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Red-Carpet Roundup: Itâs All Love at the iHeartRadio Awards (With a Healthy Dose of Cardi B)
Working in digital media as a middle-aged person can be challenging. After all, thereâs a constant need to know what the kids are into these days, and without kids of my own, it can be tough. Thankfully, weâve got the annual iHeartRadio Awards to tell us old heads whoâs hot and whoâs on the come…
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Add Serena Williams to the List of Celeb Beauty Moguls to Throw Your Paycheck At
This is not a drill. The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time (donât @ me on this until Roger Federer wins a major tourney while pregnant) is gearing up to launch a beauty brand, according to TMZ. In late January, Williams filed to trademark âAneresâ (pat yourself on the back if you caught that thatâs…
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Find 100 Ways: Wondering How to Help Women? Broadly Built Us a Whole List
Each year on March 8âincluding last Thursdayâthe world celebrates International Womenâs Day. The holiday dates back to 1911 and is the origin of Womenâs History Month, which we also celebrate in March and which The Root is celebrating in tandem with our sister site Jezebel. But like the all-too-fleeting Black History Month, both International Womenâs…
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Lisa Bonet Just Showed Us What We Want Our Summer to Look Like
There are a few women in the world who possess a preternatural mystique: Weâre talking women like Nefertiti, Eartha Kitt, Sade, the supermodel Iman and, of course, Lisa Bonet. If you were of TV-watching age in the mid-â80s to early â90s, chances are Bonetâs Denise Huxtable was either one of of your style icons or…
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Youâre Fired! What to Do When Youâve Been Let Go From Your Job
Last week I was told that my position at my day job is being eliminated. Itâs the second time this has happened in the past two years. The first time, it was under very different circumstances; to be honest, being let go from a gig that caused me very real emotional and mental stress was…
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A Model Marriage: Chanel Iman Shows Us How Supermodels Say âI DoâÂ
Last Saturday, while most of us were picking out our Oscar-watching pajama sets (and Michael Harriot was frantically looking for his lost invite to Bey and Jayâs Oscar after-party), model Chanel Iman and New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard were celebrating some California love at their nuptials at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel in…
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#FearlessFriday: Symone Sanders Speaks Truth to Power … in Her Own Signature Style
Symone Sanders loves a good rantâwhich is great, because we love a good rant from Symone Sanders. The political strategist, former press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and current CNN commentator has become well-known for her show-stealing, straight-shooting, mince-no-words deliveryâwhich is only eclipsed by her deep command of American policy and commitment to…
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Societyâs Stylish Secret: Designer Ann Lowe Was a Fashion Force Few Knew (Until Now)
In 2003, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston held a special exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy nuptials. Visitors got to see various mementos from the 1953 wedding, considered the social event of the season at the time. A highlight of the exhibit was Bouvierâs…