Shelby Stewart
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Help Us Celebrate The Black Women Shaping The Future Of Hollywood
Calling All Essies! We’re celebrating 18 years of the ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards by passing the mic to YOU with the ESSIES’ Choice Award...
Couple-Care: Wes & Dawn Moore
Couple-Care is a captivating ESSENCE.com series highlighting inspiring partnerships in our community. Each pair discusses how “couple-care” sustains their relationship, as well as the self-care lessons they’ve learned...
Couple-Care: Will & Heather Packer
Couple-Care is a captivating ESSENCE.com series highlighting inspiring partnerships in our community. Each pair discusses how “couple-care” sustains their relationship, as well as the self-care...
NFL Legends, YouTube’s Biggest Streamers And More Show Off Their Football Skills Hours Before The Big Game
As anticipation builds on the eve of the biggest football game of the year, the Super Bowl LIX Flag Football Game proved to be an...
NFL’s DEI Efforts On Full Display At 4th Annual Night Of Pride With GLAAD
Amid recent efforts to challenge, or in some cases, completely erase the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the National Football League (NFL) remains...
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe On Her Return To Reality TV: ‘Our Marriage Probably Wouldn’t Have Made It’
Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, a former flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, is a force of nature. Known for her emotional intelligence and discipline, Contessa’s career...
A Tribute To NOLA
Dear New Orleans is a visual love letter to the city’s culture, traditions, and people. Created in collaboration with ESSENCE, the 10-minute film by Edward Buckles...
Health Innovators Create Solutions To Address Heart Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States, claiming over 929,000 lives annually—enough to fill 222...
The Women’s Playbook
This story first appeared in the 2025 January/February issue of ESSENCE, on stands now. When you scan the history books for stories of athletic feats,...
GloRilla Is Rihanna’s New Fenty Muse—And She’s Bringing The Glow Up With Her
When Rihanna calls, you answer. And when she taps you to be the first-ever joint partner across all of her Fenty empires—Savage X, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin,...