Ava DuVernay (Selma) and Ryan Coogler (Creed) are undoubtedly part of the esteemed bunch of Hollywood directors that are making waves in an industry that has come under fire for not making allowances for people of color who have consistently proved their worth.
The people have spoken! And what they have to say for the most part makes a lot of sense.
On Wednesday night, stars from film, television, and music came together to represent the industry responsible for their ever-flowing success as well as to honor the wishes of die-hard fans that have the power to make or break their careers.
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
Shonda Rhimes has been brewing a new offering for ABC and it will officially join the lineup for the upcoming pilot season.
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.
Shonda Rhimes is a woman who refreshingly has nothing to be angry about, and if she does it’s because of the nonsensical opinions levied on her by the likes of New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley, whose recent essay caused quite a stir due to it’s challenged reference to the “angry black woman syndrome”.
I am still holding a long-standing grudge against Shonda Rhimes & Co. for callously discarding one of the most talented and charismatic TV actors of our generation
Now that the fall TV schedule is in full swing, its becoming clear, which shows, will become mainstays and which ones will be terminated.