The five-year deal allows the ‘Black Panther’ director’s Proximity Media to develop series for other Disney outlets. Black Panther filmmaker Ryan Coogler is building out the world of Wakanda. As part of a new, five-year overall exclusive deal between Disney TV and Coolger’s Proximity Media, the writer-director is developing a Wakanda-based Disney+ series. The deal also allows Proximity to develop …

Lorraine Schwartz’s jewels are known for creating high-wattage red carpet moments, but lately she has been focused on inclusivity in her industry. “I wanted to share my passion with a new generation,” explains the New York-based designer. “This is an industry that tends to be passed on from generation to generation — the grandfather teaches his son, who then passes …

Pharrell Williams has partnered with Adidas footwear to launch an all-new female empowerment unisex style of sneakers. Under the authorship of Pharrell’s Japan-based streetwear brand Billionaire Boys Club, the campaign features a handful of female activists, alongside pregnant models and models who are mothers with their kids, while breastfeeding the babies. The effect of the campaign concept is to champion …

“So let me be clear…every member of the 2019 graduating class is guaranteed an internship waiting for them- you-next summer,” 13-time Grammy award winner Pharrell Williams, recently told all 114 graduating students at Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy. The singer was at the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremony. For some time now, Williams has been working with the school’s …