*Queen Latifah will vie for her first Emmy Award next month. The actress is nominated for her lead performance in the HBO film “Bessie,” but her portrayal of blues legend Bessie Smith has already had ...

The four-time Emmy-award winning HBO film Bessie, directed by Dee Rees, depicts the life and times of songstress Bessie Smith, a.k.a., the Empress of the Blues. Starring Queen Latifah as the openly ...

Queen Latifah spills behind-the-scenes secrets of “Living Single” from its first concept to the sisterhood that shaped her ...

Queen Latifah is making her way back to the cinematic small screen to star in Bessie, an HBO biopic recounting the life of singer Bessie Smith, who was also known as “The Empress of the Blues.” The ...

Like a perfectly timed high note in a torch song, Bessie doesn't tiptoe into queerness as filmmaker Dee Rees gives us a love letter to Black, bisexual brilliance. After all, when history forgets our ...

Hip-Hop legend turned actress Queen Latifah and WNBA legend Swin Cash highlight the latest class of honorary members of Delta Sigma Theta. From historic veterans to present-day moguls, these managers ...