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10 Dec

‘Gossip Girl’ Revives Blair Waldorf Headband and Packs a

HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” returned for its second season on Dec. 1. The show continues to follow the lives of Recent York’s Upper East Side crew who attend the celebrated Constance Billard — St. Jude’s School. Fashion has continued to play a giant part within the storylines and lives of the characters because the show’s original run on The CW network from 2007 to 2012, under the helm of costume designer Eric Daman, who returned for the reboot. In the unique series, he brought the characters to life with designs from brands like Henri Bendel, Chanel, Valentino and Gucci. It made style stars out of Blake Vigorous as Serena Celia van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf. Although he...
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3 Dec

‘The Best Man’ Limited Series Comes To Peacock With

Following the success of the classic film The Best Man, which hit theaters in 1999, and its equally-loved sequel The Best Man Holiday, which hit the massive screen in 2013, a Best Man limited series is about to debut later this yr on the NBC streaming service, Peacock. The unique forged, including Regina Hall, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, and Harold Perrineau have all reportedly signed on to star within the anticipated series, titled The Best Man: The Final Chapters. The one actress that is not going to be making a return can be Monica Calhoun, whose character died within the sequel. Creators of the series are reportedly eyeing a September start. Article continues...
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28 Nov

Sevetri Wilson’s “Resilia” Closes $35M Series B Round To

Nonprofits do social good, however it’s almost never easy. Not due to a scarcity of passion, but underdeveloped operational infrastructure. Severtri Wilson recognized this and founded her SaaS (software as a service) company Resilia to assist nonprofits further their day-to-day capability to give attention to what matters. Now, due to a latest investment, Resilia’s reach goes to go even further. In a news release shared with ESSENCE, the corporate announced the closing of a $35M in a history-making series B round. Investors include Panoramic Ventures, Canadian VC Framework Enterprise Partners, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Fund alongside returning investors Mucker Capital, Callais Capital, Cultivation Capital, Engage Ventures, SoftBank Group’s SB Opportunity Fund, Kimble Ventures, The Jump Fund, and Fearless Fund....
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11 Nov

Topicals Closes $10 Million Series A Funding Round –

Topicals, the skincare brand founded by Olamide Olowe in 2020, has added latest investors to its roster. The brand closed a $10 million series A funding round led by Cavu Consumer Partners. That brings the brand’s total amount of funding to $15 million. Investors within the brand include Gabrielle Union, Kelly Rowland and Hannah Bronfman, amongst others. Olowe sought to reinvent the ointment category, as she put it, and said the brand’s disciplined range of seven stock keeping units was resonating broadly. “We address the chronic skin condition market — things that you usually find in a Walgreens or CVS,” she said, adding that she goals to deal with skin concerns with a prestige flair. The brand’s success is “a testament to how...
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