A worth-your-while New York Times profile of Shonda Rhimes — creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal — is chock-full of awesome.

After a tumultuous year of custody battles with her ex-husband Gabriel Aubry (the father of her 5-year-old daughter Nahla), Halle Berry, 46, has confirmed via her rep that she's pregnant again. She and fiancé Olivier Martinez—a.k.a. the outrageously hot French guy that Richard Gere graphically clocked over the head…

Shonda Rhimes, the brain behind Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal, would like it if you stopped calling her shows "guilty pleasures." (Hey, we talked about this last week!)

Last night, after yet another OH SNAP moment on Scandal, I got text from my mom which read, "OMG." After lamenting the sad lack of strong female characters on TV — and the fact that there hadn't been a black female lead in a network drama since 1974 — it is fairly satisfying to know that well into its second season,…

Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal — all dramas with female leads — has a new project on her plate: A teen-oriented thriller. According to Deadline Hollywood:

In recent Wonderful News, it was revealed that Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, just sold a comedy to ABC called I Hate LA Dudes, which will be written and co-executive produced by Hollywood newcomer Issa Rae.

She's been churning out episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal, and this afternoon, Shonda Rhimes tweeted, "Shondaland has been busy!" Because her production company just sold a comedy to ABC called I Hate La Dudes, from writer Issa Rae, whom you all know from The Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl!!!…

Ballet-oriented TV show Bunheads premiered on ABC Family Monday night, and already, after just one episode, Shonda Rhimes — the creative force behind ABC shows Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal — has a problem with the series.

On the ABC show Scandal, Olivia Pope is a fixer, specializing in crisis management. Her clients have delicate, urgent, serious problems; she solves them. As you may know, Olivia Pope is based on America's number one crisis management expert, Judy Smith. One lucky reader was chosen to be counseled by Ms. Smith; her…

Scandal, the Shonda Rhimes series of which ABC only ordered seven episodes, has been renewed for a second season. An important victory for the first network TV drama with a black female lead character since Get Christie Love in 1974*: Kerry Washington plays Olivia Pope, a Washington DC "fixer."