

Shelby Stewart
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‘Basketball Wives’ Returns: A Fresh Start Or A Nostalgic Reboot?
When Basketball Wives first premiered in 2010, it redefined the reality TV landscape, offering an unfiltered look into the lives of women connected to professional basketball players....

Erica Campbell On New Music, Faith, And The Trip That Changed Her Life
Erica Campbell is a force. For over 20 years, her unmistakable voice has been the soundtrack to countless lives, blending gospel music a powerful message...

Natasha Rothwell Talks Comedy, ‘The White Lotus,’ And Finding Joy
Actress, writer, director, and showwoman (Wonka, Wish) Natasha Rothwell is an expert at orchestrating scenes that possess golden moments of improvised comedy and lived-in characters...

Real Housewives of Atlanta, Season 16, Episode 4: Drama Deposited
This week on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, the ladies are back—and so are their taglines. Love them? Hate them? Either way, they’re here to...
Turn The Mics Up
This story originally appeared in the March/April issue of ESSENCE, available on stands now. When the pandemic cast us out of our social settings and into...

Netflix Brings Viral Dating Sensation ‘Pop the Balloon’ To Live Television
Balloons are fragile. So is modern dating. Naturally, Netflix is combining the two in Pop the Balloon, a reimagined dating series that brings the viral sensation...
‘RHOP’ Without Karen Huger: Can The Show Survive?
For nearly a decade, Karen Huger has been the grand dame and gravitational force of The Real Housewives of Potomac. She’s given us champagne-room shade, perfume-launch...

Garcelle Beauvais Exits ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’
Garcelle Beauvais is officially hanging up her diamond. After five seasons on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the actress, producer, and former model has decided...

‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Season 16 Episode 3: High Notes, Low Blows
We’re only three episodes into The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16, and already, the drama is stewing like a pot of Aunt Bertha’s famous...

Karrine Steffans And The 20th-Anniversary Of ‘Confessions of a Video Vixen’
The 20th-anniversary edition of Confessions of a Video Vixen was published on March 4th, 2025. And, while there’s currently a lot of talk about the...