In crowning Sheryl Lee Ralph for our latest Of the ESSENCE cover, we were symbolically giving the Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress her overdue flowers. Doing so was also important ...

After seeing “”Dreamgirls,”” one thing will be certain – you’re going to love her. By “”her,”” I mean Golden Globe winner Jennifer Hudson, not Beyonce Knowles. Hudson’s performance beat every other ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Supremes, The Shirelles, and The Crystals, three of the most exemplary Black girl group acts of the 1960s, left immeasurable marks on music history. Their work in the ...

“For 16 hours, I sat there with my hair teased to the Gods,” she said during an appearance on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show.’ By McKinley Franklin Kesha’s résumé just got even more impressive. “I was an ...

Via Zoom, the show’s original stars Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine discussed the history of the beloved musical and even performed some of the hit songs from the show ...

Beyoncé is one of the world’s most iconic musicians. Not only is she a superstar singer who puts on incredible live performances, but she’s also a successful actress. While her most highly acclaimed ...

Eddie Murphy is reuniting with Dreamgirls director Bill Condon for a biopic movie about George Clinton. Murphy and Condon previously collaborated on 2006’s Dreamgirls, which also starred Jamie Foxx, ...