...]
*Veteran actress Angela Bassett appears on the cover of Essence magazine’s March issue marking its 4th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. Bassett is the publication’s 2011 honoree, along with Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson and Loretta Devine. In the cover story “Unstoppable,” Bassett shows that even without the glam and glitz of Hollywood, she [...]
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