The BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards is a show celebrating the achievements of brilliant, beautiful Black women and girls who stand in their truth. Produced by BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit, the event is also aimed a promoting the arts for young women of color, as well as to encourage dialogue and analysis of …
Produced and directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Produced by Rory Kennedy WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD showcases the women of showbiz, from the earliest pioneers to present-day power players, as they influence the creation of one of the country’s biggest commodities: entertainment. Audiences hear from actress-producer-activist Jane Fonda, television powerhouse Shonda Rhimes, who created Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal; screenwriter Linda Woolverton, who re-imagined the traditional Disney princess by making Belle (Beauty and the …
Hollywood writer and producer Shonda Rhimes was honored on Wednesday with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the annual Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast. Shonda is responsible for hits series: How to Get Away with Murder, Scandal, and Grey’s Anatomy. Watch and/or read her full speech below. Photocredit: Getty Images Shonda Rhimes Full Speech …