Tag: Essence

Halle Bailey Is Among This Year’s Honorees For The Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards

In an already major year for Halle Bailey, she will be among the honorees at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. Method Man will be hosting the event, as Bailey, actress Danielle Brooks, Starz’s original programming president Kathryn Busby, and screenwriter Nkechi Okoro Carroll. “The intersection of joy and justice is where community thrives,” […]

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New ‘The Color Purple’ Cast Graces The Cover Of ‘Essence’ Holiday Issue

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Mickalene Thomas / Mickalene Thomas The gorgeous cast of The Color Purple adaptation graces the cover of Essence Magazine’s November/December holiday issue. The star-studded lineup includes Black Hollywood heavy-hitters Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Fantasia Barino, and Taraji P. Henson. The Color Purple was first published as a novel in 1983. In 1995, it was turned […]

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