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Did we say SPOILER ALERT? *“Scandal” fans gathered into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood on Thursday to watch the cast of “Scandal” do a table read of the season finale episode just before its 10 p.m. premiere. It was the first-ever onstage table read of the show, according to Deadline.com, [...]
*“Scandal” fans are furious about ABC’s consistent inconsistency with the show. If you haven’t noticed, the network has this strange pattern of airing new episodes and then putting the show on hiatus for a few weeks. Recently, it was on a 3-week break, which meant reruns for a little while, driving die-hard fans crazy. So, [...]
*In a first for Time Magazine, its annual 100 Most Influential People in the World issue – revealed today – will feature seven separate covers…one of which is Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. Hov shares the distinction with actress Jennifer Lawrence, Elon Musk (CEO and founder, SpaceX; co-founder, Tesla Motors and PayPal), Sen. Rand Paul and teen [...]
*News organizations are beginning to reveal their guest lists for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, to be held on April 27th. Hollywood is again well-represented, with returning headliner Conan O’Brien set for the headliner role that Jimmy Kimmel played last year. Among the other Tinseltown residents to sit alongside generals and top-tier cabinet secretaries [...]
*Who isn’t addicted to “Scandal” at this point? Kerry Washington is brilliant, along with her cohort of magicians that work to solve problems unthinkable to the normal Joe Schmoe. In this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly, we get to go behind the scenes of America’s favorite drama series since “Grey’s Anatomy.” The show is juicy [...]
*All the single ladies on Valentine’s Day, Shonda Rhimes says chill, it’s not that bad. A fan made the mistake and opened a can of whoop a** when she asked if the “Scandal” creator has any advice for single women moping on the commercial love day. “Here is what I say to all the ladies [...]
*ABC’s “Scandal,” starring Kerry Washington as a D.C. political fixer, has dominated the social media spectrum on Thursdays this season, with the Jan. 31 episode generating more than 2,200 tweets a minute and five worldwide trending topics, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The entire cast has contributed to the effort, live-tweeting during episodes using the [...]
*Kerry Washington made a surprising statement in an interview with Ebony recently while discussing her role in “Scandal.” Gracing the cover of the latest issue of the magazine, the most popular black woman on television says in the cover article that she wouldn’t have taken the role if the president (on the show) was black. [...]
*Shonda Rhimes isn’t worried about the controversy her creations attract. All she does is “make the shows.” The writer/producer recently shared in an interview with Deadline.com, that she believes the success of “Grey’s Anatomy” allowed producers the opportunity to take a risk with hit show “Scandal.” And she doesn’t care that the show features a [...]
*That torture scene in last week’s episode of “Scandal?” Yeah, it didn’t sit well with the Parents Television Council. The watchdog group is criticizing ABC for not giving the Jan. 10 episode the proper rating. In the episode, Huck (Guillermo Diaz) is arrested under the Patriot Act and accused of attempting to assassinate President Grant [...]
*Last summer, TV producer Shonda Rhimes (“Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice”) took to Twitter to call out the executive producer of ABC Family’s new hit series “Bunheads” for the cast’s lack of diversity. The show is set in a small-town ballet studio and run by “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. The first of 8 new [...]
*Shonda Rhimes just keeps on adding to her repertoire. This time she delves into the world of Sci Fi with a new TV series, “Mila 2.0,” an adaptation based on the yet-to-be released novel by the same name; written by Debra Driza. The novel, a drama/thriller, with Mila 2.0 being the first in a series, [...]
*ABC has returned the midseason finale of “Scandal” to its website after briefly removing it in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The episode, which aired last Thursday – a day before the Newtown tragedy – featured the brutal slayings of a family of four — mother, father and two young children [...]
*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 [...]
*ABC medical drama “Private Practice” will end its six-season run in January with the grand return of a familiar face. Audra McDonald will make an appearance on the series finale, slated to air at the end of January, reports TVGuide.com. McDonald will reprise her role as Dr. Naomi Bennett, the best friend of Addison (Kate [...]
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