Yesterday at Essence magazine's sixth annual Black Women in Hollywood awards luncheon, tears flowed as honorees took the stage.

And we do mean literally! This was a red carpet blinding in its sparkle!

These ladies look absolutely glorious! Makes you wonder why it's so hard for some magazines to find women of color to grace their covers. Rather gaze upon some dudes? Essence understands and complies.

When we heard that Tyler Perry would be directing the film adaptation of award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, we were skeptical. And we still are. But the trailer actually looks good.

[Los Angeles, March 7. Image via Getty]

At the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards, the stars didn't seem to stick to any patterns, showing up in brights, pastels, short dresses, long gowns, sleek suits, sparkles, and satin. A red carpet rundown, straight ahead:

When you're dealing with the 12th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, you know the clothes will be worth watching. And, at the Beverly Hilton hotel, were they ever:

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Bright Star, the potentially-awesome, potentially-ludicrous Keats biopic, premiered last night at New York's Paris Theatre. The results? Let's just say they fell short of the Romantics' ideal. Unless that included see-through bodysuits without bras, that is!