Ebony Magazine Turns 65 — and Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mary J. Blige bring the star power!

After a decade-long absence, soul star Sade is back on top of the Billboard 200 — and letting her hair down on the cover of the April issue of Ebony.

NBA Hall of Famer-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson is in talks to purchase Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, Bloomberg said on Friday.

Golden Globe-nominated Oscar hopeful Gabourey Sidibe is all smiles as she covers the March 2010 issue of Ebony Magazine.

Whitney Houston returns to the music scene after a six-year hiatus with the release of her comeback album I Look to You, her sixth full-length studio LP. So far, the album is getting mostly strong reviews from critics, and now the legendary singer is opening about teaming up with her Arista Records mentor Clive Davis once again on the pages of the October issue of Ebony Magazine.

“I shed a lot of stuff, a lot of unnecessary weight in the last three or four years. I left a lot of old luggage behind, and when I did, the blessings just started pouring on me, and the light in my spirit started to lift again,” Whitney tells the magazine. “I’m really humbled, and I thank God that people love me, but I [really] thank God that God loves me. I thank Him for chastening my heart, for never letting go. What I did sometimes … I went off and did my thing, but He never let me go.”

Whitney On Her Retreat From The Public Eye: “I was just ready to lay back and raise my daughter and just watch her grow and nurture her. And my mother’s getting older. I wanted to spend more time with my mom [because during] most of my 20s and 30s, [I] was dealing with making records and traveling the world and being this thing — icon, you know — whatever this has turned into.”

Whitney On Her Relationship With Daughter Bobbi Kristina, 16: “She and I are not only mother and daughter, but we’re good friends. I want her to trust me, to be able to trust in me, to know that I’m not going nowhere. If she knows that I’m there for her, she can depend on me. I’m the dependable one; she can depend on her mommy.”

Whitney Houston covers the October issue of Ebony, on newsstands September 8.

In an interview with the April 2009 issue of Ebony, Beyoncé admits that her “messy” nature creates problems in her marriage to hip-hop mogul Jay-Z.

“I’m a little messy! Oh, yeah. I think that is the most difficult thing for him. He’s very, very organized.”

Tyra Banks Ebony December 2008

President-Elect Barack Obama has sat down with Ebony Magazine for his first print interview since becoming the first African-American elected President of the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

Potential future First Lady Michelle Obama is featured on the September 2008 issue of Ebony.

Prince and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are two of six men featured on Ebony Magazine’s “The 25 Coolest Brothers Of All Time” Issue-August 2008. Other cover shots will feature Barack Obama, Jay-Z, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali, and Billy Dee Williams.