Director James Cameron and Zoe Saldana at the “Essence Black Women in Hollywood” lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Pauletta Washington, left, Essence magazine’s Mikki Taylor, and LaTanya Richardson Jackson. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Essence editor in chief Angela Burt-Murray and Essence magazine President Michelle Ebanks. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Presenter Jada Pinkett Smith and honoree Queen Latifah. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Tatyana Ali. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Mary J. Blige. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Cicely Tyson. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
