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Issa Rae (AP Photo)

Issa Rae set to write and co-produce 'I Hate LA Dudes' for ABC

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - Issa Rae, the creator of the popular web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl will be writing and co-executive producing the show - I Hate LA Dudes- that has been picked up by ABC...
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Kerry Washington speaks onstage during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kerry Washington more than a love interest on 'Scandal'

Alicia Rancilio, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - When it comes to playing the girlfriend or wife in a Hollywood role, Kerry Washington has been there, done that....
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Drug lab scandal might taint over 1,100 cases

Denise Lavoie, Associated Press
More than 1,100 defendants are now serving prison sentences based at least in part on drug tests by a chemist accused of failing to follow protocols and deliberately mishandling samples in a now-closed state drug lab, officials said Monday.
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WINSTON SALEM, NC - OCTOBER 27: Stanley Arnoux of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons tackles quarterback T.J.Yates of the UNC Tar Heels during the ACC game at the Groves Stadium, on October 27, 2007 in Winston Salem,North Carolina. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

UNC still reeling from academic-athletic scandal

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - The University of North Carolina's professors and alumni are trying to change the face of the school and figure out a way to prevent a recent academic scandal from repeating itself...
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FILE - In this May 17, 2012 file photo, Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop at the River City Brewing Company in Jacksonville, Fla. Carroll apologized Thursday, July 26, 2012 for offending lesbians when she said black women who engage in those relationships don't look like her. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Fla. lieutenant governor sorry for lesbian remark

Jonathan Radford
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly three weeks after Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll faced accusations that she had engaged in an illicit lesbian affair, she is now apologizing for her rebuttal...
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Kerry Washington (L) and TV host Jimmy Kimmel speak onstage during the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations held at the Television Academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre on July 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Emmy nominations: Black actors both honored and snubbed

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - the 2012 Emmy nominations are in, and this year a few of our favorite black actors have a reason to celebrate....
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Survey: Black TV viewers want better programming

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORT - A recent survey finds that 97 percent of African-Americans are not satisfied with current programming targeted to their community...
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Meet Judy Smith, the inspiration for 'Scandal'

Sophia Nelson
theGRIO Q&A - We asked Judy about Olivia, the character Kerry Washington plays on 'Scandal' -- and Kerry's onscreen relationship with Tony Goldywyn's fictional character of the president...
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Is 'Scandal' a blueprint for black TV's future?

Kia Miakka Natisse
OPINION - Shonda Rhimes is a show-runner of the short who likes to portray a colorfully diverse and integrated world, and often sidesteps issues of race within her series...
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Kerry Washington busts stereotypes in 'Scandal'

Sophia Nelson
theGRIO REPORT - The Kerry Washington we have all come to know and love over the past decade has played many different roles on the big and small screen. Scandal is her latest hit...
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