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On Thursday night, WIF (formerly known as Women in Film) kicked off their annual gala to raise funds for education, career development and advocacy programs. Among the night’s honorees were Mara Brock Akil and Regina King, who brought Judy Blume’s novel, Forever, to the small screen, and Tessa Thompson, whose latest film, Hedda, is the […]
Yvonne Orji was tapping platinum pixie vibes for this year’s EBONY Power 100 Gala, held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. It’s a look that would inspire any rom-com writer to put pen to paper, and as The Chosen One star recently said in a social media post, she just needs “a script […]
“I’m like freaking out; this is the first time we’re really playing on home turf,” Lenny Kravitz exclaimed halfway through his epic concert at the 4th Annual Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, held at the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 24. “This means so much to me. I don’t know if […]
Kendrick Lamar is returning to his throne as king of the Grammys, scoring nine nominations at the 2026 show, followed by Leon Thomas, who has six bids. Doechii, SZA, Clipse and Tyler, the Creator, are each up for five honors. At the same time, The Weeknd — who ended his four-year-long boycott of the awards […]
In the vibrant era of pop culture and the digital age, there has always been a communal spirit that we’ve all loved, whether it was a shared enjoyment of music or TV; those moments brought people together. Still, in recent years, the rise of new-age stan culture has dramatically transformed what it means to be […]
Sterling K. Brown wasn’t about to let that left Achilles tendon tear stop him from attending this year’s EBONY Power 100 Gala at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on November 4. Chosen as one of our 2025 Entertainment Powerhouses awardees, Brown’s been crushing it on screen with his television series Washington Black and Paradise, […]
What You Need to Know: This week, off-season election results set a new forecast for the upcoming 2026 midterms. Sonya Massey receives some justice. The government shutdown continues, and layoffs largely affect Black and Brown employees. It’s “The State of US.” Democrats Sweep Municipal Election Races On November 4 Voters across the U.S. cast ballots on […]
Reasonable Doubt has won a major verdict: The fan-favorite legal drama series from Onyx Collective and 20th Television has been officially renewed for Season 4, EBONY has learned. Created by Raamla Mohamed, the Hulu series centers around Jax, a legal wizard played by Emayatzy Corinealdi, who gets embroiled in the most tangled cases. This season, […]
After the end of World War II, EBONY launched as the lighter, more beautiful and engaging counterpart to its sister publication Negro Digest. When EBONY was published in 1945, it was designed to show Black people what the promise of plenty might look like. For eight decades, EBONY has been the trusted outlet for Black […]
When Linda Johnson Rice recalls what her father, EBONY’s founder John H. Johnson, taught her about the publishing business, she remembers very clearly this: “You can’t have editorial without having advertising.” For the 71 years her family would publish EBONY magazine, securing advertisers had its share of systemic challenges. When companies repudiated the value of […]