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15 Dec

Sotheby’s to Auction LeBron James’ 2013 NBA Finals Jersey 

Sotheby’s to Auction LeBron James’ 2013 NBA Finals Jersey 
Sotheby’s is kicking off 2023 with an auction of NBA star LeBron James’ Miami Heat jersey. The auction house takes one other step into the sports memorabilia market by auctioning the jersey James wore for his championship-winning game in the course of the 2013 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, a back-to-back championship win for James and the team. The item is billed as James’ most useful game-worn jersey to seem at auction and is estimated to auction for between $3 million and $5 million. “By way of rarity, whenever you get a championship-clenching item — items that were worn in a game where an athlete wins a championship — the smallest, rarest and most coveted population exists there because...
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15 Dec

Michaela Coel And Daniel Kaluyya Toast The Holiday Season

Michaela Coel And Daniel Kaluyya Toast The Holiday Season
Michaela Coel And Daniel Kaluyya Michaela Coel and Daniel Kaluuya each made mega moves in 2022. Individually starring in a number of the 12 months’s most-buzzed-about and top-grossing movies – Kaluuya shined in Jordan Peele’s NOPE alongside Keke Palmer, and Coel joined an all-star solid within the highly-anticipated Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Ceaselessly. ESSENCE caught up with Kaluyya and Coel at Moët & Chandon’s 2022 Holiday Celebration at Latest York’s Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall as they toasted to the approaching holidays, rubbing elbows with fellow stars like Trevor Noah, Taylor Russell, Chanel Iman, Victor Cruz, and Vic Mensa, amongst others. For Kaluuya, the last page of the calendar means time for some (much-needed) rest and recharging after a whirlwind benchmark 12 months in...
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15 Dec

Black Witches Debunk The Biggest Myths About The Occult

Black Witches Debunk The Biggest Myths About The Occult
Black Witches Debunk The Biggest Black Witches Debunk The Biggest  An old, common misconception of witches is that they’re all white. One other is that they’re related to the devil. African and Black American culture has long included non-traditional spirituality that’s been misunderstood by white communities, in addition to our own. “The devil’s a Christian thing. You guys [Christians] got here up with that. That doesn’t actually play into witchcraft as I understand it,” says Mya Spalter, a Black witch and the creator of Enchantments: A Modern Witches Guide to Self-Possession, to ESSENCE. “It’s just a completely different thing.” Practicing witchcraft is commonly portrayed as the alternative of Christianity, which is just unfaithful, she also notes. While her book received generally positive reviews,...
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