• KAT GRAHAM STUNS AT CANNES

    Friday, June 3, 2022

    Kat Graham, named the best-dressed stars at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival by Harper’s Bazaar On May 28, actress Kat Graham made a stunning appearance on the red carpet of the closing ceremony of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in Jelenew cycling pants and Stéphane Rolland couture. Kat Graham’s elegant and independent temperament interprets the Jelenew x Stéphane […]

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  • RIHANNA LAUNCHES FENTY IN AFRICA

    Thursday, May 26, 2022

    “I am a proud Bajan who also feels a close connection to Africa, and its people. I’ve had the pleasure, and the privilege, to spend time on the continent and those experiences never leave you. Now, being able to bring Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin to eight African countries and then hopefully more in the future— means so […]

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  • H&M Brings Gilded Glamor to the Met Gala

    Tuesday, May 3, 2022

    H&M designed custom looks for actor Laura Harrier and designer Victor Glemaud for the 2022 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit. Extravagance, glitz and glamour are the themes for H&M’s one-of-a-kind looks, created exclusively for this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit in New York City. The looks, designed by H&M’s in-house design team, are inspired […]

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  • Brittney Spencer to Sing at the 148th Kentucky Derby

    Monday, May 2, 2022

    Louisville native and multi-Grammy nominated Rap sensation, Jack Harlow selected as this year’s Riders Up presenter Churchill Downs Racetrack has announced that power vocalist Brittney Spencer will sing the national anthem at the 148th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The announcement comes after Spencer’s first CMT nomination and performance at the Country […]

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  • Victoria Secret’s Bilingual Bombshell

    Saturday, April 30, 2022

    Victoria’s Secret’s newest Bombshell campaign highlights the brand’s best-selling fine fragrance with three-time Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum, and chart-topping singer/songwriter, Camila Cabello. In the brand’s first bilingual campaign, captured by photographer Zoey Grossman, Cabello showcases her individual Bombshell energy with a natural vibrancy and authenticity – a perfect embodiment of the fragrance’s bold and confident scent. The […]

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  • THE COLOR OF COLA

    Wednesday, April 20, 2022

    Academy Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson set to direct Award-winning filmmakers Stanley Nelson and Jacqueline Olive will direct The Color of Cola, an inspirational documentary that sheds light on the experience of an all-Black sales team, the first of its kind for any major corporation, tasked with tapping the African American market in the Jim Crow […]

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  • Kentucky Derby at Home

    Monday, April 11, 2022

    Williams Sonoma Partners with the Kentucky Derby® to Inspire At-Home Race Day Celebrations The historic Churchill Downs Racetrack and Woodford Reserve® announced today a partnership with specialty kitchen and home furnishings retailer, Williams Sonoma, to deliver inspiration and curated products designed to help customers and Kentucky Derby fans create the ultimate ‘Kentucky Derby At-Home’ celebration. […]

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Jun
8

The View from Breakers Hotel: June 8

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This is the first in a series of summer blogs about the mother-daughter travels of myself and my 22-year old daughter. Though we live in Hampton Roads, we just can’t seem to keep still. Maybe were also Rom, in addition to being Black and Native American, but that’s another story for a later date. Today […]

Feb
9

FELA!

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 Review by Marc Alexander   I’ve been a semi-devotee of Fela Kuti since one of my best friends slid me a tape of the legend back in the early 1990’s. For me, at the time Fela’s music was like rediscovering James Brown – only with a Nigerian patois. I couldn’t distinguish all of his lyrics, […]

Feb
9

MAIN COURSE: WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

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    February is a month for lovers, and lovers of chocolate! White chocolate mousse is a perfect dessert to finish off any romantic, candlelit dinner.  Mousse is a light, airy satisfying confection.  And, although white chocolate is processed the same way as other types of chocolate, because it doesn’t contain cocoa, it lacks stimulants […]

Feb
9

DOWNTIME: Paris, je t’aime!

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  By Francesca Merced “The City of Light” has been dubbed one of the most romantic cities in the world and is an obvious destination for an intimate getaway with your significant other.  But, despite what happened to our beloved “Carrie Bradshaw” in the series finale of Sex in the City, there are lots of […]