Lashana Lynch is about to be a mom!
Dressed in Ottolinger, the British actress revealed a baby bump—her first—at the premiere screening of her new series The Day of the Jackal, held at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Lynch stars as Bianca, a tenacious British intelligence officer determined to catch an elusive assassin-for-hire in a cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Lynch also serves as an executive producer on the series.
The 2024 Black Love Summit was a three-day celebration of Black love. Founded by Tommy and Codie Elaine Oliver, Black Love, Inc. presented a dynamic lineup of actors, influencers, creatives and thought leaders. That included Kerry Washington and Jemele Hill, who engaged in a “Voting As An Act of Love” conversation, exploring the ties between civic engagement and Black community support. Also featured were couple Sterling K. Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathe, who have launched their We Don’t Always Agree podcast about love, growth, and navigating disagreements with humor and grace; Bel-Air‘s Cassandra Freeman (Aunt Viv), along with the rest of the cast, to discuss Black love on and off screen and many more.
Venus Williams attended the SoFi VIP dinner at Nine Orchid in New York City to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), which granted women the right to take control of their financial futures. She spoke about how when she received her first tennis prize money, it was not equal to the men. “Thankfully, we finally got equal prize money in the Grand Slams in 2007…it was just a trend in the history of women having many barriers to face,” she shared. “The Equal Credit Opportunity Act was a huge lowering of the barriers. So it’s wonderful to pay this forward and celebrate these 50 years together.”
Actor and musician Vince Staples partnered with Coffee-Mate to give hardworking educators at George Washington Preparatory Senior High in Inglewood, California, an extraordinary breakroom makeover. It includes a hidden coffee-sipping room for much-needed tranquility.
