The incredibly talented Lynn Whitfield was one of the most visible and lauded Black actresses of the 1980s. Beginning the decade with a powerful performance in the screen adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who …
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Black Celebrity: Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on July 1, 1971. Elliott worked as a songwriter and producer before getting her own record label. Her inventive style and ability to transcend hip-hop’s ideas about women …
Black Celebrity: Luther Vandross
In the world of contemporary music, there are just a handful of superstars whose first name alone brings instant recognition. Check Aretha, Whitney, Mariah, Diana and Dionne. But when it comes to male vocalists, the …
Black Celebrity: Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska. However, at the age of 8, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. In high school, Union …
Belle NYC Movie Premiere
The movie premiere for the upcoming biopic, Belle was held in NYC at The Paris Theater. The lead actress in the film, Gugu Mbatha-Raw looked ravishing in a chartreuse green gown by Lavin. We also loved Gugu’s accessories which included lush gold jewelry as well as caged sandals and a dazzling clutch. Be sure to catch this lovely starlet on the silver screen as this Fox Searchlight Pictures film opens to select theaters this Friday.
(Above Photo: Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw with Director Amma Asante)
Black Celebrity: Keri Hilson
Born October 27, 1982 in Decatur, Georgia, Keri Hilson is an award winning R&B singer and renowned songwriter signed to Interscope Records. She is part of a famous group of writers and producers known as The Clutch. Hilson showed …
Naomie Harris Designs Bag For Fendi
We always love to see celebrities collaborating with others for a very great cause. Case in point, actress Naomie Harris has designed a chic handbag for fashion powerhouse Fendi that will benefit charity. Harris created an off-white leather Peekaboo bag that features the continent of Africa in black and white stripes that reads, “Truth…Love…Freedom,” across the top.
This collector’s item will be part of a special Fendi charity project for Kids Company. The handbags will be sold through auction beginning on May 1st and extending to May 30th. Kids Company provides support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people.
Black Celebrity: Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was one of the most prominent African Americans of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. One of the premier pianists of her time, she traveled the world playing classical and jazz music. Scott began …
Getting Casting, Direction, Acting And Audition Tips
In the Twink of An Eye Casting and Lynn Allen Jeter & Assoc. presents “GETTING CASTING, DIRECTION, ACTING AND AUDITION TIPS”. Have you ever been told you have a great look and voice? This seminar class …
Black Celebrity: Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene “Kelly” Rowland was born February 11, 1981. She rose to fame in the late 1990s with R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child, one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. During their hiatus, Rowland released her debut …