2018

Lena Waithe will serve as keynote during ESSENCE Fest

The ESSENCE Festival® is pleased to announce that Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/actor Lena Waithe will give a keynote conversation during the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience on Friday, July 6th, during the 2018 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans, LA. The Chicago-born Waithe has been heralded for her stellar work over the years, including most recently creating and executive producing the […]

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M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Recording Artists JUZANG to Perform at San Diego County Fair

    JUZANG, the name of the newest faces of musical millennials on the M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Record, Inc. label are breaking ground in the Contemporary Gospel recording industry, with original music including two newly released singles, “Dance 2” and “Undeserving” on June 22, 2018. These talented three sisters Guielle, Marisa and Patria natives of Huntsville, Alabama, with an

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Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil and Oprah Share What ‘LOVE IS’ at PREMIERE

    Pictured:  Mara Brock Akil creator of “Love Is_____.” On Monday, June 11, OWN:  Oprah Winfrey Network hosted a pink carpet pre-screening of “LOVE IS____, ” OWN’s new original 10-episode series premiering on Tuesday, June 19th, from award-winning producers and power couple Mara Brock Akil (“Girlfriends,” Being Mary Jane,” “The Game”) and Salim Akil

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Top Five Ways People Ruin Vacations by Deah Berry Mitchell

We’ve seen the photos before. We’ve liked these photos a million times. The indigo blue backdrops with melanin rich models contorting their bodies into unnatural angles in search of that perfect pose to be re-shared on Instagram travel pages. Their travel “uniforms” are consistent. They wear citrus colored dresses and large floppy hats, effortlessly posed

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Former Congresswoman Diane Watson, “Preacher’s of L.A.” Pastor Wayne Chaney and more attend Dr. Matthew Jenkins’ Standing-Room-Only Book Signing Reception

Community leaders, family, and friends celebrated nationally recognized mogul Dr. Matthew Jenkins, DMV for his life’s work at a standing-room-only book signing and reception for his new book Positive Possibilities: My Game Plan for Success Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Bogarts & Company in Long Beach, California.  A man of many accolades who has cultivated

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Viola Davis & Fierce Team of Women Seek Revenge in Steve McQueen’s Crime Thriller “Widows”

  For his first film since winning best picture in 2014 for “12 Years a Slave,” Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen has teamed with the screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) in a modern day thriller, “Widows,” starring  Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo star as four women who turn to crime

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