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While we hate to see the royal family go, we love seeing them go in style.

The Oakland beauty posed for Essence Magazine in Brazil and was very vocal about social justice for all and honoring the lives of those lost to police brutality.

ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).

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Taraji P. Henson is dominating on the small screen and burning up the pages of Essence Magazine all at once. Covering the magazine’s November 2015…

Goodness gracious, would you just look at them?! Essence’s May cover features all of our faves at once: Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Mara Brock Akil,…

  First Lady Michelle Obama is always on point when she covers any magazine. The saying remains true for her August cover of Essence Magazine. Mrs. Obama has continues to show her passion for children through various initiatives supporting children’s  health and education. “I know I tell my kids all the time that they shouldn’t shy […]

Scandal sensation Kerry Washington shines bright on the November issue of Essence magazine.  Scandal returns Thursday, October 3rd and we’re having a Scandal Watch Party for the season premiere. Click here for details. For the November issue, ESSENCE sits down with Kerry Washington to talk all things Scandal. Washington, who plays the dynamic Olivia Pope on […]

We all know that February 14th is either the most romantic day in your life or just another day of chilling and ESPN. Well, let’s take that negative attitude and turn it into one of positivity. If you are one of the thousands dateless for the V-Day have no fear there is a remedy for […]

Golden Gabby Douglas has been making her rounds in the media. From Oprah to Letterman to Essence, we’re all consuming of the Olympic gynmast darling,…

Ellianna Placas has been fired after a controversial two year run as fashion director for Essence magazine, reports the New York Post. When Placas was…