In celebration of the summer season blockbuster F1: The Film, Warner Bros. hosted two simultaneous cultural dinners in New York Metropolis and Miami. In partnership with SharkNinja, Damson Idris was strapped in for the Huge Apple occasion held at Ludlow Home in New York Metropolis in honor of his upcoming movie. Hosted by cultural connector and tastemaker Lenny S, EBONY was readily available to indulge within the meal and have fun the film’s highly effective themes of friendship, teamwork, sacrifice and redemption. Athletes and tastemakers attended the celebration in Miami. F1: The Film is in theaters on June 27.
The Outdated Guard 2 star KiKi Layne joined the movie’s director Victoria Mahoney on the American Black Movie Pageant 2025 for Netflix’s annual Black Excellence Brunch. Hosted at MILA in Miami, Trell Thomas, the CEO and Founding father of Black Excellence Brunch, was tapped for a dialog between forged and artistic highlighting the importance of Black illustration within the motion style. Netflix’s Robust Black Lead additionally debuted a celebratory sizzle reel honoring the wealthy and numerous tales created for and by the Black group.
THEOPHILIO’s 2nd Annual Caribbean Heritage Month Bashment lit up 99 Scott with a vibrant wave of sound, type and soul, bringing the diaspora collectively underneath one Brooklyn roof. Greater than only a social gathering, it was a pulsing tribute to Caribbean delight—rooted in Jamaican heritage and pushed by Edvin Thompson’s mission to honor legacy, construct group and bridge tradition via style and rhythm. With help from companions like GOTHAM.NY, Cake by Dre, ASSOCIATE and Dons’ Coconuts, the night time felt like a love letter to the islands—and everybody who carries them of their spirit.
Crown Royal threw Allen Iverson the sort of fiftieth birthday bash solely a cultural king might command. It began with an intimate dinner at The Prime Rib, then turned all the best way up at Mr. Ivy for a sneaker ball that felt like a mixtape of Philly royalty, style killers and day-one legends. With toasts flowing from Ahari Water and Reebok to mbg360 and Vomos, and a visitor listing stacked with of us like A.J. Brown, Freeway and Terrell Owens, the night time was a masterclass in the way to have fun a legacy that modified the sport—on and off the courtroom.