TV Updates Shonda Rhimes paved the way Shonda Rhimes was the most recent guest on the 9 to 5ish with the Skimm podcast. She gave listeners some insight into some of the struggles she faced getting Grey's Anatomy off the ground, like the unanimous doubt from executives that the show would find an audience. " By Stephanie • Oct 26, 2022 11:48 am
Books A (second) Bridgerton prequel book is coming A Bridgerton prequel series has been in the works for the last year, centering on the romance between a young Queen Charlotte and King George, but now there is, in true synergistic style, a tie-in prequel book coming from Bridgerton author Julia Quinn and showrunner Shonda Rhimes. The queen does By Sarah • Jul 08, 2022 03:49 pm
Shonda Rhimes Bridgerton’s love triangle at the premiere Somehow, it only just occurred to me that Bridgerton and Moon Knight premiere only a week apart. I don’t know how I never connected that, except that I never know what day it is and time isn’t real anyway. That means, however, that it’s a big week By Sarah • Mar 23, 2022 10:32 am
Shonda Rhimes Intro for February 21, 2022 Dear Gossips, Have you finished Inventing Anna yet? Since the series, created by Shonda Rhimes, premiered on Netflix last week, there’s been all kinds of debate about whether or not content about scammers only glorifies scammers. We can talk more about the show once most people have finished but By Lainey • Feb 21, 2022 09:24 am
TV Updates Intro for January 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, Shonda Rhimes is going to get me to April and springtime in North America. Sarah’s got you covered later today on Bridgerton season two which is coming in March. But before that, another Shondaland production, Inventing Anna, drops on Netflix on February 11. Inventing Anna is the By Lainey • Jan 20, 2022 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bridgerton is a romantic, gossipy confection Bridgerton is Shonda Rhimes’ first production for Netflix, and it is a lavish, visually stunning historical romance series. Adapted from Julia Quinn’s series of novels depicting the lives and loves of the copious Bridgerton family in Regency England, the first season of Bridgerton tackles the first book in the By Sarah • Dec 22, 2020 12:57 pm
TV Updates The Road to Bridgerton The full trailer for Bridgerton, Netflix’s big-budget adaptation of Julia Quinn’s popular series of romance novels, has dropped and it is the lavish, candy-coated confection we need at the end of this horrible year. I am unabashedly enthusiastic about Bridgerton—look at it! JUST LOOK AT IT!—and By Sarah • Dec 14, 2020 12:45 pm
TV Updates Shonda Invents Anna Today I’m wondering about writer Jessica Pressler. Every year or so, Jessica Pressler produces a piece for The Cut that becomes a cult thing in and of itself alongside its subject(s). Back in 2015, her article on “The Hustlers at Scores” was one of the best investigative essays By Lainey • Oct 28, 2020 02:47 pm
Top Reads Shonda Rhimes and the Disneyland Pass Shonda Rhimes’s new cover story in The Hollywood Reporter is so much Show Your Work and I’ve already pitched it to Duana for our next podcast episode because we could spend the whole time talking about what Shonda gives us here. But the detail in the piece that’ By Lainey • Oct 22, 2020 10:26 am
TV Updates Sandra Oh, the Pioneer Today is National Canadian Film Day, a day to celebrate Canadian filmmaking and the big talent we have here. A broad program of screenings and events have been organised – if you are in Canada, please click here if you’d like to participate. Today is also the day that TIME By Lainey • Apr 17, 2019 04:25 pm
Business of Hollywood Shonda brags Shonda Rhimes is great at bragging. Shonda brags like she writes: confidently, bravely and exceptionally well. When Shonda brags, I cheer. I love when she declares that her “pen has power” and proudly accepts her role as the woman who owns Thursday nights. She’s a black woman who became By Kathleen • Oct 16, 2018 04:05 pm
TV Updates Meredith Grey’s blind date Fifteen seasons. I have given Shonda Lynn Rhimes and Grey’s Anatomy almost 15 whole seasons of my life. Fifteen seasons of plane crashes, tumour ghosts, death, heartbreak, more death and more heartbreak. FIFTEEN SEASONS and yet, Shonda and her staff seem to have no respect for my time and By Kathleen • Oct 11, 2018 09:35 am
Scandal The Final Scandal Olivia Pope’s walk is impressive. It commands respect and attention. Olivia Pope doesn’t just walk, she stomps. She powers through hallways and struts down sidewalks. With force. With influence. With resolute confidence. For seven seasons, Olivia Pope’s walk has been so impressive that there have been gifs, By Kathleen • Apr 20, 2018 09:53 am
TV Updates Grey’s Anatomy cast shakeup I’ve found both April Kepner and Arizona Robbins insufferable for full seasons at a time during their tenures at Grey Sloan Memorial. I’ve also found them both inexplicably engaging, likeable and progressively more tolerable as the seasons went on. Arizona was at her best when she was with By Kathleen • Mar 12, 2018 09:48 am
BFFs Shonda and Angelina Shonda Rhimes and Angelina Jolie. They aren’t two names you think of together often – if at all. If I was having a dinner party and Angelina Jolie and Shonda Rhimes were both invited, I don’t think I would seat them beside each other. I’d put Angelina beside By Kathleen • Dec 07, 2017 12:06 pm
Business of Hollywood An agency takes action It’s what we’ve been waiting for, right? For someone to do something, ANYTHING, as the Hollywood sex scandal rolls on. There have been some high profile firings, yes. But real, systemic change? Hasn’t happened yet. In fact, there are signs it might not happen at all. (This By Sarah • Dec 06, 2017 11:48 am
