After an increasingly dramatic few years and a particularly dramatic few months, Lena Dunham has hired Judy Smith, the crisis management expert whom Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope was modeled off, as well as publicist Cindi Berger, who works with Mariah Carey and Rosie O'Donnell, among others.
Today is Shonda Rhimes' birthday. The Empress of Shondaland recieved, I'm sure, many wonderful birthday gifts today but I am only interested in one. Kerry Washington has given Shonda some fabulous but mysterious gift which we know because Shonda posted this trolly-ass tweet:
Olivia has staged a PR coup and is now the…
"I love you Jackson from the deepest, purest part off my heart. You have to do this sweetheart, it's who we are. ... I'm ready." Those are the last words Gemma Teller Morrow says to her son Jax on Sons of Anarchy just before he fatally shots her in a rose garden behind her childhood home. Leaving blood on the petals,…
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A St. Louis Rams executive apologized (Update: he denies apologizing, see below) to police on behalf of the team's front office for players' use of the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture before Sunday's game—a gesture that left St. Louis cops demanding punishment for the players.
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St. Louis police officers condemned the NFL's Rams today, calling their pre-game display of the "hands up don't shoot" gesture to be "tasteless, offensive and inflammatory." The lengthy statement issued by the St. Louis Police Officers Association demanded Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, and…
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Not new news: Shonda Rhimes is winning and ABC couldn't be happier. The network's #TGIT-branded Thursday night lineup featuring Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get the Way with Murder broke a record in ratings during November sweeps.
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Olivia has officially cut ties with Papa Pope, so you know what that means: WAR. This is the winter finale of Scandal.
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Jake, Olivia and Fitz are back together again. Good, right? This is "The Last Supper."
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There's another trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey. Except, wait—it's actually a 15-second trailer for another trailer that will premiere next week during Scandal. Considering Fitz and Olivia are now roughly as annoying as Ana and Christian, that sounds about right!
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This is Episode 7 and it's lovingly titled "Baby Made a Mess." Which baby? Whose baby? Is it Jake? What will happen to Jake?
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The Parents Television Council is upset that ABC aired an Olivia Pope sex scene a few minutes after the end of its October 30 Halloween special, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. You would've had to flip the channel quickly or cover your kids' eyes to avoid the hotness, which involved Olivia getting it on…
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Jake is framed for the murder of President Fitz's son! What will Olivia do now? Watch live with us and tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
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How to Get Away with Murder is beating Scandal and Kerry Washington's quivering bottom lip in ratings. ABC's Shondaland strategy — diverse casts, inappropriate husbands (with dick pics!), confused faces (Wes, he never knows what's going on!) and good wigs (Viola, we see you!) — is working.
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Fuhhhh… Jake's missing! Cyrus is still getting it in with Michael, and Olivia's butting heads with Papa Pope. Disaster ahead.
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Important life lesson: Don't tell writers, actor or producers of shows you supposedly enjoy that you don't like the "gay"scenes they depict unless you really want them to tell you what's what. Especially don't try that shit with Shonda Rhimes.
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Olivia Pope is back in the White House, Mellie is surprised, and Fitz has some explaining to do. "Oliviaaaa! Olivia!" -Mellie
We are three episodes into season four of Scandal and Scott Foley's Jake Ballard is all over the place. After playing tropical house with Olivia on a remote island for the past few months, he's back living in a DC hotel room, puttering around trying to solve problems that nobody asked him to fix.
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Olivia tries to arrange a dinner with Jake and Papa Pope and there is no way it could possibly not work out! Let's get into it.
In her fourth season on screen, Olivia Pope's legacy is already enduring. There's the giant goblet of wine, the assured strut, and that iconic white Burberry trench. For the clothes, which have taken on something of a side-fanship on their own, we have Emmy-winning costume designer Lyn Paolo to thank.
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Shonda Rhimes didn’t have a mentor but she did learn how to make great TV from Twitter — her followers, actually. Every time her fans bemoaned or fell in love with one of her scenes or characters in a tweet, she honed her skills.
