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In the Spirit: Stars Celebrate at the Independent Spirit Awards
Tonight, cinephiles everywhere will gather in front of their television screens to watch the biggest stars and biggest films of the year vie for the biggest prizes in cinema at the 90th Academy Awards. (If you havenât already, join The Glow Up Facebook group to participate in a live red-carpet roundup with us at 6:45…
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All the Stars: The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Made Oscar Week Much More Beautiful
Just when we were longing for last yearâs heavily melanated Oscars red carpet, the 11th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards luncheon reminds us that our next surprise win may be much sooner than we think … and we canât wait. The delightful and dynamic assemblage of some of our best and brightest female…
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âI Am Mirroring Womenâ: Viola Davis Gets Real in Porter EditÂ
Itâs Oscar weekend 2018, so itâs no surprise that weâve been seeing a lot of Viola Davisï»ż. The three-time Academy Award nominee, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 2016âs Fencesâ is a regular on the awards circuit and is often called the âblack Meryl Streepââto which she rightly responds, â[then] pay me what…
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The Great Motivator: Tonya Lewis Lee Is One Multifaceted Mama
Tonya Lewis Lee wants me to take my vitamins. Specifically, she wants me to take her vitamins, which is why a monthâs supply of multivitamins from her company, Movita Organics, sits on my desk. The glass bottle boasts that they are made with organic fruit, vegetables and herbs, whole-food vitamins and minerals, and are gluten-free,…
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Dressing the Onion: Whitney Mero and the Comfortable Couture of Onion Cut & Sewn
Walking into Onion Cut & Sewnâs East Harlem studio is walking into a world of very pretty possibilities. A spectrum of vibrant fabrics are stacked to the ceiling, while dress forms stand half-draped in fabric, soon to join the rack of garments hanging along one full wall. In a corner beneath dozens of spools of…
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Before There Was Wakanda: Viola Davis and Lupita Nyongâo Will Take Us Back in Time With The Woman King
We know, we know: Youâre exhausted by the seemingly never-ending references to Black Panther and the Dora Milaje and black excellence and … this is your cue to exit stage left. You know, to someplace thatâs not The Root. For the rest of you, we heard some Womenâs History Month news Thursday night that has…
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Wrap Your Head Around This: Imaan and Iman Cover Vogue Arabiaâs Anniversary Issue
Iâm in love with Vogue Arabiaâs first anniversary cover, which features the legendary Somalian supermodel Iman and this generationâs phenom, Imaan Hammam, a Dutch-born supermodel of Moroccan and Egyptian heritage. Wearing traditional head wraps, cloaked in clouds of Marabou feathers fresh off the couture runway of Saint Laurent, the two wonderful womenâboth of whom Iâm…
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Knowing Your Place: Why Amandla Stenberg Bowed Out of Auditioning for Black Panther
In the weeks since Black Panther premiered, much has been made of the revelatory experience of seeing such a melanin-rich cast on-screen. Specifically, while the fictional world of Wakanda gave us a glimpse at what black civilization might have been like without European colonization, it also represented a world in which the systemic rape that…
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Going Once, Going Twice, Itâs BeyoncĂ©!
Hereâs a treat just in time for Womenâs History Monthâand #ThrowbackThursday, come to think of it. Do you call yourself a true BeyoncĂ© stan? Do you think you know the entire trajectory of the megastar from her being a child of destiny to being Queen of the Beyhive, including the details of her pre-Lemonade cornrow…
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Paris Fashion Week: I Am Woman, Hear Me Dior
Dior makes very pretty clothes that are as easy to wear as they are to understand. I say that because, often, clothes can be pretty but puzzling at the same time. Now, under the direction of designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior speaks to women loud and clear. Whatâs Grazia Chiuri got to say? For one,…