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Three authors collaborated on the instructional book Promises Kept: Raising Black Boys to Succeed in School and in Life, and Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson, and Hilary Beard were all honored with the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional)! Similar to the film Boyhood, Promises Kept was years in the making, as co-authors Brewster and Stephenson are […]
“Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers & The Emergence Of A People” won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary. This film is a national project used to connect communities and history through family photographic archives. This Thomas Allen Harris-directed docu is the first one of its kind to explore how photography shapes the identity, […]
Loretta Devine took home the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her role as Hallie The Hippo in “Doc McStuffins,” a Disney and Disney Junior cartoon series about a little Black girl who can “fix” toys, with help from her stuffed animal friends. This cartoon has become a wildly popular hit […]
He’s a Black woman’s dream. He’s successful, marriage-minded, handsome, believes in God and loves his momma. Shawn Bullard, a real estate investor from Philadelphia, PA is the man on “Match Made In Heaven” who has been dubbed the “Black Bachelor,” is on the hunt for a wife and naturally he’s using reality TV to find […]
HelloBeautiful.com’s “Base Level” column features the hottest new artists we’re buzzing about. Before they make it to the summit of superstardom, we spot them at base level–the beginning of their hopeful journey to the top. MUST READ: BASE LEVEL: Mali Music Brings The Art Of Storytelling Back To Music Name: Jennifer Claude Age: I am forever […]
The state of Alabama is again at the forefront of change in the United States. It’s been reported that a handful of its cities and towns granted marriage licenses to homosexual couples. While this was a progressive step forward against the traditional Southern outlook (read: marriage is between a man and a woman) of holy matrimony, […]
Female genital mutilation is a harrowing procedure for girls and women. Parts of the genitalia are removed and the reasons for their extraction are 100 percent non-medical. Feminists and women’s rights activists have fought for decades against the act as it seen as a way of confiscating or deriving women of their human rights and sexual […]
Last night, the biggest names in music descended upon the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 2015 Grammy Awards. Alongside the show-stopping gowns and dazzling jewels, we couldn’t take our eyes off the flirty and feminine hairstyles. Beyonce‘s beautiful blonde waves stayed flawless from the red carpet to her performance of “Take My Hand […]
D’Angelo Is No Minute Man: Performs “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” For 14 Minutes! Good Lordt! We’ve been graced with the mercy of the Almighty this morning. D’Angelo performed at the Apollo over the weekend and sang and we mean sang a 14 minute version of his classic, “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” and when […]
While we’re still wondering how the hell Beck won “Album Of The Year” over Beyonce, Beck is finding out just who the hell Kanye West is and what he’s about — that life. Yeezy pulled a funny one during tonight’s Grammy awards, pretending to pull another “Imma let you finish” move on Beck when the […]
The 46th annual NAACP Image Awards came and went, but not without triumphant moments for Black Hollywood. Spike Lee was presented the Chairman’s Award, “black-ish” swept all categories they were nominated in, Taraji P. Henson took home the night’s biggest honor — “Entertainer Of The Year” and “Selma” finally got the recognition it deserves. “It’s […]
