Sidney Poitier, who died Jan. 6, was Hollywood royalty, and at the 2014 Academy Awards, he was walking toward me with his date for the evening, his daughter Sydney Tamiia Poitier, her hand clasped in his. Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking Read more
Issa Rae, whose five-season run with HBO’s “Insecure” came to a close with a finale this weekend, has dipped more than a toe into the music business. She’s started her own record label, Raedio, and is producing a new show about Read more
Virgil Abloh, who most-recently served as men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, died Sunday after a private battle with cancer. He was 41. A post on Abloh’s verified Instagram page announced his death, explaining that he battled a rare, aggressive Read more
Ebony magazine has shown the glamour and grit of Black life since Nov. 1, 1945, when Black entrepreneur John Johnson published the first issue. He intended it to be a Black version of Henry Luce’s Life magazine. Ebony‘s stories and glossy photos of Read more