*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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2015 Emmy Nominees: Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis, Queen Latifah, Regina King, Mo’Nique, Angela Bassett, Niecy Nash, Uzo Aduba, Don Cheadle, David Oyelowo, Anthony Anderson and Andre Braugher *Viola ...

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 ...