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Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Debbie Allen, Mara Brock Akil and Issa Rae all grace the cover of the May edition of Essence Magazine for their “Game Changers” issue. Jamsin Simpkins and HipHollywood bring you this exclusive behind the scenes look at the women’s magazine photoshoot and their individual interviews talking about how they have changed the face of Hollywood, […]

After being found guilty of the largest cheating scandal in the nation, 10 former Atlanta educators were sentenced Tuesday, some up to seven years in prison. Judge Jerry Baxter of Fulton County Superior Court sentenced the educators to less stringent prison terms than the 20 years previously expected, USA Today reports. The educators were accused of taking part in a cheating scandal by changing […]

So this happened. Just days after Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva posted a piece that seemed to attribute the number of Black actors snagging roles in Hollywood to an affirmative action quota of sorts (and simply put, not Black excellence), the site’s editor has issued an apology. Deadline is sorry. They really are sorry. My co-editor-in-chief Nellie […]

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Actor Columbus Short joined Roland Martin Friday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss his return to TV in TV One’s “Fear Files” and life after leaving ABC’s smash hit, “Scandal.” Short addressed some of the unfortunate events that transpired in his life leading up to and following his departure from “Scandal.” As previously reported on NewsOne.com, […]

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Last week, ABC’s “Scandal,” starring Kerry Washington as the formidable Olivia Pope, struck a nerve all across the country. It did so not with a new outrageous plot twist or a blistering monologue by “Papa Pope,” played by Joe Morton, but through the simple act of art imitating life. The episode causing the stir was titled […]

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On this week’s episode of Scandal, art imitated life as Olivia Pope and her team found themselves in the middle of Rosemead—just blocks away from the White House, where an African-American teenager named Brandon Parker was gunned down by a police officer. The storyline closely mirrored the real life murder of Ferguson, Mo. teen Michael Brown, who […]

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BuzzFeed senior editor Kelley Carter and digital correspondent, Ray Cunningham otherwise known as MissterRay joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss network TV rediscovering African American audiences and racking up huge ratings. According to Nielsen, African Americans view more television over the course of the month than any other ethnic group. ABC’s “Scandal,” “How To Get Away […]

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Shonda Rhimes, the HSIC (Head Sista In Charge) at ABC on Thursday nights, took a homophobic Twitter follower to task after they admitted to being all in their feelings over the abundance of “gay” sex explored in Scandal and the premiere season of How To Get Away With Murder. Rhimes is staunch advocate of the LGBTQ […]

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Academy Award-nominated actress Viola Davis opened up recently to The New York Times about the “mammy-ish roles” she’s been asked to play in Hollywood. Davis is the star of an upcoming drama series, “How to Get Away With Murder,” produced by Shonda Rhimes for ABC. She’ll play “Annalise Keating,” a law professor and defense attorney that Davis […]

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President Obama met on Wednesday with  the secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to receive an update on allegations of misconduct at the agency’s hospitals, according to White House officials. The New York Times reports: The meeting comes as the administration is intensifying its response to the building political furor about reports that government workers falsified data […]

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Columbus Short, who played “Harrison” on ABC’s “Scandal,” has been fired in the midst of startling domestic violence allegations. Short released the following statement: “At this time I must confirm my exit from a show I’ve called home for 3 years, with what is the most talented ensemble on television today,” Short says in his […]

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Olivia Pope’s lip has been trembling on 100 this season. It’s pretty much what Kerry Washington has been known for in “Scandal.” We’ve decided to…