Commencement season has arrived and Kerry Washington was not only the commencement speaker at her alma mater, George Washington University, she was also honored with an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts. During her commencement speech, Washington shared anecdotes from her time as a student during the commencement speech. From joking about being cast as a frog in a…
Kerry Washington is having a successful run in acting right now, starring in the runaway hit show, “Scandal,” and in Quentin Tarantino’s highest-grossing film ever, “Django Unchained.” Her luck wasn’t enough to save “Peeples,” her new film that opened over the weekend, which only garnered five million in ticket sales. The romantic comedy, produced by…
People Magazine released details on its annual “Most Beautiful” issue, which featured Beyonce on the cover last year. This year, the ever-esteemed title goes to actress and mother of two, Gwyneth Paltrow. The issue also features such beauties as Kerry Washington, Kelly Rowland, Halle Berry and Gabrielle Union. Halle, Kerry and Kelly win the distinction…
Kerry Washington is the baddest. The “Scandal” starlet has been tapped to deliver the commencement address at George Washington University. She won’t transform into Olivia Pope and save the students from unavoidable quarter-life crises, but the 1998 GWU alumna will be receiving an honorary degree from her alma mater. The Bronx native earned two bachelors’…
Actress Kerry Washington continues to impress with a diverse portfolio, moving seamlessly from playing no-nonsense fixer Olivia Pope in the hit series “Scandal” to troubled slave in need of rescuing Broomhilda in “Django Unchained.” Though her latest role as the star of a romantic comedy is a complete diversion from her last two gritty, serious…
In this month’s EBONY with Kerry Washington on the cover, the actress says if the married president that her character is having a steamy affair with was black she would have passed on the role of Olivia Pope. Excerpt from EBONY interview: “I was a little concerned because [the character has] a scandalous relationship with the [occupant…
The fictional interracial and extramarital relationship between Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn) on ABC’s hit TV show, “Scandal,” has elicited negative reactions from fans and critics alike. Since the two seem truly in love, the show invites you to root for their relationship to survive despite the fact that their…
This has been a groundbreaking year for black women in Hollywood from Kerry Washington being the first black woman in 38 years to nab a lead role in a primetime TV series (with “Scandal”) to Quvenzhané Wallis becoming the youngest actress ever nominated for a “Best Actress” Oscar. Both these remarkable ladies are profiled in…
After calculating the results of a completely random, unscientific, social media poll, I have come to the conclusion that 76.21 percent of black men do not like Scandal. To the 23.79 percent of black men imbued with discernment and the ability to parse creative, political and societal nuance, “Thank you.” And I’m counting down the…
Actress Meagan Good made her primetime debut on NBC’s Deception last night. She stars alongside Hollywood heart-throb Laz Alonso as Joanna Locasto, a San Francisco narcotics detective who goes undercover inside her wealthy childhood home to solve her friend’s murder. Good has now joined Scandal star Kerry Washington as the only African-American women to score…
