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If there's one thing people know about Shonda Rhimes, it's that she's highly capable of creating gripping television for a wide audience. As the mastermind behind the likes of 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Scandal', the television writer has shot herself right into the hearts of millions of TV viewers across the globe, bringing relatable and inspirational characters to the small screen.

Kerry Washington at the premiere for Disney film 'Cars 3'

One of those characters is 'Scandal' lead Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington. Introduced back in 2012, viewers learned that this former White House Communications Director wasn't somebody you'd want to cross, but somebody who would be brilliantly loyal and trustworthy if you got on her right side.

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Teases Final 'Scandal' Season

Congratulations to Kerry Washington and her husband Nnamdi Asomugha, who have just revealed that they welcomed their second child - a son named Caleb Kelechi - into the world earlier this month in Los Angeles. A nice surprise baby brother for toddler Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha!

Kerry Washington has her second baby

According to reports, the 'Scandal' star and her NFL player husband of three years saw the birth of baby Caleb on October 5th at 9:56 pm, having announced the pregnancy back in May. Caleb is the couple's second child together, after their 2-year-old daughter Isabelle Amarachi. 

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Brings Her First Son Caleb Into The World

Angelina Jolie has reportedly hired crisis manager Judy Smith, the woman who inspired the hit TV show ‘Scandal’, according to US Weekly.

Smith is said to be helping Jolie in her high-profile split from husband Brad Pitt, which continues to dominate headlines.

Has Angelina Jolie hired a 'crisis manager'?

Continue reading: Angelina Jolie Reportedly Hires 'Scandal' Crisis Manager Judy Smith

Kerry Washington has called out Adweek magazine for heavily photoshopping her image on their most recent cover. While the ‘Scandal’ star praised the article, she said it felt strange looking at the altered cover, which she described as ‘so different from what I look like when I look in the mirror.’

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Calls Out Magazine Over Photoshopped Cover

Natalie Portman has paid tribute to the late director Mike Nichols.

Natalie Portman at the Childrens' Hospital Gala in Los Angeles in October 2014.

Read More: The Life and Career of Late Director Mike Nichols.

Continue reading: Natalie Portman Joins Likes Of Meryl Streep & Kevin Spacey In Paying Tribute To Mike Nichols

Tense US political thriller, Scandal, was back on American screens on Thursday night after an explosive season 3, figuratively and, of course, literally. And, while there may have been too many plot twists, storyline turns and character revelations for the average viewer to comprehend, we’ve got five refresher points that even the keenest watcher may want to scan over before embarking on the next season.

Kerry Washington stars as Olivia Pope in the hit US political thriller, Scandal

Fitz won the election but lost his son

Continue reading: Five Things Scandal Fans Need To Recap

Shonda Rhimes has taken to twitter to voice her displeasure towards a New York Times critic who suggested her autobiography should be called 'How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman'.

Shonda Rhimes created 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Scandal'

On Thursday (Sept. 18th), New York Times critic Alessandra Stanley opened her review of ‘How To Get Away With Murder’, with the line "When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.”

Continue reading: Dear New York Times, Shonda Rhimes Is Not An ‘Angry Black Woman’

The 66th Prime Time Emmys are kicking off tonight at 8pm EDT on NBC, and with plenty of long-running shows still in the mix to pick up awards, plenty of actors, actresses, comedies dramas and miniseries are ready to make Emmy history with their potential wins. 

Will Bryan Cranston win again for Breaking Bad?

In terms of ‘first timers’, Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" and  "House of Cards" could become the first online shows to pick up high end Emmy Awards. Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum, the popular comedy, Modern Family and AMC’s five-season meth drama, Breaking Bad, could also make history. Modern Family could tie with Frasier on five awards for best Comedy Series, while Bryan Cranston could go level with Dennis Franz on four Best Actor in a Drama awards.

Continue reading: The 66th Prime Time Emmy: Who’s In Line To Make History?

Few moments are more important in television than Emmy season. Like, how will we know which new shows are good, if the Academy doesn’t tell us? Alternatively, if your favorite show got snubbed this year, you’ll probably still be watching with your best ironic sneer, being all: “This got nominated over Orphan Black?” Hypothetically, of course.

So, whether your shows got nominated or not, here is the definitive guide to watching the Emmys this year. Works for beginners, as well as advanced TV maniacs.

We could have done with a couple more nods for Orange, tbh.

Continue reading: The Definitive Guide To Watching The Emmys (When Your Favourites Got Snubbed)

After giving birth to a baby girl last month, Kerry Washington is already back working, which in her case means filming for Scandal, giving interviews and looking stunning on various red carpets. Speaking to the LA Times on June 10, Kerry did a Twitter fan Q & A, mostly talking about her pregnancy and motherhood.

The bump was all we got to see of Washington's pregnancy.

One fan asked how she was finding the return to work after her short maternity leave, to which Washington responded: "So tricky because you know I don't talk about this stuff," but went on to say she feels "really blessed."

Continue reading: Can't Have It All? Check Out Kerry Washington, Doing Just That.

Besides the five new series on ABC’s roster this season, the network is also renewing a number of its hit shows. Returning favorites include the Shonda Rhimes-penned Scandal (Rhimes is also debuting the thriller How To Get Away With Murder this fall).

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The renewal notices came pouring late on Thursday to rescue a number of rookie shows from broadcasting limbo. The lucky winners include Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Resurrection and The Goldbergs as well as established hits Once Upon a Time (for Season 4), Castle (for Season 7), Scandal (for Season 4)and Grey’s Anatomy (for a record-breaking Season 11).

Continue reading: ABC Announces Fall Roster - "Scandal" And "Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D." Are Safe

Announcement time: Kerry Washington has given birth to a baby girl. The little one came into the world on April 21 (kudos to Washington for managing to keep it private until now). Her name is Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha, according to TMZ and Us Weekly. Washington usually keeps her personal life private and this has remained true during her pregnancy. The few bits of news released have included the original pregnancy announcement back in October of 2013, when Washington, 36 and her husband Nnamdi Asomugha announced that they were expecting. Three months later Washington’s pregnancy made news again, when the actress stepped out with her brand new baby bump at the 2014 Golden Globe awards on Jan. 12.

Washington's Grecian gown at the Oscars emphasized her growing baby bump.

"I feel like I have the best date of the night," Washington, clad in a white Balenciaga gown, said for Us Weekly on the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "My little accessory tonight." Asomugha later joined his pregnant wife at an after party, which marked a rare public appearance for the pair.

Continue reading: It Happened Two Weeks Ago: Kerry Washington Keeps Birth Of Baby Daughter Remarkably Private

Kerry Washington has impressively managed to keep the birth of her daughter a secret for almost a fortnight!

Kerry Washington at the Oscars in March.

The 37-year-old actress gave birth to her daughter on 21st April but has managed to keep the birth a secret. It was revealed on Friday (2nd May), after TMZ obtained a birth certificate, that Washington has named her daughter Isabelle Amarachi. Isabelle was born on 21st April at approximately 5pm at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Washington is best known for her role as Olivia Pope on the hit ABC drama, Scandal. Washington has been highly praised for her performance and has won or been nominated for numerous awards including a nomination last year for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Gave Birth To Daughter - Two Weeks Ago!

So Kerry Washington sure knows how to keep a secret, the ‘Scandal’ star welcomed a baby daughter, named Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha, almost two weeks ago and nobody knew, until TMZ that is.

Kerry Washington became a first time mom on April 21st

The gossip site obtained the birth certificate which shows that little Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha was born on April 21st at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Kerry herself is still staying quiet on the latest addition to her family, but we’re guessing she has her hands full at the moment.

Continue reading: Scandal! Kerry Washington Gives Birth To Daughter (And We Didn’t Know For Two Weeks!)

A church explosion, a rape accusation, meningitis and a dramatic resignation. Only in the finale of TV’s craziest show, Scandal. Within five minutes Sally and Andrew had managed to escape an explosion, which is then savvily spun into a PR stunt. Amid Fitz’ promises to her that he would divorce his wife, Liv tells the President that she believes his father, Jerry, had raped Mellie.

Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, has quit

The paternity of Fitz and Mellie’s son is established - Fitz is the father. Sadly this means that once again Olivia and Fitz are destined to be kept apart, but she explains that she would not want to be with someone who could leave his wife after such shocking news. Liv goes to visit her father, who is recovering from a stabbing, only to find her mother who tries to explain how she has acting with her daughter’s best interests at heart.

Continue reading: Explosive 'Scandal' Season Finale, A Happy Ending?

Lots of things happened on Thursday night’s episode of Scandal, most of them setting up for the big finale next week. In this recap you get two warnings: it might be hard to keep up and as unual WATCH OUT FOR ALL THE SPOILERS below.

Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope had some tough choices to make in this episode.

In last night’s episode Rowan Pope joined Jake Ballard and the Gladiators in the search for a bomb, planted somewhere in Washington, while Fitz chilled out/was put under house arrest at the White House, putting him temporarily out of commission.
Elsewhere in the White House, things were taking a much more personal turn. Cooped up and alone, the First Lady is suffering some serious pangs of guilt. The Langston camp finds out that Mellie is trying to have a paternity test taken, but Olivia, being excellent at her job as ever, finds out and shuts down the whole thing. This means that it’s finally confession time for Mellie and she lets slip the secret of Little Jerry’s possible parentage. Liv is left shocked, but promises to find out the truth.

Continue reading: "Scandal" Recap: The One Where Everything Happens, All At Once

Lena Dunham hosted and helped out the SNL team with a few sketches last night. And it was hilarious – mostly if you’re a Girls fan. Much has been written about Dunham’s Girls – mostly about its white-washed, middle-class, spoiled and completely self-unaware cast of characters. At least no one can say that Dunham herself lacks self-awareness though.

Put Dunham and the SNL cast together and the fun never ends. Sort of.

In a sketch, based on the recent trend of religious flicks – Son of God and Noah being to prime examples – Taran Killan played Adam Driver as the Adam to Dunham’s Eve. The sketch was perfectly on point - wonder if it'll win the show some new viewers? Girls fans will recognize lines like: “Can you please not apple-shame me? I know I committed original sin, but at least it's original. I think I deserve some credit for that—or at least a publishing deal…”

Continue reading: Lena Dunham Goes All Old Testament On SNL

Hollywood was out in full force for one of last night's biggest and most glamorous Oscars after-parties, hosted by Vanity Fair. After the star-studded ceremony had taken place, guests flocked to the annual party and its new specially designed setting at 8680 Sunset Boulevard, built under the direction of architect Basil Walter, according to the magazine.

'Scandal' Star Kerry Washington Looked Elegant In A Dusty Purple Down.

Guests were greeted with cocktails and music as they arrived at the V.F. editor Graydon Carter-hosted event. A steady procession of movie star A-listers filed into the party to celebrate their wins, congratulate each other and try out a little bit of dancing. It was an evening of merriment and friendship, even between former lovers.

Continue reading: Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch Get The Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party Started [Pictures]

Last year was pretty brilliant for Kerry Washington: she starred in Quentin Tarantino’s slavery epic, Django Unchained, and her show – Scandal – was a huge success.

Now reveling in the show’s second season, Washington - who is pregnant – looks like she's going from strength-to-strength. Well, rounding it off with a hosting performance on SNL with Eminem as your musical guest isn’t a bad way to compete!

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Is Excited To Host SNL, And Eminem Loves Cupcakes

“Scandal” star Kerry Washington is about to reach another milestone in her career, as she has been drafted to host Saturday Night Live for the first time. Washington will take over the sketch comedy show on November 2, Deadline reports. Her appearance comes at a turbulent time for SNL, as the show has once again come under fire for failing to represent any kind of ethnic diversity. There is some truth to this, considering that Washington’s temporary addition to the cast rounds out the number of non-white people onstage to a meager total of four and out of them, Washington will be the only black female.

Washington's booking brings a little diversity to the SNL stage.

The show came under some fire online recently, when cast-member Kenan Thompson got dragged back into the diversity controversy during a TV Guide interview. When he had to answer the question of why, for the sixth consecutive season, SNL had failed to hire a single black comedienne Thompson came out with a rather foot-in-mouth answer.

Continue reading: Following Accusations Of Lacking Diversity, SNL Books Kerry Washington To Host

The Emmys are fast approaching, and with them comes a slew of pre-parties and promotional events for the stars of primetime television to enjoy. One such gathering of the rich and famous small screen natives was the BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party. Kerri Washington was in attendance, sporting a summery floral dress. Washington is up for an award for outstanding actress in a drama series. Also in attendance were Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville and Julian Fellowes, as well as Game of Thrones' Kit Harrington.

Emmy-nominated Kerry Washington was one of the attendees at the event.

Girls star Allison Williams, fresh off wrapping the latest season of Girls, was also in attendance and she even spilled some details about the show for USA Today. She specifically talked about how Christopher Abbott’s departure right before filming affected her character and the storyline. The actor played her on-screen boyfriend.

Continue reading: Before The Emmys, Allison Williams Stopped By The BAFTA TV Tea And Dished On The New Season Of "Girls"

Actress Kerry Washington has received the unique honour of being crowned this year's Best Dressed Woman, as chosen by People magazine.

Kerry Washington Stunned At New York Fashion Week.

People magazine Executive Editor Elizabeth Sporkin gave out plenty of praise for 2013's best dressed female celebrity. "There has been a trend this year in lady-like fashion and I think she is almost single-handedly responsible for it," said Sporkin.

Continue reading: "Ladylike" Kerry Washington Best Dressed Woman This Year, Says People

This year 'smart' dramas Homeland, Mad Men and Breaking Bad dominate the Primetime Emmy Award nominations yet again and even for fans of the TV shows, it will be hard to predict which of their favourite series will carry off the most gongs. The Hollywood Reporter's Stacey Wilson highlights just how highly contested this year's 'best drama' category is: "If you win this year, it's going to be a real feather," she said to ABC News. The nominees list for each category is decidedly hefty but we've identified the ones that are toughest to call.

Bryan Cranston Voted Best Actor?

Having never won an 'outstanding drama' Emmy before, it looks like Breaking Bad could finally scoop the big gong this year having picked up five Primetime Emmy's before; 3 'best actors' for Bryan Cranston, 2 'best supporting actors' for Aaron Paul. With the first half of its final season currently airing, it looks like this could be the last chance for the show, as popular as ever, to scoop the night's biggest award. Downton Abbey, whilst having previously looked strong, has endured harsh reviews in its third season meaning it will be interesting to see whether this has had any impact on the voters.

Continue reading: The Emmy Awards 2013: Who's Deserving In The Outstanding Drama, Lead Actress & Actor Category?

The Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced yesterday (Thursday 18th July). The nomination ceremony was presented by Kate Mara and Aaron Paul via a live video stream on the Emmy's website. 

Kate Mara at the Vanity Fair and Juicy Couture's Celebration of 2013 in L.A.

Netflix has managed to triumph with nominations for their shows: House of Cards; Hemlock Grove and Arrested Development. The company are developing this aspect of their business, which is proving hugely popular and profitable. The future does seem bright for the company which announced it was expanding into its 64th country. It also seems likely their awards over the next few years will increase especially with recent praise of Orange is the New Black. 

Continue reading: Primetime Emmy Awards 2013: How Accurate Were Nomination Predictions?

Burgeoning star Kerry Washington has well and truly proved she’s a top celebrity by getting married in secret. Only the most famous celebs have to get married in secret, you see.

She tied the knot with sports star Nnamdi Asomugha in the ceremony. And so secret was, no one even really knew the pair were dating, let alone getting ready to get married! Of course, there’s no official word from them, but People magazine say the parents are their main source. ABC News confirmed the whole shebang, providing everyone with a handy marriage certificate just in case anyone didn’t believe it. The actress’s parents Earl and Valerie Washington signed the document as witnesses to the nuptials while Chisaraokwu Asomugha was listed as the minister. Washington’s star has really risen since her role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, in which she played Django’s long lost wife.

Her show Scandal is one of the most thrilling shows on TV at the moment, and the critics have lauded praise over her. Last year She told Elle: "I’m the luckiest broad in Hollywood now... To be the lead actor on Scandal and to be in the highest-earning [Quentin] Tarantino movie [Django Unchained] - I don’t get to ask for more. I was not that girl [growing up]. I was a kooky theater kid, silly and goofy and academic."

Continue reading: Scandal! Kerry Washington Marries In Secret Ceremony

Even after Scandal, Kerri Washington’s breakout show, has finished its sophomore season, Kerri Washington’s star power just keeps on growing. Case in point: Washington’s brand new Vanity Fair cover, for the magazine’s August issue. But, as usual, it’s what’s on the inside that counts and Washington’s cover story reveals a lot about her character – Washington “fixer” Olivia Pope – and about the actress herself. Washington sees her role as revolutionary – revolutionary for women overall, but especially for women of color.

Washington takes pride in her role.

“It’s especially profound in a place like South Africa,” she explains about the effect her character has on women, watching the show. “It’s called The Fixer over there, and it just started its second season. The fact that white women can see this woman of color as an aspirational character is revolutionary, I think, in the medium of television. I don’t think white women would feel that way about Olivia if her identity as a woman, period, wasn’t first in their mind.”

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Shines On Vanity Fair Cover, Shares Her Pride Over Scandal Role

It’s been a pretty manic couple of years for Kerry Washington. She played the damsel in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained - the highest grossing Tarantino film and winner of multiple awards – and now has a lead in Scandal, ABC’s latest political thriller.

“I’m the luckiest broad in Hollywood now,” the Django Unchained star told Elle magazine during a raunchy but tasteful photoshoot. “To be the lead actor on Scandal and to be in the highest-earning Tarantino movie- I don’t get to ask for more.” While Washington’s star has certainly risen recently, she’s a seasoned actress, with roles in films like Save the Last Dance, Ray and The Last King of Scotland. It could have all been so different if she’d chosen another of her preferred paths, though. “I imagined I’d be a clinical psychologist, with a focus on how performance shapes identity,” she explained. “I’d figure out ways to use role-playing in the healing of people.”

Having been a star for a while, but getting headline space due to her recent explots, there’s been a certain learning curve for the 34-year-old. “I found out I enjoy the process,' she told Elle about getting ready for the red carpet. “All these people show up at my house, they all have kits, someone has dresses. And it’s like, Let’s have fun. It’s not all about me. We’re able to create stories on the red carpet."

Continue reading: Kerry Washington Appreciates Her Recent Rise To The Top

Buoyed from being named the most beautiful woman in the world by People magazine, Gwyneth Paltrow stole the show at the Iron Man 3 premiere in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday night (April 24, 2013). The 40-year-old mother of two wore a partially sheer gown as she walked down the red-carpet, making it somewhat obvious that she, err, wasn’t wearing underwear.

Paltrow played down the ‘most beautiful’ tag at the premiere, telling the Associated Press, “It's funny, these things, because it's like obviously not true. But it's very sweet to be named that…Because I mean you can't say that, you know! But it's been wonderful. It's been very wonderful. And as my friend said, it's so nice that someone who has kids and is a mom and is not like 21 is named that. It's really an honor.”

It’s a fair point, and Paltrow tops a curious list for this year, with the likes of Pink, Jane Fonda and Drew Barrymore also in the Top 10. The Django actress Kerry Washington came in second place, while various heavyweight names were left out. We can’t say we’re surprised by Paltrow getting the top spot this year – she’s coincidentally got a massive movie to promote.

Continue reading: ‘Most Beautiful’ Gwyneth Paltrow Sans Underwear At Iron Man 3 Premiere [Pictures]

Despite A Wardrobe Malfunction, Jennifer Lawrence Looked Stunning At The SAG Awards

It was Ben Affleck and Argo who stole the headlines after the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Santa Monica this weekend, with the Iranian hostage movie taking the evening's top award. The SAG's are usually more casual than the Academy Awards though are generally considered a trial run for the Oscars, perhaps more so than the Golden Globes. Should the SAGs predict the winners on February 24, 2013, then Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence will be among the triumphant nominees.

Anyway, let's not concern ourselves with awards, because the Screen Actors Guild Awards attracted a fine flurry of stylish dresses and elegant gowns. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how nasty you are) most of the movie stars got it right with their ensembles, with Marion Cotillard, Kerry Washington, Nicole Kidman, Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Lawrence making it a successful night for the big-hitters. The latter suffered a minor wardrobe malfunction when taking to the stage to collect her award, though her Dior gown was one of the evening's showstoppers. 

Continue reading: SAG Awards: Best Dressed Movie Stars, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman, Anne Hathaway (Pictures)

Quentin Tarantino’s violent historical slave movie Django Unchained may well be mired in controversy right now but it received the seal of approval from last night’s Golden Globe awards. Django Unchained walked away from the ceremony with a Best Supporting Actor award for Christoph Waltz (who plays the role of Dr. King Schultz) and Best Screenplay, for the movie’s enigmatic helmsman, Quentin Tarantino.

Waltz beat off fierce competition from Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Alan Arkin (Argo), Leonardo Dicaprio (Django Unchained) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master). This was by no means a one horse race and in his acceptance speech, he thanked Leonardo DiCaprio, his Django co-star. Accepting the award, Waltz sounded shaky-voiced, clearly overcome with gratitude for the award. Addressing his director, he said “Quentin, you know that my indebtedness to you and my gratitude knows no words” and described his time on the movie as a journey, adding “I can thank all my travel mates, Jamie Foxx and Leo DiCaprio, Sam Jackson, Kerry Washington…” the list went on.

In his own acceptance speech, Tarantino appeared surprised to have won the award. “Wow, I wasn’t expecting this,” began, before thanking his actors and also thanked his friends that he reads the script to. “I don’t want input,” he joked, “ I don’t want you to tell me if I’m doing anything wrong… but when I read it to you, I hear it through your ears.” There was, of course, no mention of his highly publicised spat with interviewer Krishnan Guru Murthy, recently, which ended with Tarantino refusing to answer questions about movie violence and telling him “I’m shutting your butt down.” 

Continue reading: Forget The Controversy: Django Unchained Comes Up Trumps At Golden Globes

Horsing Around: Kerry Washington Stuns At The Django Unchained London Premiere

The Django Unchained cast appeared to have a spring in their steps at the London premiere of Quentin Tarantino's new movie on Thursday evening (January 10, 2013) and quite rightly so. The action-western flick scored numerous nominations at the Oscars announcement earlier in the day, including one for the all-important Best Picture. 

It was 35-year-old Kerry Washington - who plays Jamie Foxx's wife in the film - that turned heads at the premiere, outdoing tons of UK celebrities with a dramatic white ball gown emblazoned with a large horse print. Sounds bizarre, though it actually looked pretty elegant. The acclaimed actress teamed the dress with dark lipstick and heels. Co-star Foxx was on-hand to ensure Washington didn't have it all her own way at the premiere though, showing up at The Empire in Leicester Square in a bright purple suit and aqua coloured shirt! Samuel L Jackson was also in attendancing, looking as swarve as ever.

Continue reading: Django Unchained Premiere: Kerry Washington Sizzles, Christoph Waltz Beardless! (Pictures)

Quentin Tarantino's latest movie Django Unchained includes 110 uses of the N-word, which the cast had to get to grips with on-set. The film follows the story of a slave-turned-bounty hunter played by Jamie Foxx.

Leonardo Dicaprio, who plays the evil plantation owner Calvin Candie, uses the word the most often, though his co-star Kerry Washington explained the extensive usage to Access Hollywood, saying, "These characters use the N-word because that's what people said back then, and again if you don't understand how ugly the time is, you don't understand how bad--- [Django] is to get through this time." Foxx echoed the remarks, though recalled an initial feeling of unrest at using the word, "We knew we had to go to a bad place and when I talked to black people about the film and they say they were bothered by the N-word, I said, 'It's supposed to, it's supposed to bother you. Those horrific things that happened to us, is supposed to bother you." The movie has received a slew of positive review, including 5 stars from The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw who said, "I can only say Django delivers, wholesale, that particular narcotic and delirious pleasure that Tarantino still knows how to confect in the cinema, something to do with the manipulation of surfaces. It's as unwholesome, deplorable and delicious as a forbidden cigarette."

Django Unchained, which hits cinemas on Christmas Day, is nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes.

Continue reading: Django Unchained Stars Used N-Word 112 Times

Well, it was about time. The school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that occurred on Friday and, as the nation mourns the victims, the debates about violence in the media are just beginning.

The latest person to comment on this is actor Jamie Foxx, who, a bit ironically, stars in Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming flick about slavery, which will feature quite a lot of explicit and violent scenes. While promoting the film on Saturday, the star braved the difficult topic, saying that Hollywood can no longer ignore the fact that on-screen violence influences people on some level.

"We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does," Fox said in an interview. Meanwhile, director Quentin Tarantino, who is known for his extremely violent and gory scenes, which are all part of his signature style, is once again struggling to defend his artistic freedom. Tarantino went on a bit of a tangent, explaining that he was tired of defending his films each time the nation was shocked by gun violence. He stated that “tragedies happen” and that blame should fall on those guilty of the crimes.

Continue reading: Newtown Shooting Reaction: Jamie Foxx, Quentin Tarantino On Violence And The Film Industry

In a recent interview about forthcoming film Django Unchained, actor Jamie Foxx has admitted that “it’s always racial” as a black person. The quote comes in reference to the fact that some of the black community have criticized Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti western for not taking issues of slavery seriously enough in the film.

Foxx plays leading character Django, a man set free from slavery in order to work as a bounty hunter, as part of a deal that sees his buyer agree to help him find his lost wife; he told Vibe Magazine “as black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.” He added “I come into this place to do a photo shoot and they got Ritz crackers and cheese. I'll be like, ain't this a b*tch. Y'all didn't know black people was coming. What's with all this white sh*t? By the same token, if there is fried chicken and watermelon I'll say ain't this a b*tch? So, no matter what we do as black people it's always gonna be that. Every single thing in my life is built around race.”

Foxx was joined by Kerry Washington for the interview, and she said that, whilst it was clear to point out that it was a film, a work of fiction, there was no denying that they’d tried to treat slavery with as much truth as possible. “I remember there was this one moment in the script where Jamie's character was put in an awful crazy medieval metal mask” she commented. “I said, ‘That's some sick thing Quentin thought up.' And when I went to the production office to meet about my wardrobe, I saw into the research office. Twenty photos of real masks like that. It made me sad.”

Daniel Craig attends the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles on the eve of Skyfall's US release

A host of big names made an appearance in Los Angeles as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) stopped over Stateside for their annual Britannia Awards. Daniel Craig was the chief name in attendance, and he walked off with British Artist of the Year Award at the BBC America-sponsored event, causing the media to go into overdrive as he displayed some rare PDA with his wife Rachel Weisz upon being announcd the winner. He was far from the only star there though, with Kerry Washington, director Quentin Tarantino and South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker all among those at the gala.

Continue reading: Daniel Craig And The Rest Of The Skyfall Gang Reunite At The BAFTA Britannia Awards