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Caroline Wanga, president & CEO of Essence Ventures, celebrates festival’s 30-year milestone

Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for Beautycon™ The Essence Festival of Culture is one day away from making its official return, but this time it’s celebrating a special moment. Originally launched as a one-time event, the festival will be turning 30 years old, a milestone Caroline Wanga, president & CEO of ESSENCE Ventures, says many events have yet…

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Lupita Nyong’o found her ‘Quiet Place’ character’s struggles “therapeutic” after loss of Chadwick Boseman

Paramount Pictures Lupita Nyong’o is now in theaters in the hit prequel thriller A Quiet Place: Day One, and she found portraying her character, Sam, had a “therapeutic” effect on her in light of the unexpected loss to cancer of her Black Panther co-star and friend Chadwick Boseman in 2020.  Sam is being treated for cancer, but in the midst of her…