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*There’s a “Scandal” afoot on Sunday’s episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” Winfrey films the show from the Los Angeles set of ABC’s hit drama and will sit down with star Kerry Washington, creator Shonda Rhimes and real life “fixer” Judy Smith, whose PR work provides the inspiration for the series. Kerry talks about what it [...]
*Headed by Judy Smith (above), Smith & Co., the crisis firm that Kerry Washington’s “Scandal,” is based on, is consulting a client involved involved in the General Petraeus cheating mess. Jill Kelley (below), the Florida woman who Sunday was identified as the person who sparked an FBI investigation that uncovered CIA Director General David Petraeus’ [...]
*The Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association (BESLA) today announced it would honor two industry stalwarts at its 32nd annual conference, which will be held October 24- 28, 2012 at the Atlantis Hotel, Paradise Island, Bahamas. BESLA will present its Lifetime Achievement award to Judy Smith, the crisis manager expert whose A-list clientele and trailblazing [...]
*“Scandal,” the newest drama from ABC’s go-to production machine Shonda Rhimes, premieres Thursday at 10 p.m. with Kerry Washington as the head of a crisis management firm based on real life DC insider Judy Smith. “The way we sort of set the show up is we didn’t necessarily take actual cases that Judy has worked [...]
*This spring, Kerry Washington will begin her starring run in ABC’s “Scandal,” the new Shonda Rhimes drama set in the world of crisis management in the Nation’s Capital. As previously reported, Washington’s character, Olivia Pope, is based on the real life DC fixer Judy Smith, who has been hired to clean up some of the [...]
*Kerry Washington has been cast as the lead in Shonda Rhimes’ new pilot “Damage Control,” which is based on the work of veteran crisis management consultant Judy Smith. Washington will play Olivia Price, a professional fixer described as a formidable and fearless woman. The show will follow her life as well as the lives of [...]
*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 [...]
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