When we think of wellness, it’s supposed to be an act that makes us feel better internally and externally. Still, there can be moments when it sometimes feels like another thing we’re failing at. Missing a morning workout can feel like you’ve “fallen off,” or ordering takeout instead of meal prepping can bring guilt. That […]
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For Gloria Steinem, Some of Her Biggest Lessons Came From Black Women
The world is mourning again, this time for the loss of feminist Gloria Steinem, who died on September 2 at age 92. In the seventies, she was an emblem of the movement, standing up for women’s rights and serving as a founding mother of Ms. magazine, where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker was one of […]
Lauryn Hill and The Fugees Brought ‘The Score’ Back to Life In Paris
This summer, Paris witnessed a solar eclipse, France’s first since the 1990s. The arrival of Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean performing a sold-out show as The Fugees in the romantic City of Light marks just as rare an occasion. Over 20,000 Parisians of all ages loved them down last night as they performed at […]
Designer-Approved Upgrades to Create a Restorative Sanctuary
Wellness doesn’t have to begin at a spa or luxury retreat. It can start the moment you walk through your front door. As our homes increasingly serve as offices, gyms, entertainment spaces, and places to unwind, creating a restorative environment has become less about following a particular design aesthetic and more about designing around how […]
‘Idiots’ Stars O’Shea Jackson Jr. And Dave Franco Talk Real-Life Friendship and a Love of Comedy
O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Dave Franco are eager and affable when we chat over Zoom to discuss their new screwball road-trip comedy Idiots. They portray two hapless people who are hired to transfer a rich teen — played by a punchable Mason Thames — to rehab, but their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem. […]
Broccoli City’s New R&B Experience Means You Don’t Have To Choose Between KWN and Your Bills
Everybody wants to see their favorite R&B artist live. But in this economy, with these prices, with artists dropping new tours left and right!? Unfortunately, not everybody can afford to. Broccoli City founder Brandon McEachern created Holding Hands: An R&B Experience to solve that very problem. The new event debuts September 19 at Jiffy Lube […]
Vernon François Is Bringing Decades of Black Hair Expertise to Hair Tech
For all the innovation the beauty industry loves to brag about, textured hair has historically been one of the last places technology seems to arrive. Halo wants to change that, and it’s bringing one of the industry’s most respected hair artists along for the ride. Celebrity hairstylist Vernon François has joined hair technology company Halo […]
How the Jenesis House Became the Must-Visit Wellness Destination
There may be no better place in the country to raise your vibration than the Jenesis House wellness estate. That may sound really hyperbolic. But after several days of spa treatments, gourmet-level dinners, yoga, hiking, sound bath meditation and more, I promise that there’s really no other conclusion. Opened on Valentine’s Day 2026 in spiritually serene Sedona, Arizona, the four-acre property boasts beautiful red rock views, a hiking trail on the premises, a shimmering saltwater pool, 10 private […]
Every Actor Set to Star In Snoop Dogg’s Biopic for the Big Screen
Add “producing his own life story” to the long list of projects that rapper Snoop Dogg has his hands in. The rapper is boarding the high-grossing music biopic train, following the success of 2015’s Straight Outta Compton and the year’s juggernaut Michael, with a biopic about the Dogg himself. The Long Beach native’s story, simply […]
Justice, Finally: Tupac Shakur’s Killer Convicted Decades Later
Who killed Tupac Shakur? For almost 30 years, that question has gone unanswered, making it arguably one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in music history. On August 31, a Las Vegas jury finally closed that chapter. Duane “Keffe D” Davis is going to prison for the murder of Tupac Shakur, nearly thirty years after the rapper died […]









