Chocolate Business

Bravo to Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection: Chocolate Skin Matters

Photo credit: Instagram We couldn’t be happier that Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection is selling out in the darker shades. On September 8, the  award-winning pop singer debuted her makeup line, which includes 40 shades of foundation, last week, and the dark shades have consistently sold out. Note to the cosmetic industry:  Chocolate skin matters. Most of us […]

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Chocolate Business: Black Women Becomes Youngest Chick-Fil-A Franchisee

At age 26, Atlanta native Ashley Derby became the youngest franchisee in the country. Now, at age 32, she’s become one of the youngest Chick-Fil-A franchisee owners, one of the fastest growing chains in the United States. According to Derby’s LinkedIn page, her career at the fast food restaurant in 2002 as a team member.  The goal

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Chocolate Business: Shondaland Moves to Netflix

  NetFlix has recruited primetime powerhouse television producer Shonda Rhimes, the creator of such as “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “How To Get Away With Murder,” ending a 15-year relationship with ABC studios. The streaming service has long carried older episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “HTGAWM” in the U.S., and in select markets around the

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Briana Scurry Becomes First African-American Elected to National Soccer Hall of Fame

Our congrats go out to Briana Scurry, who has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2017, making her the first African American elected to the prestigious honor. Selected on the Player Ballot system, details about the induction ceremony will be released at a later date. Growing up playing soccer in

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Award-Winning Filmmaker Ava DuVernay Expands Creative Partnership with OWN

    Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films announced today it has partnered with award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“13th,” “A Wrinkle in Time”) on a first-look deal for television and digital media. The first collaboration is DuVernay’s recently announced limited drama series “Central Park Five” for Netflix from Participant Media, Tribeca Productions and Harpo Films. 

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Academy Welcomes 774 New Members: Barry Jenkins, Donald Glover, Leslie Jones and more!

  Pictured: Writer-Director Barry Jenkins, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Sreenwriter Theodore Witcher prior to a 20th Anniversary screening of “Love Jones” presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. In a push for diversity and inclusion, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is welcoming

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It’s #NationalDonutDay: Check out 3 Black Owned Donut Shops That Are Giving Us…Sugar Rush

Since it’s #nationaldonutday, we’d like to introduce you to three black owned donut shops where today, the sign in the window will most likely say SOLD OUT! First, there’s Nigerian American, Edose Ohen, owner of Glazed The Doughnut Cafe, is the Houston area’s first Black-owned 24 hour donut cafe. He started the business back in 2014,

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Chocolate Travels: Relaxing and of course Wine Rideau at Vineyards

While out and about during our Chocolate Travels, and celebrating a milestone birthday, we made it a point to visit the award-winning winery, Rideau Vineyards in Solvang, CA. Nestled in the hills of the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, Rideau Vineyard is an extraordinarily relaxing vineyard for wine tasting and dining. Although, California has thousands of relaxing wineries

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