A version of this story about “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” appears in the Oscar Nominations Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera’s relationship of trust with ...

The Oscar-winning actress became larger than life Ma Rainey with the help of gold teeth, charcoal-like makeup, and a wig made of horsehair. When Viola Davis committed to playing the trailblazing blues ...

The allure of gold and diamond-encrusted teeth has grown immensely over the years, merging the worlds of fashion, personal expression, and even status symbols. Before you decide to make such a ...

There’s a poem most Black people know, and even if you don’t know it, at one time or another you’ve lived it or seen someone you love live it. It’s a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar called “We Wear the ...