What can we expect from tonight’s season premiere of “The Ultimate Merger 2” starring plus-size model and television personality Toccara Jones? It will surely involve the typical shenanigans of the all too familiar “win-my-heart” reality formula. 14 guys will meet Toccara hoping for a chance to become her beau. Week after week, they’ll be put […]
Here at HelloBeautiful we just love celebrating Black love. Each week we’ll profile newly engaged couples as they describe the moment he decided to “Put A Ring On It”. Torian’s Story: Saturday June 19th: We attended my boys wedding and somehow I caught the garter?! Sunday June 20th (Father’s Day): We went to Chriny’s parents […]
I should preface this diary by sharing that I’ve attended Essence Music Festival four times in the last six years and it is by far one of my favorite weekends of the year. If it were not for the Taste of Chicago (Chicago being my hometown) I would hands down attend Essence Music Festival every […]
A few months back we reported that Naturi Naughton was cast in the new NBC drama “The Playboy Club,” which wasn’t a total shocker after her cameo last season on “Mad Men” as a Bunny club waitress. We bumped in to Naturi over the weekend at the African Pride Beauty suite where she gushed about […]
Kanye West created magic Saturday night stealing the show at the Essence Music Festival. West took stage after Jill Scott to an ecstatic New Orleans Superdome crowd surrounded by what appeared to be at least 50 dancers, fireworks, smoke and a seemingly flawless catalog of hits. The audience was on their feet by his third […]
Essence Music Festival brought out an all-star performance line-up over the weekend, but the real party happened backstage in The Belvedere Lounge where the stars and VIP’s made their way for a drinks and chatter. We caught up with Shaunie O’Neal on Friday night who had some choice words and faces to make about “Messy […]
Usher headlined his first Essence Music Festival in New Orleans this weekend. Surprisingly this was Usher’s first time playing the main stage due to his hectic summer tour schedule over the past several years. Usher told the media he “did about 1000 crunches” to prepare for the show. He added, “I mean this is Essence, […]
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I can remember answering this question at least a half-dozen different ways over the course of my life thus far. Age can be a daunting notion for women. Often we see ourselves through where we think we should be by a certain age. I’m sure […]
If you haven’t yet started paying attention to four-time Grammy Award winning artist Ledisi, let me tell you right now, you’re beyond late. In a musical landscape full of pop-singers who are easy on the eyes and light on the vocals, Ledisi is a powerhouse whose soultry voice places her amongst legends like Patti Labelle, […]
Name: Arielle Patrice Scott | CEO & Co-Founder of GenJuice.com Age: 22 22 year-old Arielle Scott just graduated college. No seriously, as in last month. But she’s already on her second start-up tech company, a site called GenJuice.com which she boldly hails as the next MTV. Inspired by her senior thesis at University of California […]
Name: Jennifer Hudson | Recording Artist Age: 29 Starting her singing career off as a contestant on “American Idol“, Jennifer has gone far beyond what her early elimination from Idol seemed to foreshadow. She made her film debut in Dreamgirls in 2006, winning her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2008, she went […]
Name: Hydeia Broadbent | HIV/AIDS Activist Age: 27 27 year-old Hydeia Broadbent is a crusader for HIV/AIDS prevention. After contracting HIV from her drug-addicted biological mother, Hydeia has been courageously sharing her own battle with the disease to educate others about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent it. As the co-author of the […]
