Another year, another opportunity to celebrate the awesomeness that was created by respected and formidable DJ Beverly Bond – the woman behind Black Girls Rock! The establishment that was founded in 2006 – with a mission seeped in encouraging impressionable girls of color to actively challenge the stereotypes by striving for unrelenting greatness.
Host Tracee Ellis Ross commanding the stage
Actress Kerry Washington looks like she could give Olivia Pope a run for her money as she graces the cover of the April issue of Elle magazine that hits newsstands on March 22.
Gender equality is sadly still an issue that needs to be tackled and some of the world’s most esteemed entertainers are banding together to help eradicate the debilitating symptoms that refuse to disappear, despite centuries of protests.
Shonda Rhimes seems like the woman who has it all – thanks to her ever-evolving Shondaland – a paradise created for the sheer purpose of providing an endless array of pure delight for fans who can’t seem to get enough of the TGIT lineup branded by a creator who knows exactly what it takes to her make her loyal subscribers blissfully sedated.
The landscape of TV is becoming crowded with shows featuring women of color with high-powered agendas and adequate levels of complexity.
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington has been known to work behind the camera for film work most notably 2002’s Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters (2007).
But he is now ready to officially join the family at Shondaland by marking his foray into directing a primetime TV show for the very first time. It has been confirmed by multiple outlets that Washington will in fact helm episode nine of Grey’s Anatomy.
Viola Davis posted this pic on Twitter last year – of Washington during a table read of HTGAWM
The SAG Awards on Sunday night presented the standard fare that we have come to expect from award shows- but just when things seemed stuck in stagnancy, a miracle happened.
Shonda Rhimes has been brewing a new offering for ABC and it will officially join the lineup for the upcoming pilot season.
Award season is half way through and as we anticipate the grand finale, the stars are being feted and lauded with designer duds, high-priced accessories and enough booze to keep them rolling for the rest of the year.
Shonda Rhimes and her partner Betsy Beers oversee the Land of Oz also known as Shondaland. A place where the streets are paved with excellence and everybody is organically programmed to create the kind of characters that instigate our senses and rob us of our ability to spend Thursday nights away from our sets.