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As the seasons shift and the year settles into its final stretch, Black Hollywood continues to move in style. Whether gracing red carpets, celebrating peers, or taking over Halloween with unforgettable looks, the stars showed up this week with purpose.
In Los Angeles, the 35th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! Gala brought out legends like Loretta Devine, Tabitha Brown, and Mickey Guyton, while the 2025 LACMA Art+Film Gala saw Kerry Washington, Damson Idris, Quinta Brunson, and Tessa Thompson show love to Ryan Coogler. Over in New York, Heidi Klum’s annual Halloween bash drew in Coco Jones and Questlove, and across the pond, Idris Elba celebrated Sinners at the River Cafe.
AfroTech lit up Houston with appearances from Juvenile, Stacey Abrams, and Angela Rye, while TIME100 Next honored rising global visionaries like Nomzamo Mbatha and Teyana Taylor. From gala glam to cultural gatherings, this week’s star sightings prove there’s no slowing down the glow.
See some of the week’s best photos below.
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Ashanti celebrates Nelly’s birthday.
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Janelle Monáe in costume.
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Eudoxie and Ludacris at Nelly’s Halloween Party.
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Nelly and Ashanti
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Tamron Hall attends the 2025 Heidi Klum Hallowe’en Party.
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Coco Jones in NYC.
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Questlove attends Heidi Klum’s 24th Annual Halloween Party.
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Jana Craig, Janelle Monáe, and Serena Page
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Queen Latifah attends the 2025 LACMA Art+Film Gala.
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Ryan Coogler and Zinzi Coogler
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Tessa Thompson in Los Angeles.
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Doja Cat attends the 2025 LACMA Art + Film Gala.
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Miles Caton
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Cynthia Erivo at LACMA.
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Quinta Brunson is all smiles.
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Ava Duvernay supporting the arts.
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Kerry Washington in Hollywood.
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Damson Idris
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Laura Harrier at the LACMA Art+Film Gala.
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Ryan Destiny
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Kwame Onwuachi
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Angela Bassett at LACMA.
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Brandee Evans attends the 35th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! Anniversary Gala
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Mickey Guyton attends the 35th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! Anniversary Gala.
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Johntá Austin, Jermaine Dupri, Nelly and Bryan-Michael Cox
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Juvenile performs at Blavity House Party.
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Stacey Abrams speaks at AfroTech.
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Andrew Gillum, Tiffany Cross and Angela Rye
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Kendrick Sampson attends The Living Room Experience AfroTech Edition.
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Nia DaCosta arrives at the special screening of ‘Hedda.’
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Wunmi Mosaku And Idris Elba Celebrate ‘Sinners.’
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Megan Thee Stallion appears on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
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Venus Williams
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Taylour Paige
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Chanel Iman attends PAC NYC ICONS OF CULTURE Gala.
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Simone Missick
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Naturi Naughton
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Karrueche Tran
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Rosie Perez and Spike Lee attend the WSJ. Magazine 2025 Innovator Awards.
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Tyla attends the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards 2025.
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Teyana Taylor
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Nomzamo Mbatha at TIME100 Next.
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Tramell Tillman speaks at the 2025 TIME100 Next Event.
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La La Anthony
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Damson Idris and Tiffany Haddish
