Deep within the hills of Southern California’s Topanga Canyon, on an estate overlooking the Santa Monica mountains where wind chimes ring softly in the breeze, Lenny Kravitz is explaining the concept ...

This story was originally published in ESSENCE’s special 55th anniversary July/August 2025 issue, on stands now. How does one properly prepare for an interview with “the” Patti LaBelle? They call ...

An avid dancer and the founder of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, the Emmy Award-winner has always prioritized community as an imperative component of our collective mental health. “Community is ...

Diahann Carroll was a groundbreaking figure in the world of entertainment. As a Black performer, she faced prejudice and backlash from all sides, but she never let it completely snuff out her love of ...

For the first time since the organization parted ways with him in January of 2024, Pete Carroll made his return to Lumen Field in Seattle Thursday night, this time as head coach of the Las Vegas ...

When people ask Karen McClintock, Disney’s manager of global public relations for food and beverage, about the evolution of dining around this iconic realm, she tells them it really wasn’t an ...

German actress Leonie Benesch (September 5, The Teachers’ Lounge) feels that we’ve been inundated with medical dramas on television that offer unrealistic depictions of what actually occurs in a ...

When I think of Ed Sullivan, what flashes first to my mind is Feb. 9, 1964, as I sat watching with my parents on a large black-and-white TV – as we all did in those days – and he gave a wave to ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diahann Carroll (born Carol Diahann Johnson; July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019) was an American actress, singer and model. She rose to stardom in performances in ...