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JCap @ ABC Upfronts Party
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013Hey, fab Gabblers!
The Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale is only a couple days away! All the shooting is done and the series has wrapped from the season. Now it’s network party time! Looks like Jessica Capshaw is in NYC for ABC upfronts this year!
(Source|Jessica Capshaw via Twitter)
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WHOA! Va-va-voom! Jessica looks absolutely stunning! And she’s giving that mirror some serious face time lol Aaaaaand, looks to me like she cut her hair!!!! Am I right?
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How Does Shonda Do It?
Thursday, May 9th, 2013Hey Gabblers!
Check out this write up by the New York Times!
Network TV is Broken. So How Does Shonda Rhimes Keep Making Hits?
Jeff Minton for The New York TimesRhimes on the set of “Scandal” in Hollywood.…Rhimes, who, at 43, is often described as the most powerful African-American female show runner in television — which is too many adjectives. She is one of the most powerful show runners in the business, full stop. Rhimes is among the few remaining bona fide network hitmakers; her pull at ABC is matched only by Chuck Lorre, with his three sitcoms at CBS, or Seth MacFarlane, with his three animated shows at Fox. Before “Scandal,” Rhimes created the hit medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” and, later, the sudsier “Grey’s” spinoff, “Private Practice,” which ended this past January after a six-year run. Channing Dungey, who oversees ABC’s drama development, describes Rhimes as “incredibly important” to the network. “If she came in tomorrow and said, ‘I have a great idea,’ I would jump at it.” Since 2009, ABC has given over its Thursday-night lineup to a solid two-hour Shonda Rhimes programming block.
(Source|NYTimes)
This article is extensive (5 pages long) but such a great read! Visit the source link when you have a few mins! Then come back and leave your thoughts in the comments section!
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24th Annual GLAAD Awards!
Thursday, April 4th, 2013Hey Gabblers!
The GLAAD Awards -Los Angeles is fastly approaching!
(Source|glaad.org)
Ellen Pompeo, Amy Brenneman & Kerry Washington are all on the LA Host Committee.
Tickets are available now! Visit the source link to read more info and purchase tickets if you’re interested!
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Shonda Talks Gay Marriage & TV!
Thursday, March 28th, 2013Hey Gabblers!
Shonda talked to the NY Post about Gay Marriage & TV!
One place gay marriage isn’t up for debate: TV
Why gay marriage is no longer taboo on network TV
Shonda Rhimes, creator of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal,” doesn’t know for a fact that writing gay characters on her popular ABC series has made gay life more acceptable to mainstream America.
But she certainly hopes so.
While other series have their token Asian, black and gay characters, Rhimes has waged a one-woman campaign for tolerance, for creating a “world that looks like the one I live in.” And that includes Asians, African-Americans and gay characters.
“I felt everybody should be represented on television,” Rhimes told The Post.
The first gay marriage she wrote, in 2011, occurred between two women, Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), on “Grey’s Anatomy.” In fact, Rhimes showed how Callie went from being in a relationship with a man to realizing she was bisexual.
After the wedding, Rhimes received mail from fans of the show that said the storyline gave them the courage to come out to a parent. “Somebody wrote, ‘My parents finally understand what’s going on with me,’” she says. “It’s amazing the reach television has. Especially with a character like Callie.
“They took the journey with her and learned she liked women.”
On Rhimes’ latest drama, the spicy, intrigue-laden “Scandal,” she features two male characters who are married — the sixtyish Chief of Staff, Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) and a younger reporter, James Novak (Dan Bucatinsky). “It’s not a thing. We’re not making a massive statement,” she says. “ Here’s a three-dimensional character who happens to be gay.”
Rhimes’ commitment to diversity has received the full support of Disney, which owns ABC. Never did she receive a panicked phone call from an executive, or a note demanding script changes.
“No one ever said, ‘You can’t do that.’ We really didn’t have any problems,” she says. Granted, she says, “It’s network television. It’s not like I can show a bunch of stuff.” All in all, she says, “It’s been lovely.”
On “Scandal,” there will be an upcoming love scene between the two men, in episodes “19 or 20,” she says. And there was one scene where the two men had to get completely naked because Cyrus thought James was wearing a wire. But no one had a stroke.
On “Grey’s Anatomy,” people at the show were more interested in what kind of wedding dresses Callie and Arizona would be wearing, rather what might transpire on the wedding night.
When it comes to sex, Rhimes says she’s had more resistance to the interracial romance between the lead “Scandal” characters Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn). About that, Rhimes says, “I have no comment.”
The Supreme Court has already debated that issue.
(Source|NY Post)
I appreciate Shonda because she is so determined to have her shows look like the world we live in!
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Black Millionaire: Shonda Rhimes, Master Storyteller
Monday, March 18th, 2013Yo, Gabblers!
Only if I could be like Shonda when I grow up! 
Check out this article about the Shondaland showrunner and the success she’s been met with over the years!
Shonda Rhimes is a name that most African Americans have come to respect for the way that she has not only made great strides in the male-dominated television industry, but also having done this as a black woman in an industry that has historically been run by those of European descent. If you’re wondering just what these accomplishments are — you may be in the minority of those who have not yet tuned in to such current high-rated and award winning shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice” or “Scandal” — all Rhimes’ creations.
To read the full article, make sure to click the source link below!
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Shonda Rhimes, visionary extraordinaire! I don’t know about you, but I have more than one reason to be grateful for such an inspiration and trailblazer as Shonda. And it’s not just because she created the show for which this website was birthed 
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