May 21, 2013

ABC Orders Shonda Rhimes Pilot about Black PR Consultant

Shonda Rhimes

*ABC delivered Shonda Rhimes an early Christmas present Friday, handing the uber-producer the network’s first official pilot order this development season, reports Variety. The untitled drama, to be written by Rhimes, follows the “life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff.” The show is based on the life of real-life African American [...]




Video: Jay-Z, NJ Nets Break Ground in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Nets

*Seven years after Jay-Z announced he was bring the New Jersey Nets back home to New York, the rap mogul joined various city politicians and executives from the NBA franchise Thursday to break ground at the site of the team’s future home in Brooklyn, the Barclays Center. “What I stand here and represent is hope [...]




Is This All They’ve Got?: Times story details rise of Paterson aide

NY Gov. Paterson

*From the Daily Beast … Is this the bombshell that’s supposed to end New York Governor David Paterson’s career? The New York Times has run its much-anticipated story and it focuses not on Paterson’s romantic life, but rather the background of one of his longtime aides. David A. Johnson began working as an intern for [...]




A Defiant NY Governor Paterson Says He’s Not Going Anywhere

NY Governor David Paterson

*New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him out through the ballot box, or he’s carried out “in a box.” Paterson spoke to reporters after several days of rumors sweeping [...]




David Paterson Says ‘SNL’ bits Are Getting Old

SNL's Fred Armisen as Gov. David Paterson

*”Saturday Night Live” last weekend did another skit poking fun at David Paterson and his blindness, and again, the New York governor did not find it funny. As usual, cast member Fred Armisen played the governor as a confused, New Jersey-hating politician who clumsily rolls behind the news desk to speak his peace – often [...]