For International Women's Day, we honor a selection of Black women that changed the game in our culture from 2000 up to today.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Oscar host Chris Rock, producer Reginald Hudlin and film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs took an afternoon off from Academy Awards preparations to celebrate black women in Hollywood. Rock, Hudlin and Boone Isaacs were among the guests at Essence magazine’s ninth annual awards luncheon Thursday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. […]

At a recent luncheon celebrating the 2014 Oscar nominees, a group of A-list stars, directors, sound mixers and more gathered round a life-size model of…

She’s not the other Vanessa Williams – she’s the one you know from “Soul Food” the TV series and as Keisha from “New Jack City.” She is the one without the middle initial; it’s Vanessa L. Wiliams that is the blue-eyed former Miss America. “It’s a mistake that is perpetuated around the Internet,” Williams says. […]

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Accepting her Black Women in Hollywood award, the actress opens up about her past mistakes and how she defines “Fierce and Fearless” today. Go to Essence.com to see video.