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Why I’ll Be Reaching For This Whipped Body Butter All Summer
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Art by India Espy-Jones. By Akili King ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
In an industry with an overwhelming amount of product launches daily, The Empties Edit helps you cut through the noise. To help you find your new beauty and wellness favorites, this series highlights the tried-and-true products our writers constantly empty out and re-up on.
I don’t know about you, but I plan to have
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Forget The $36,000 Wedding. This Couple Paid $100 And Says It Was Everything They Wanted
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The morning of Jasmine Nash and Sirmetrius I. Hill’s wedding started badly.
They were over 1,100 miles from home, in a city they didn’t know, and things went sideways before they even got out the door.
“The morning itself was complete chaos,” Nash said. “There were a lot of common wedding day mishaps that happened while we were getting ready.”
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Sterling K. Brown, Kara Young, And Mallori Johnson In Conversation For The Upcoming Film, ‘Is God Is’
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By Okla Jones ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is stands as one of the more unique releases of 2026. Adapted from her award-winning play, the film marks Harris’ directorial debut and follows sisters Racine (Kara Young) and Anaia (Mallori Johnson) as they leave behind the only life they’ve known to carry out a final request from their mother. On the surface, this
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Exclusive: Damon Wayans Is Cracking Jokes—And Raising Awareness—About His Diabetes Diagnosis
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Want To Be On Stage At ESSENCE Fest? Here’s The Real Way In
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: Keshia Knight Pulliam attends a panel discussion at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during the Essence Festival of Culture on July 05, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Every July, New Orleans >ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
While the main stage will light up this year with artists such
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How My Fear Of The Single Black Mother Stereotype Kept Me In An Abusive Marriage
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Getty Images By Ama K. Karikari, Esq. ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
I was born a Black girl in New York City in the 1980s. It was a time when graffiti graced walls, Lojacks secured steering wheels, unsheltered people with substance abuse problems roamed the streets, and flashy drug dealers ruled corners. Who was responsible for this sordid state of affairs? Well if you watched
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Collect Your Coins, Sis: The Five Highest-Paid WNBA Players In 2026
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By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated May 5, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Not long ago, the best women’s basketball players on earth were spending their offseasons overseas just to make rent.
Some were coaching youth camps and piecing together a living because the league they built their careers in simply did not pay them enough to stop. As recently as last season, the WNBA’s highest-paid player took home $269,000. The
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Rihanna’s Met Gala Beauty Look Was Gold—Literally!
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ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images By India Espy-Jones ·Updated May 4, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
When you hear the word “coils,” textured hair is the obvious reference. Tonight, however, Rihanna arrived at the Met Gala with a different interpretation. Her hair was wet and slicked back with her ends hidden under a sculptural Maison Margiela Artisanal gown.
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