• Netflix Unveils Teaser For Final Season Of ‘The Upshaws’

    The Upshaws. Photo Credit: Lisa Rose/Netflix © 2025By Okla Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Today, Netflix dropped the official teaser for Part 7 of The Upshaws, marking the beginning of the beloved sitcom’s final chapter. The long-running family comedy returns on January 15, 2026, with 12 new episodes leading into what promises to be an unforgettable series finale.The teaser offers a quick, heartfelt reminder of why the Upshaws be
  • WeLoveUs.Shop Partner Brittney Adams Creates Functional, Fly Frames With Focus & Frame Eyewear

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When Brittney Adams launched Focus & Frame Eyewear, it wasn’t just to sell glasses. She set out to shift the narrative around eyewear entirely. As a longtime wearer of prescription and non-prescription glasses, she built the company around the belief that eyewear shouldn’t force you to choose between function and self-expression. Adams also wanted tosrc="https://www.essence.com/w
  • 7 Political Books By Black Women Authors To Read Now

    By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The news cycle is increasingly intense, and most of us can barely keep up these days. A huge part of what is dominating our news content, from television screens to phones, is politics. One day, we’re learning about significant negativeThe post 7 Political Books By Black Women Authors To Read Now appeared first on Essence.
  • The True Price of Imitation: How Copying Brands Like Fe Noel Undermines Culture, Craft, And Creative Labor

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… When an original design is copied, people often call it flattery. However, in reality, for independent Black-owned brands such as Fe Noel, imitation is not admiration. Fe Noel has spoken out about the harmful impact of being replicated by fast-fashion brands, but the issue extends far beyond their experience. Countless small businesses suffer similar losses when their work is copied.Unlicensed versio
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  • ICYMI: A$AP Rocky And Rihanna Stop By The Ray-Ban Clubhouse, GLD Teams Up With Bloody Osiris, And More. 

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This week in fashion delivered several standout moments. A$AP Rocky, Creative Director of Ray-Ban, and Rihanna visited the brand’s installation at the Carl Fisher House during Miami Art Week. GLD also teamed up with Bloody Osiris to debut a striking jewelry capsule collection. Meanwhile, the CFDA announced a ban on fur in all New York Fashion Week presentations.Art Week brought more excitement
  • A$AP Rocky And Rihanna Stop By The Ray-Ban Clubhouse, GLD Teams Up With Bloody Osiris, And More. 

    By Mecca Pryor ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This week in fashion delivered several standout moments. A$AP Rocky, Creative Director of Ray-Ban, and Rihanna visited the brand’s installation at the Carl Fisher House during Miami Art Week. GLD also teamed up with Bloody Osiris to debut a striking jewelry capsule collection. Meanwhile, the CFDA announced a ban on fur in all New York Fashion Week presentations.Art Week brought more excitement
  • WeLoveUs.Shop Partner And Celeb MUA Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks Made A Beauty Brand For Every Face

    By Elizabeth Ayoola ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Ashunta Sheriff-Kendricks has always been surrounded by beauty. Growing up in Spanish Harlem, Kendricks’ mother was a singer, her aunt a model, and her sister a hairstylist. Watching the women in her family move through the world with a sense of creativity and >Taraji P. Henson are just a few notable celebs attached to her resume. The makeup expert’s work on the hit show 
  • From Rap Icon To Mogul: How 50 Cent Became One Of Hollywood’s Most Strategic Power Players

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 30: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson visits “Fox & Friends” to discuss his new Fox Nation show “50 Ways to Catch a Killer” at Fox News Channel Studios on September 30, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated December 8, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… This may be an extremely unpopular opinion, but I’ll just go out on a limb and say it: I’v
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  • This Is The “Little Secret” To Porsha Williams’ RHOA Beauty

    By India Espy-Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… TV stars are known for having no bad angles. But, while Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams has the best of the best glam teams at her fingertips, they’re not always the reason she Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizer. Other than her everyday lip, deciding what to do with the rest of her look is entirely dependent on her hair. “When I wake up, I first decide which G
  • The Case For Cruising This Christmas: Why Disney’s New Heroes-And-Villains–Themed Ship Is The Perfect Gift

    By Victoria Uwumarogie ·The post The Case For Cruising This Christmas: Why Disney’s New Heroes-And-Villains–Themed Ship Is The Perfect Gift appeared first on Essence.
  • The 10 Best Films Of 2025

    By Okla Jones ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… After a month of major awards nominations, one thing is clear: Black cinema is having a banner year. And not only in terms of the films themselves, but in the artists, storytellers, performers, and craftspeople pushing the work forward. The slate of 2025 releases reflects a filmmaking landscape that is more ambitious than ever, and several projects didn’t just speak to Black culture; they shaped
  • Winnie Harlow And Incyte Partner To Empower The Vitiligo Community

    By Larry Stansbury ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… World-renowned supermodel and beauty entrepreneur Winnie Harlow has long been celebrated for her ability to redefine what beauty looks like. As one of the most recognizable people living with vitiligo, she is continuing to >Incyte. Together, they’re launching a campaign with two short films that explore her journey while offering tangible tools, education, and community support for those
  • Miss Jamaica Suffered Brain Bleed After Frightening Fall, Family And Miss Universe Organization Reveal

    Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry walks on stage during the 2025 Miss Universe national costume presentation in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok, on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)By Victoria Uwumarogie ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… As we recently shared with you, public concern over the health and well-being of Gabrielle Henry, MD, The post Miss Jamaica Suffered Brain Bleed Afte
  • What Kandi Burruss’ Divorce Teaches Black Women About Prenups, Power, And Protecting Their Money

    Upset depressed African American woman covering face with hands and crying, sad frustrated teen girl sitting on floor near bed at home, having problems. Teenagers and mental health conceptBy Kara Stevens ·Updated December 7, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Black women are expected to survive everything—broken homes, broken systems, and when love leaves, broken marriages—without flinching. We’re told to push through, pray through, and piece ourselves
  • Abby Phillip On Her New Book, ‘A Dream Deferred,’ And The Past, Present And Future Of Black Political Power

    NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 06: Abby Phillip attends the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola – Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.(Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE)By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated December 9, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The post Abby Phillip On Her New Book, ‘A Dream Deferred,’ And The Past, Present And Future Of Black Political Po

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