You can’t help but writhe your hips when hearing Rihanna’s latest single “Work,” and Debbie Allen was caught doing just that last month on the set of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Star Ellen Pompeo nabbed her director workin’ it out and shared the short clip on Instagram, with the caption, “Ummm, this is my boss.” Like BlackAmericaWeb.com […]
That Shonda Rhimes reign just won’t let up. The writer, producer and TV executive has had a hold of our edges and our hearts since her first show, Grey’s Anatomy premiered over 10 years ago! Since then she’s been the only African American woman to have control of an entire evening on a primetime network […]
Donald Trump’s game-changing vibe is making is making its way to “Scandal.” According to Variety, a character inspired by the GOP presidential front-runner will be featured this week (tonight / 03-17-16) on the hit ABC show. The move comes after it was teased by the “Scandal” stars Kerry Washington and Bellamy Young while appearing on […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Oscar host Chris Rock, producer Reginald Hudlin and film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs took an afternoon off from Academy Awards preparations to celebrate black women in Hollywood. Rock, Hudlin and Boone Isaacs were among the guests at Essence magazine’s ninth annual awards luncheon Thursday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. […]
Papa Pope is boosting his presence on Scandal. The Shonda Rhimes drama has promoted Joe Morton from recurring to series regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Morton stars as Rowan (aka Eli Pope), the former head of black-ops group B613. He was revealed in the season two finale as Olivia Pope’s (Kerry Washington) father. The […]
After its little Ben Affleck hiccup, the PBS series Finding Your Roots is back in January with an all new third season of celebs tracing their family trees, aided by host Henry Louis Gates Jr. The series had to take a time out after Season 2, when news broke that Affleck tried to keep producers from revealing the discovery of his […]
Shonda Rhimes' declaration seemed to inspire Oprah to voice her own thoughts about marriage, revealing she's comfortable with the status of her relationship with longtime boyfriend Stedman Graham.
Shonda Rhimes is the most successful Black female executive in television history. She has three successful shows on the air, one in production and one forthcoming. She has 14 NAACP Image Awards, she’s a three-time Emmy nominee, she has a book out called Year Of Yes and she recently lost over 100 pounds. But she says […]
Jimmy Kimmel is famously known for his parodies of popular television shows. So what do you get when you take the cast of Scandal and stick them into a hilariously fake high school setting — Scandal High. Kerry Washington plays narrator to the high school drama that centers around a, you guessed it, election And the rest […]
Shonda Rhimes has convinced two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington to don his director’s hat for an episode of her ABC drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” reports TV Line. Washington will helm episode nine of the medical drama’s 12th season, which will be penned by head writer Stacy McKee and is set to start production this month. “Grey’s” […]
Shonda Rhimes Talks About 117-Pound Weight Loss: ‘I Wanted To Be Around For My Kids’ [VIDEO, PHOTOS]
Shonda Rhimes is one of the most successful Black women in TV history but for the past several years, she’s also been struggling with her weight. Well, if you’ve seen her recently, then you know that struggle has been in the words of, Olivia Pope, the character she created, “handled.” Rhimes says she lost 117 […]
Anyone who has watched “Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy” or “How to Get Away With Murder” knows that Shonda Rhimes doesn’t shy away from bringing a good helping of sexual situations to the small screen. In her eyes, the need to have people stop treating sex as taboo is something she’s trying to get across to all […]
