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Shonda Rhimes to Receive International Emmy Founders Award
The International Television Academy announced it will honor showrunner, writer and producer extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes with its International Emmy Founders Award. The International Emmy Awards...
Black Women in Hollywood Special to Air on OWN
Oprah Winfrey is set to give viewers a peek into Essence’s 9th annual Black Women in Hollywood event. OWN will air a primetime special featuring highlights from the star-studded celebration as well...
Rutina Wesley to Star In Ava DuVernay’s TV Series ‘Queen Sugar’
Former "True Blood" star Rutina Wesley has landed a starring role in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming OWN series "Queen Sugar." The drama, based on a novel of the same name by...
Oprah Winfrey to Pen Definitive Memoir, Establish Her Own Publishing Imprint
One of the most successful media personalities ever has a memoir on the way. Oprah Winfrey’s definitive autobiography, “The Life You Want,” will be published by Flatiron Books in January 2017....
Variety’s Power of Women Salutes Oprah, Salma Hayek, Anna Kendrick and More
Variety has named Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek Pinault Anna Kendrick, Gwyneth Paltrow and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki as Lifetime Impact Honorees. They’ll be feted at an Variety-hosted luncheon...
Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey to Create TV Series for OWN
After announcing a Hurricane Katrina drama that would reunite her with Selma star David Oyelowo, Ava DuVernay has lined up another project: a TV series co-created by Oprah Winfrey to air on OWN....
Special Look at Ava DuVernay in Action Directing Selma
Here’s what Oprah has to say about Ava: “I’ve never seen anyone with such intense passion and willful direction and yet be such a calming force as well.” And she’s worked with Steven...
Trailer Watch: Martin Luther King, Jr. is a Man, Not a Monument, in Ava DuVernay’s ‘Selma’
“I always knew that MLK was badass, but he’s been homogenized to a speech and a statue,” said director Ava DuVernay at an Urbanworld Film Festival sneak-peek event for Selma a few months ago....
Things I Learned from the ‘Selma’ Sneak
On Saturday night, Ava DuVernay brought a short clip of her upcoming film Selma (opening Christmas Day) to the Urbanworld Film Festival in NYC. (As Ava put it: “Jason Reitman takes his films to...
Beyonce Tops Forbes’ 2014 Celebrity 100 List
2014 is turning out to be the Year of Beyonce, and it’s only half over. Riding high on the creative and commercial success of her self-titled album released late last year, Queen Bey has been...
Trailer Watch: Helen Mirren Stars in The Hundred-Foot Journey
The trailer is out for The Hundred-Foot Journey, which stars Helen Mirren as Madame Mallory, the owner of a swanky French restaurant. Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg joined forces to produce the...
Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o Poignantly Discusses “Black Beauty” at Essence Event
Since Thanksgiving last year, Lupita Nyong’o has run a stealth but undeniably successful campaign. No, not for her richly deserved Best Supporting Actress trophy for 12 Years a Slave, but it has...
Paramount to Distribute Ava DuVernay’s Selma
Director Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic Selma just got a big boost through a distribution deal with Paramount. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Selma will be the third narrative feature...
Oprah Headed for Broadway
Oprah Winfrey always wanted to be an actress. At a THR roundtable last year, Winfrey revealed that she was discouraged from pursuing acting during her teen years by her father, who declared, “No...
Oprah Will Receive The Hollywood Reporter’s Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Oprah will be the 2013 recipient of The Hollywood Reporter’s Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, which is given to a woman who is a leader and pioneer in the industry. To say that Oprah is a pioneer...
The Big O: Assessing the Actress Races Coming Out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto
Telluride and Venice are fini. Toronto wraps this weekend. Time for some serious girl talk about how the lead and supporting actress categories have somewhat shifted now that the festival Oscar...
Oprah Tops Forbes 2013 Most Powerful Celebrities List
Oprah is number one on Forbes’ 2013 Most Powerful Celebrities list. Some may be surprised with the rough go of late that her network OWN has had..but it’s Oprah! She always bounces...
Oprah’s Next Chapter Looks at African American Women in Hollywood
Oprah’s Next Chapter on OWN consists of the iconic Oprah Winfrey sitting down with famous figures and having an intimate conversation. On this week’s episode, Oprah is sitting down...
Women Created and Centric TV News Roundup — November 1
With every roundup we do, we get more excited and hopeful for the upcoming crop of future TV shows by and about women. With projects from Jennifer Garner, Shonda Rhimes and Oprah — there is...
The 40 Women Who Changed Journalism
And the world over the last forty years. From the good folks at the Columbia Journalism Review. We owe our thanks to these trialblazers. Are there others you would have on this list? Jill...