Ebony turns 65 and brought stars like Usher, Mary J. Blige, Nia Long,Taraji P. Henson, and Samuel L. Jackson to help celebrate this milestone in their November issue. I personally think the color scheme is great! The silver/grey looks with the red lettering really makes a strong statement.

I can say the same about the November issue of Essence Magazine which features the beautiful, talented, and fashionable Kerry Washington.

This cover is simply amazing. Everything from Kerry’s hair to her nail polish just make you stare. This issue is about race in America. Kerry Washington was recently on broadway starring in the play Race (I heard mixed reviews, but didn’t get a chance to check it out myself) and in this issue she states “…I don’t want to ignore my Blackness. I  just want to get to the point where my racial identity is simply what makes me unique…” This should be an interesting read.

If I’m not mistaken (correct me if I’m wrong) this is Kerry Washington’s first cover issue for Essence Magazine. It is quite nice to see a refreshing face on the cover. It is also quite nice that Essence is covering a real topic unlike last months issue with Blair Underwood, Boris Kodjoe, and Lance Gross where they “teach” black women how to keep their man from cheating. That’s an entirely different issue…

Kerry has two movies coming out “Night Catches Us” and “For Colored Girls” which hits theatres November 5th.