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3 Jan

Amber Ruffin Is Dismantling Racism With A Smile On

Amber Ruffin Is Dismantling Racism With A Smile On
The Amber Ruffin Show has stood the test of time from the dark early days of the pandemic to the slow recalibration to recent normals. With the show now closing out its third season, host Amber Ruffin has adjusted to the pivot. “Having a live audience means you get quick satisfaction or quick regret the second it leaves your mouth, whether or not a joke was good, Ruffin tells ESSENCE. Starting out in September 2020, with uncertainty still prevalent and a studio empty aside of staff members and camera men, Ruffin’s show has exploded in popularity as full audiences have been let into the studio chairs. “Whereas in case you don’t have an audience, you may just think that they...
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25 Dec

Amber Fillerup’s Hair Brand Dae Closes $8 Million Series

Amber Fillerup’s Hair Brand Dae Closes  Million Series
Influencer Amber Fillerup Clark’s Dae Hair has raised a $8 million Series A funding. The raise was led by Verity Enterprise Partners, cofounded by Tina Bou-Saba and Matt Levin, with participation from Digital Brand Architects, Whitney Port, Aimee Song, Christine Andrew, and with continued participation of existing investor Willow Growth Partners. The round brings the brand’s total funding to $10.6 million, as Dae raised a $2.6 million seed round last yr. Jenny Son, Dae’s president who joined the brand in 2021, told WWD that the corporate wasn’t actively trying to find an investment, but that there was lots of outside interest in recent months. “When it comes to the raise, for 2022 we actually didn’t set a goal to go right into...
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12 Dec

Amber Riley, DeSean Black Call Off Their Engagement

Amber Riley, DeSean Black Call Off Their Engagement
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Actress and singer Amber Riley has moved on from her engagement to DeSean Black. While visiting the podcast Nice & Neat last month, the Single Black Female star was asked about her relationship status, to which she replied, “I'm a single Black female. I'm, but I’m not a crazy one like within the movie.” That revelation could have come as a surprise to some, who knew she was engaged to Black and had been since 2020. “I’m recently single,” she added, noting that the breakup wasn’t a nasty one. “It was amicable,” she said. “I wish him the very best. I don’t have anything horrible or bad to say.” Riley initially announced she was engaged in the autumn...
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2 Oct

Amber Riley Has A Message For Men In Her

Amber Riley Has A Message For Men In Her
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images In case you weren’t in her DMs before she shed weight, Amber Riley says don’t hop in them now. The actress and singer shared a post this week doing a comical voice-over video where she pretended to be reacting to the lads she’s known for years now “falling in my DMs because I’ve lost weight.” The wonder captioned the clip, “Keep that very same fatphobic energy player. Ain’t ???? modified over here but the size.” And that’s on period (per her “Big Dot” conclusion). View this post on Instagram A post shared by RILEY (@msamberpriley) Someone who could relate and...
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