Beauty was the subject at the Bronner Bros. Inaugural Beauty Icon Awards, which celebrated Black Beauty’s legacy and future with awards to the likes of Chaka Khan (Legend of Style & Soul Award), Derek J (Fearless Award), Danessa Myricks (Beauty Innovator Award) and more. The celeb carpet was lit at the Bronner Center of Performing Arts in Atlanta with a host of names, including Beyond the Gates‘ Keith D. Robinson and Ambyr Michelle, music legend Da Brat, style maven and television personality Marlo Hampton, actress Nzingha Imani, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Shamea Morton, to name a few. The night was hosted by social personality Big Sexy, who made sure it was.
Girlfriends Creator Gets the Love
Before she made Black teen love hit real with her hit series Forever, Mara Brock Akil was informing our future bestie group chat goals with Girlfriends. That’s why Hollywood Confidential hosted “An Evening with Mara Brock Akil: Forever Our Girlfriend,” an event to honor her extraordinary work and 25 years of the series. Receiving the Icon Award, the legendary series creator and producer exclaimed that the honor is “profoundly moving…that series was more than a show, it was a love letter to friendship, womanhood, and the lives we lead together.”
It wouldn’t be a celebration without some besties in the room, which included Girlfriends stars Golden Brooks and guest star Yvette Nicole Brown, Wendy Raquel Robinson, from Akil’s The Game, along with Amber Riley and Hollywood Confidential creator Steve Jones. It was also the kickoff for ICONIC Girlfriends in TV, Film & Media, a new signature dinner IP from Steve Jones’ Hollywood Confidential, which will continue to honor trailblazing women in entertainment.
Tembi Locke Re-nests
Tembi Locke is reframing life after kids move out with her latest book, Someday Now, and she’s spreading her gospel, this time at the Reframing Midlife: Having A Growth Mindset panel at the Flow Space Women’s Health Summit in Los Angeles. She’s dropping all the secrets on how she’s making the transition from empty-to re-nesting, and loving every minute of it.
Shoniqua Sings
She’s that girl, the one with the voice that transcends. Shoniqua Shandai performed her first full-length hour concert at the Apollo Music Café in Harlem, New York, to a sold-out audience, of course. Hometown diva Bevy Smith was in the house to make Shandai’s intro, which made this one of those legendary Harlem nights.