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So Sophisticated: Beard Gang, Rick Ross Is Coming for You
Is there such thing as a “retrosuperfuturistic” beard? I have a feeling we’re about to find out, because Rick Ross is dropping a grooming line, y’all. Now, I won’t claim to be a Rick Ross expert, but admittedly, when I first heard this news, my immediate response was “The devil is a lie.” But for…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Blowin’ Up Proves There’s Life After ‘the Life’
“It’s called blowin’ up when you leave your pimp … so I blew up,” Kandie says, standing tall and brown in the New York sunshine. Her bangs blow in the breeze, and a pretty but awkward smile seems to reflexively creep around the edges of her mouth as she matter-of-factly describes how she got into…
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Letitia Wright Gets It Right at Avengers: Infinity War Premiere
Letitia Wright was looking lovely, as usual, at the Avengers: Infinity War premiere in Hollywood on Monday night. Wright is leading the pack in film and fashion and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The 24-year-old Guyanese-born Brit is poised to represent a generation of strong young women who are interested in STEM…
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Beautycon Sisters Claim Theirs Loud and Proud
This weekend, New York City hosted Beautycon, a two-day festival where fans can interact with beauty brands and celebrities for seminars and photo ops. The Glow Up was on hand looking for the latest in black-owned beauty businesses and getting the word on self-care, which seems to be the one thing, besides lipstick, that’s on…
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Is That Suit Vibranium? Wakanda Returns for the Avengers: Infinity War Premiere
We’re baaaaaaaack! That’s right, y’all: Several of our Black Panther faves—and beyond—returned to the purple carpet Monday night for the much anticipated premiere of Avengers: Infinity War in Los Angeles. Chadwick, Danai, Angela, Winston and more all turned out in style to debut the next set of adventures for our Wakandan brethren. But the knockout…
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Janelle Monáe Is Serving Lewks on Lewks on Lewks … and We Like That
Another day, another Janelle Monáe drop. This time it’s the accompanying visuals to “I Like That,” which we declared The Glow Up Anthem of the Week on Friday. So of course we’ve gotta follow up with the video—plus, it’s #MeCrushMonday, and we can’t think of a better soundtrack. We’re just glad she dropped the single…
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#SaggyBoobsMatter: Are You Good With Your Girls?
True-confession time: My girls and I haven’t been getting along lately. In the 30 years we’ve been together, they’ve graduated from fairly budding B cups to delightful Ds to a recently voluminous … I’m not even saying the letter. Let’s just say my days of laughingly referring to them as “Dionne and Diana” (because double…
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It’s a Wrap! Coachella 2018 Goes Out in Style
There was more Bey, more Cardi B and, of course, far more lewks to be had as Coachella 2018 launched its final weekend in Indio, Calif. And while we enjoyed watching the kids kick it into high gear for weekend 1 of the annual festival, weekend 2 is when they really seemed to find their…
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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Thandie Newton Returns to the Wild, Wild Westworld
Westworld returns to HBO tonight, and having previewed the premiere, I gotta tell you: Brace yourselves, because this season is destined to be even more of a doozy than the last (calm down; that’s the extent of my spoilers for season 2). I say this in slight bewilderment, because despite faithfully watching season 1 (twice),…
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‘Everything You Think Is True’: Yara Shahidi Honors Her Family History With Prince
Many know Yara Shahidi as the adorable and irrepressible Zoey Johnson on Black-ish’s hit spinoff, Grown-ish, but fewer know about her roots as a Minneapolis girl—like myself—and her ties to our most famous fellow native. Shahidi’s father, Afshin Shahidi, was Prince’s longtime personal photographer and videographer, capturing the star in both intimate and iconic moments from…