Shonda Rhimes blasts Bill O'Reilly's comments on Michelle Obama's speech

The idiocy never ceases to amaze me, Rhimes said. Try slavery, Bill. Let us know how good the food is while you wear chains. Credit: Jenny Anderson/WireImage; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor. Shes correct & I provided facts. More on The Factor -BOR. Rhimes isnt the only star to use social media to defend Obamas speech. Audra McDonald who has appeared on Rhimes ABC showsGreys AnatomyandPrivate Practice also weighed in with a series of tweets....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Melanie Lozano

Shonda Rhimes expands Shondaland empire with new website

Shondaland has been growing ever since Shonda Rhimes launched the production company in 2005. Politics, Starting Today. So thats not what we do here. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Instead, Shondaland.com will be full of amazing, thoughtful, curious, and interesting content. We have essays and interviews and recommendations, she says. Stories, articles, and discussions. But not the kind you usually get. And there are tips the kind of tips geared towards making you MORE you....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Nancy Lane

Shonda Rhimes responds to GMA's error about Scandal

Michael Strahan immediately responded, asking, Who said that? Im afraid to say, Shonda Rhimes said it, Spencer said. Whoa, @GMA, theGreys Anatomycreatortweeted. Credit: Teresa Kroeger/FilmMagic I never said this was the final season of #scandal. Way to make me spit out my coffee. Soon after, Spencer corrected herself on air: We said that this was the last season ofScandal. Shonda has weighed in, she just tweeted, and she said we made her spit out her coffee....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Andre Henderson

Shonda Rhimes reveals what it was like to shoot her EW cover in new book, 'Year of Yes'

At first, she explains she was asked to stand on an apple box to be photographed. GALLERY:10 Stunning Portraits from EWs Shondaland Shoot I am here with the leading ladies of Thursday night. Ellen, Kerry, Viola and I are doing a photo shoot forEntertainment Weekly, she writes. Credit: JAMES WHITE for EW Im about to become a cover girl for one of the most popular magazines in the country. Stand on this apple box?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 150 words · Christopher Daniels

Shonda Rhimes: Black Lives Matter not to blame for Dallas cop deaths

If I hear one more idiot suggest that #BlackLivesMatter incited this… The level of ignorance is stunning. Just absolutely stunning, shewroteon Twitter. Credit: Teresa Kroeger/FilmMagic On Friday, police identified Micah Xavier Johnson as the shooter in the attack. He was killed by officers after the attack (three other suspects remain in custody). We should reject all of this. Black activists have raised the call for an end to violence, not an escalation of it....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Thomas Clark

Shonda Rhimes: Young female audiences are 'not being respected' by Hollywood

Movies by women and for women often do well very well at the box office. Every time a female-driven project is made and succeeds, somehow its a fluke. Theres a very hungry audience of young women dying to see some movies, she continued. Credit: Donato Sardella/Getty Images They came out forTitanicandTwilight,14-year-old girls going back to see those movies every day. I find it fascinating that this audience is not being respected, Rhimes said....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Kristen Underwood

Shondaland Romeo and Juliet sequel series in the works at ABC

Shondalands ABC takeover continues: Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers are executive producing a newRomeo and Julietsequel of sorts for ABC withScandalandGreys Anatomyproducer Heather Mitchell writing and also executive producing. Based on Melinda Taubs bookStill Star-Crossed, the drama follows the conflicts between the Capulets and Montagues that arise after Romeo and Juliets deaths. Shondaland is already responsible for the Thursday trifecta ofGreys Anatomy, Scandal,andHow to Get Away With Murder.ABC will be debuting another Rhimes-helmed drama when it replacesHow to Get Away With Murderwith new dramaThe Catchduring the midseason....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Frank Lewis

Shondaland stars' 23 Hour Play Festival

in just 23 hours. Here are those results. They then powwow with their groups to discuss strengths and talents that may help guide the writers. 11 p.m. Katie Lowes and Paul Adelstein check in before the night shift hits. Hell ends up writingThe Chase, a surreal comedy set in a Los Angeles dog park. 2 a.m. Actor and IAMA founding member Adam Shapiro cannot sleep. 4 a.m. Lowes cannot sleep....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Jacob Hall

Shopping for a 1920s Parisian bedroom like the one in The Danish Girl? Check eBay.

Gerda is reeling with shock at the reemergence of Lili, Hooper (The Kings Speech) says. That bedroom has a real life backstory almost as fascinating as anything inThe Danish Girl. Notice the baroque wood paneling and curvaceous molding on the headboard and nightstands. And the movies relatively low $15 million budget prohibited the costly building of a set from scratch. And so the filmmakers turned to the world of auctions....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Amy Simmons

Shots Fired recap: 'Betrayal of Trust'

This isnt a daylight office hours kind of meeting, either. Mr. Carr drops his gun and agrees to figure out what happened that day the right way. The main event on everyones plate at the moment, though, is Jesses funeral. Credit: Fred Norris/FOX After a while, its easy to see why. The coverage of Jesses funeral is EXTRAVAGANT. Patricia Eamons to Pastor Janae James is there. It already seems like hes getting tossed aside by the department, being excluded from roll call and everything....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Laura Richardson

Shots Firedpremiere recap: 'Hour One'

The pilot was mostly spent introducing the characters, setting, and central conflicts. Javier, for his part, is getting fed up with the conflict. Ashe decides to follow the time-honored method of forgetting your personal problems by diving headfirst into work. Credit: FOX She and Preston arrive in North Carolina and immediately interrogate Beck at the police station. Beck says that the kid belligerently refused to answer questions. When he opened the car door, the kid grabbed for the gun and Beck shot him in self-defense....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Colleen Taylor

Showing Roots starring Maggie Grace, Uzo Aduba: Lifetime reveals air date

Maggie Grace also stars. Plus: Find out when the Lifetime movie debuts Showing Rootsis ready to show its stuff. Forming an unlikely friendship, they get inspired to integrate their town when the miniseriesRootshits the airwaves. Michael Wilson directed from a script by Susan Batten. Showing Rootswill air a few days before the History Channel unveils an eight-hourRootsremake. See exclusive images fromShowing Rootsabove and below.

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 64 words · Sandra Martinez

Showtime to air documentary about real-life roadies before 'Roadies'

Members of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters sing praises of crew in Sam Jones' ‘Miles to Go Before I Sleep’ The backstage crew is really getting some love from Showtime. The data pipe announced on Wednesday that two days before it premieres Cameron Crowes music seriesRoadieson Sunday, it will debut the 35-minute documentaryMiles to Go Before I Sleep, which pays tribute to the men and women running around behind the stage making your concert experience possible....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Michelle Johnson