Entertainment

NEW YORK (AP) — Sports Illustrated is being sold for $110 million, but the seller will continue running the iconic magazine under a licensing deal. Authentic Brands Group is buying Sports Illustrated from Meredith Corp. Authentic will handle marketing, business development and licensing functions. That includes licensing the magazine itself back to Meredith, so that […]

Essence Magazine has come under all Black ownership again thanks to Richelieu Dennis who created Essence Ventures. Dennis is the founder and creator along with his mother of Sundial Brands hair and skin products. Dennis has acquired Essence Communications to get the magazine under Black ownership again. Roland Martin talks with him to see what his plans […]

Fashion, Hair & Beauty

A Black student had a rough time with getting her hair done at a salon in Shanghai, China, a new viral video revealed.

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“Celebrating the man who became a movement,” noted GQ in its announcement this morning November 18, 2017, that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has received its coveted 2017 “Citizen of the Year” honor. The magazine on Monday released the covers of its four “new American heroes,” including late-night host Stephen Colbert, NBA star Kevin Durant […]

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LONDON (AP) — British magazine Grazia U.K. has apologized to Lupita Nyong’o after the actress accused it of altering her hair on its front cover “to fit a more Eurocentric notion” of beauty. The Academy Award winner tweeted before-and-after images, saying the magazine “edited out and smoothed” her hair. She added the hashtag “dtmh (don’t […]

Gracing the cover of OUT magazine's OUT 100 issue as "Ally of the Year" comes as no surprise -- Obama is likely to go down in history as one of the most progressive presidents, if not the only one who has fought so tirelessly for LGBTQ rights.

Singer/producer Pharrell Williams found out what makes his fans angry. All it took was for the “Happy” creator to don a traditional Native American headdress…

Singer/producer Pharrell Williams found out what makes his fans angry. All it took was for the “Happy” creator to don a traditional Native American headdress…