Ebony on the scene

IN TINLEY PARK, ILL. (a suburb of Chicago), Eunice W. Johnson (2nd. from I.), producer and director of Ebony Fashion Fair, congratulates American Airlines/American Eagle prizewinner Ellen Richardson (I.) of South Holland, Ill., during the opening of the show's 47th season. They are joined by Gale Baker, the show's general chairperson, and Tracy L. Bradley (far right), president of Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

IN NEW YORK CITY, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin entertains the delegates and other attendees at the Republican National Convention, while (above) National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice is among excited flag wavers on the convention floor at Madison Square Garden.

IN WASHINGTON, D.C., at the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner (left), Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry is joined by (right) U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), head of the Caucus, and U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

AT INAUGURAL SHOW of the Ebony Fashion Fair's 47th season in Tinley Park, Ill., models Alexandria Hepburn (above, left) and Andrea Keesee display some of the colorful, fashionable attire in this year's show, which has the theme "Living It Up."

IN LOS ANGELES (left), actress Angela Bassett makes a fashion statement at the opening of the movie Mr. 3000, starring Bernie Mac.

IN MIAMI (far left), former Los Angeles Lakers star and new Miami Heat star Shaquille O'Neal and his wife, Shaunie, attend the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony.

AT HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE of the movie Mr. 3000, the movie's star, Bernie Mac, is joined by his wife, Rhonda, their daughter, Je'Niece, and her husband Tre. At right, actor Michael Clarke Duncan and baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays also attended the premiere. At the BET Awards in Hollywood (below), Judge Greg Mathis of the Judge Mathis television show is joined by his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Camera. Also attending the show was (below, right) was rapper/producer Kanye West, who escorted his mother, Dr. Donda West.

IN MALIBU, CALIF. (left), Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. congratulates his daughter, Tiffany Cochran, at her wedding to Javarro Edwards at Pepperdine University's Stauffer Chapel. They are joined by the bride's sister, Melodie Cochran, and Dale Mason Cochran (far left), who is her stepmother and Cochran's wife.

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