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10 Oct

Tia Mowry Files For Divorce From Cory Hardrict After

Tia Mowry Files For Divorce From Cory Hardrict After
Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict are calling it quits. In response to documents obtained by TMZ, she filed papers on Tuesday (Oct. 4) in Los Angeles, citing the explanation for his or her split as “irreconcilable differences.” The actress is asking for joint physical and legal custody of the couple’s two children, Cree and Cairo. She’s also asking that any attempts on the court granting spousal support to either party be shut down, as that they had a prenup in place. She hinted that a giant change was coming in her Instagram Stories on Tuesday morning, sharing the Vex King quote, “Letting go could be painful. But, it won’t hurt as much as holding on to an illusion.” She would...
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9 Oct

John Boyega Appreciates How ‘Star Wars’ Supported Moses Ingram,

John Boyega Appreciates How ‘Star Wars’ Supported Moses Ingram,
John Boyega made waves within the Star Wars franchise as the primary Black storm trooper-turned Resistance warrior in The Force Awakens trilogy. But because the actor revealed in a recent interview, that’s the last we’ll be seeing of his character Finn. “At this point, I’m cool off it. I’m good off it,” Boyega told Sirius XM’s John Fugelsang during an interview on his radio show. Despite Disney’s recent push for brand spanking new series and flicks centering on franchise characters, the actor says Episode IX is a superb endpoint for Finn, who was notoriously pushed to the side in The Force Awakens narrative despite being teased as its recent star in early movies. “I believe to be fair, the allies that...
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9 Oct

The Business of Blooming: This Woman Shares How Her

The Business of Blooming: This Woman Shares How Her
“Do you want flowers?” Erica Dias asks me firstly of our phone interview. This catches me off-guard, as I’m used to posing the questions—but I took a beat, leaned back in my computer chair, and smiled as an honest answer popped into my head. “Yes. They remind me of sunshine.” That right there, is why Helen Florals is so vital. Dias launched the flower brand back within the spring of 2020 as she—like the remainder of the world—was trying to take care of her sanity. “I discovered myself embarking on this spiritual journey where I needed to return to what sparked joy in my life,” Dias shared. “The 2 things that kept coming to mind was my grandmother…and her flowers.”...
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9 Oct

Trend Alert: How Black Women Are Taking Their Skin

Trend Alert: How Black Women Are Taking Their Skin
The web has spoken. It’s a tan girl summer. Scrolling through Tik Tok, there was an influx of videos of Black women testing out at home tanner. The outcomes—golden brown skin that glows. You might be considering, why would a Black woman tan? Well, throughout the winter months, once we aren’t laid out catching rays, our skin complexion can turn out to be dull and fewer vibrant. So applying a self-tanner or going to a tanning salon specializing in spray tanning, to not be confused with a tanning bed, may help revitalize the skin again. Self-tanning and getting spray-tanned does greater than just bronze up the skin. It might be described as makeup for the body. It conceals discoloration and evens...
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