Author: Kimberly Wilson

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PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 13: Emilie Joseph wears a black lamb oversized leather puffer jacket by Saint Laurent with oversized lapels, a neon pink gift bag / shopping bag by Saint Laurent YSL, uses a mobile phone / smart phone, during a streetloading=”lazy” src=”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=96&d=mm&r=g” alt=”” width=”78″height=”78″/> By Andrea Bossi ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Media is still getting it wrong with Black audiences, and egregiously so.

One

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By Andrea Bossi ·Updated January 26, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Pat McGrath Labs has had a rocky past few months, and Monday, WWD reported the cosmetics brand is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

PML was supposed to have an auction, selling its assets, on January 27. It was reportedly going through “restructuring and recapitalization processes” since at least December 2025, according to what a spokesperson told Business of Fashion.

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Angel McCoughtry at Netflix’s “Being Eddie” Los Angeles premiere held at Tudum Theater on November 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Variety via Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 25, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Angel McCoughtry knows what immediate validation feels like. 

She’s played professional basketball for 13 seasons in the WNBA, won two Olympic gold medals and made multiple All-Star teams. Every shot,

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Angel McCoughtry at Netflix’s “Being Eddie” Los Angeles premiere held at Tudum Theater on November 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Variety via Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 25, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Angel McCoughtry knows what immediate validation feels like. 

She’s played professional basketball for 13 seasons in the WNBA, won two Olympic gold medals and made multiple All-Star teams. Every shot,

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 25, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Want to know what being an ally actually looks like?

Ally Financial (no pun intended) signed on as Unrivaled’s founding partner in July 2024 when the league was basically just an idea and two WNBA stars with ambition. There was no venue yet, no media deal, and most players hadn’t even been announced. 

Heck, not a single game had even

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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 22: Trinity Rodman of the United States announces her re-signing with her club team, the Washington Spirit,during a press conference at BMO Stadium on January 22, 2026 in Los Angeles , California. (Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 25, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Trinity Rodman isn’t a businesswoman—she’s a business, woman (or whatever Jay-Z said). And business

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – MAY 09: Nas performs at Spark Arena on May 09, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Dave Simpson/WireImage) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 22, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Welcome to Black Wealth Watch, where we round up the biggest stories in Black business and economic news each week. The wins, the setbacks, the deals getting done, and the conversations we should be

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 22, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

When Diptyque dropped Lazulio back in September, I honestly wasn’t rushing to try it. Not because I wasn’t excited, but out of sheer overwhelm by all of the new releases that continue to hit the market (I’ve been “project panning” like the rest of the TikTok girlies, and been intent on using up all of my products before

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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated January 22, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

When Diptyque dropped Lazulio back in September, I honestly wasn’t rushing to try it. Not because I wasn’t excited, but out of sheer overwhelm by all of the new releases that continue to hit the market (I’ve been “project panning” like the rest of the TikTok girlies, and been intent on using up all of my products before