Essence Magazine

Julee Wilson

PHOTOS: 'Essence' Celebrates The Best In Black Beauty Awards 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.12.2012

To celebrate the second annual "Best In Black Beauty Awards" Essence magazine threw a fabulous and inspiring event Tuesday night in New York City. ...

Beyonce The Award-Winning Writer?

Posted 05.03.2012

Known racking up various accolades throughout her career, Beyonce Knowles can now add a writing award to her shelf of 16 Grammys. According to the ...

'Essence' Reassigns White Editor After Racist Facebook Comments

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.26.2012

Michael Bullerdick has resigned from his post as Managing Editor at Essence magazine and has “accepted a position in another division," reports Medi...

PHOTOS: The 2012 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.24.2012

A handful of the biggest and brightest stars were honored yesterday at Essence magazine's 5th annual Black Women in Hollywood luncheon yesterday in Be...

Octavia Spencer Among Essence's 'Black Women in Hollywood' Honorees

Broadway World | Posted 03.27.2012

Essence's 2012 Black Women in Hollywood event will honor leading actresses Kerry Washington, Paula Patton, Octavia Spencer and Pam Grier along with ex...

PHOTOS: Gabby And D-Wade Heat Up Essence Cover

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.05.2012

There is definitely a lot of love in the air! And Actress Gabrielle Union and her Miami Heat sweetheart Dwyane Wade are beaming lots of it on the Febr...

All Hail The Queen!

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.09.2012

Queen Latifah is a beaming beauty on the cover of Essence magazine's January issue. Wearing a siren red dress and jumping for joy, the New Jersey nati...

Encounters With Greatness: From Salman Rushdie to Versace

Stacie Gillian | Posted 11.02.2011

Stacie Gillian

Just recently I helped a phenomenal designer, Jessica Robinson, put together a birthday dinner party for another friend -- Booker Prize winner Salman ...

The First Lady 'Powers' Her Way Onto 'Essence' October Cover

Posted 10.31.2011

First Lady Michelle Obama landed the #8 spot on Forbe's World's 100 Most Powerful Women list this year, but she is clearly the #1 pick for Essen...

Tribute to Whoopi Goldberg and African-American Actors -- Why We Need Black and Women's History Months

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 06.11.2011

Beverly Wettenstein

I was appalled by the Academy's egregious "oversight," omitting Goldberg from their Oscars retrospective. For the record, she has appeared in over 50 films.

Why Whites Still Dictate Black Style!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Henry Adams

Would a newspaper and website like The Jewish Daily Forward hire a Catholic editor? Would The Advocate engage a straight person as executive director...

Why Is Pro-Black Being Attacked? The Unintended Consequence of Political Correctness

Yvette Carnell | Posted 05.25.2011

Yvette Carnell

Although words have power, they are only as powerful as the truth which they broadcast. And politically correct words are frauds, mere counterfeits masquerading as true voice.

"Essence" magazine's true color

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.17.2011

Irene Monroe

There has been a color change at "Essence." After forty years of having sisters from the African Diaspora as its fashion director, the new one is whit...

Essence Hires White Fashion Director: Business or Betrayal?

Cocoa Popps | Posted 05.25.2011

Cocoa Popps

Essence magazine, a lifestyle and fashion publication for black women has hired a new fashion director. The new woman in charge of dictating style to black women, Ellianna Placas, is white.

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama Essence Cover (PHOTOS)

Essence/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The first granny, Marian Robinson, is on her first magazine cover this month alongside daughter Michelle Obama. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Obama sat for E...

Essence Magazine Dedicates January Issue To Obama

WWD | Stephanie D. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Essence may have scooped Vogue, sort of, in being the first women's magazine to put Michelle Obama on its cover since the presidential election, but t...