Nia Long covers the new issue of Essence magazine. The actress is pictured with her two sons, Kez and Massai Jr.
Inside the mag, Nia shares that she is at the happiest point of her life right and feels great inside and out.
“I’m in my forties, post baby and I’m thinner than I’ve been in years. The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That’s when you’ll know I’m free”
Read the full interview, when the magazine hits the newsstands in July.
It’s hard to find a person who saw “Love Jones” and stayed indifferent. To this day, this movie is one of my favorites and I can watch it over and over again. And let’s be honest, it’s even harder to find a movie that good that is worth watching it more than once. “Love Jones” is definitely one of the classics. Essence magazine caught up with Nia Long, Larenz Tate and Isaiah Washington to reminisce on what it was like to be in that move as the 15 anniversary approaches. Read the highlights below:
First impressions of the Love Jones script:
NIA LONG: I was like, “I love this, and I want to do it.” There was no question. There was also the excitement of, “Oh my gosh, my first leading role.” And I think it shaped the rest of my career.
LARENZ TATE: My initial thoughts were: “I’m digging this character.” And, being from Chicago, I found things in the movie that reflected what I knew. I also liked the idea of Continue reading
Nia Long was spotted with her baby Kez Sunday Udoka few days ago in LA. It was the first time the world got to see little Kez who is only few months old. He is such a healthy and cute bundle of joy. Check him out and jump inside to see Eric Benet’s newborn.
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We all know rumors are quick to be spread around. This is what happened to Monica recently when few photos of her surfaced the internet. The angle of the photos suggested that Monica might be carrying a baby, but last night she cleared it all up in an interview with GlobalGrind.
“Absolutely I’m young, he’s young and we want to have that between the two of us, but right now we are enjoying the three that we have blended together. We have little Shannon, we have Rodney and we have Romello. So we are enjoying the three of them right now.”
And as for being a basketball wife, she says she is a wife and not a basketball life:
“I always say ‘I’m Shannon Brown’s wife’. I don’t look at the title of what he does, basketball, as the leading ideal of what I am as a wife. Because no matter what career path he chooses, I’m his wife, not a basketball wife.
I just look at it like we have two different jobs that are some times complex, but wanting our marriage to work it’s easy for us to prioritize and do what we need to do.”
Now that is clear..jump inside to read the latest on Nia Long.
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Nia Long graces the cover of November issue of Ebony Magazine. A 42 year old shows off her pregnant belly in a semi-nude photoshoot. The actress is expecting a baby boy with her boyfriend Ime Udoka who plays for Nigeria’s national basketball team. This is going to be couple’s first child together and second boy for Nia who has an 11-year-old son from her previous relationship. However, the pregnancy came as a surprise for the actress as she didn’t expect being pregnant at 42.
“Society tells us ‘Get married before 30…’ I think if we just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.”
Gotta love Nia Long, she looks absolutely stunning. Don’t forget to pick up the new Ebony issue that’s coming out soon.
