America Ferrera arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023
The Critics Choice Awards recognized America Ferrera with a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Barbie, and the Emmy Award-winner has also been selected to receive the 8th Annual SeeHer Award during the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. The special honor was created to “honor a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes, and pushes boundaries.”
Ferrera joins a list of SeeHer honorees that includes Viola Davis (2017), Gal Gadot (2018), Claire Foy (2019), Kristen Bell (2020), Zendaya (2021), Halle Berry (2022), and Janelle Monáe (2023).
The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler and will air on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7pm Et/Pt on The CW.
The Critics Choice Association provided this description of America Ferrera’s work as an activist:
“A longtime activist, Ferrera launched Poderistas in 2020 alongside 9 other prominent activists, leaders, and business women,...
The Critics Choice Awards recognized America Ferrera with a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in Barbie, and the Emmy Award-winner has also been selected to receive the 8th Annual SeeHer Award during the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. The special honor was created to “honor a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes, and pushes boundaries.”
Ferrera joins a list of SeeHer honorees that includes Viola Davis (2017), Gal Gadot (2018), Claire Foy (2019), Kristen Bell (2020), Zendaya (2021), Halle Berry (2022), and Janelle Monáe (2023).
The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Chelsea Handler and will air on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7pm Et/Pt on The CW.
The Critics Choice Association provided this description of America Ferrera’s work as an activist:
“A longtime activist, Ferrera launched Poderistas in 2020 alongside 9 other prominent activists, leaders, and business women,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
London, England – October 17: America Ferrera arrives at the Glamour Women of The Year Awards 2023 on October 17, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) The Critics Choice Association (Cca) announced today that Emmy award-winning actor, director and producer America Ferrera will receive the 8th annual SeeHer Award at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards. The honor will be presented to her at the star-studded gala hosted by Chelsea Handler, which will broadcast Live on The CW on Sunday, January 14, 2024. The SeeHer Award honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries. SeeHer is a leading global movement for accurate portrayals of women and girls in media. A global collective of marketers, media organizations and industry influencers, SeeHer is committed to creating gender-bias-free advertising and media. Previous award recipients are Viola Davis (2017), Gal Gadot (2018), Claire Foy (2019), Kristen Bell (2020), Zendaya (2021), Halle Berry (2022), and...
- 12/18/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
“We’re making incredible strides,” “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams told the crowd Thursday night at the Hrts Foundation Gala at the Beverly Hilton.
Williams spoke about the progress he sees on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in Hollywood during a a 15-minute Q&a with Odetta Watkins, president of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and head of drama series for Amazon MGM Studios, held as part of the organization’s annual fundraiser. Williams, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2022 for “Take Me Out,” was feted by Hrts for his work as an actor, director, producer and activist.
“There’s been a letting in of new voices — a widening of the bottleneck,” Williams told Watkins, adding that creatives from under-represented backgrounds have gained authority and authorship of their stories. “We’re not tokenized,” he said. He also cautioned the industry and actors, writers and directors of color...
Williams spoke about the progress he sees on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in Hollywood during a a 15-minute Q&a with Odetta Watkins, president of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and head of drama series for Amazon MGM Studios, held as part of the organization’s annual fundraiser. Williams, who was nominated for a Tony Award in 2022 for “Take Me Out,” was feted by Hrts for his work as an actor, director, producer and activist.
“There’s been a letting in of new voices — a widening of the bottleneck,” Williams told Watkins, adding that creatives from under-represented backgrounds have gained authority and authorship of their stories. “We’re not tokenized,” he said. He also cautioned the industry and actors, writers and directors of color...
- 12/15/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Popular and pre-existing IP has reigned supreme in Hollywood as most studios and streamers look to continue the success of former franchises for an easy win. But that’s not a trend Nicole Dow is aiming to pursue.
As the head of TV for Marsai Martin’s Genius Entertainment, her formula isn’t overly complicated. Dow breaks down their development slate into three specific categories: kids and family, young adult, and new adult.
The latter of which is a less explored territory. The genre first came about within the last 15 year — and only recently gained steam online with authors like Colleen Hoover (“It Ends With Us”) and Casey McQuiston leading the charge. As the name explains, new adult covers the emerging adult generation between the ages of 18-29.
“It’s the first foray into the world where your ego comes smashing into reality, or the cringe-worthy stuff that happens from...
As the head of TV for Marsai Martin’s Genius Entertainment, her formula isn’t overly complicated. Dow breaks down their development slate into three specific categories: kids and family, young adult, and new adult.
The latter of which is a less explored territory. The genre first came about within the last 15 year — and only recently gained steam online with authors like Colleen Hoover (“It Ends With Us”) and Casey McQuiston leading the charge. As the name explains, new adult covers the emerging adult generation between the ages of 18-29.
“It’s the first foray into the world where your ego comes smashing into reality, or the cringe-worthy stuff that happens from...
- 5/1/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Stuart Ford's Agc Studios has greenlighted We Real Cool, an urban action comedy from Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown.
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
- 11/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stuart Ford's Agc Studios has greenlighted We Real Cool, an urban action comedy from Dear White People producer Effie T. Brown.
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
Agc will finance and co-produce the film, which Brown and Leah Natasha Thomas (America Divided) will produce. Agc’s Ford, Greg Shapiro and Glendon Palmer will executive produce.
We Real Cool will mark the feature debut of Melissa V. Murray, a graduate of the Ghetto Film School and a Sundance Ignite Fellow alum, who will direct from her own script. We Real Cool is currently casting and is set to begin production early next year.
We Real Cool follows a trio ...
- 11/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Talk about a great birthday present: Legendary producer Norman Lear, who turns 96 on Friday, has signed a new two-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.
As part of the deal with Lear’s Act III Prods., Sony has the option to remake some of Lear’s legendary comedies, including “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times,” “Maude” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
The deal comes as Lear’s reworked “One Day at a Time,” which he executive produces with Gloria Calderon Kellet and Mike Royce, continues to be a critically acclaimed sitcom produced by Sony for Netflix.
Brent Miller heads production and development for Act III and has been working with Lear for over a decade. Under Miller, Act III has been on a development and production spree lately. That includes a recent deal with Nickelodeon to develop the hip-hop animated series “Man of the House,” about an 11-year-old Colombian-American boy.
As part of the deal with Lear’s Act III Prods., Sony has the option to remake some of Lear’s legendary comedies, including “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times,” “Maude” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
The deal comes as Lear’s reworked “One Day at a Time,” which he executive produces with Gloria Calderon Kellet and Mike Royce, continues to be a critically acclaimed sitcom produced by Sony for Netflix.
Brent Miller heads production and development for Act III and has been working with Lear for over a decade. Under Miller, Act III has been on a development and production spree lately. That includes a recent deal with Nickelodeon to develop the hip-hop animated series “Man of the House,” about an 11-year-old Colombian-American boy.
- 7/27/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Norman Lear is getting into the kids’ animation business. Lear’s Act III Prods. is developing the series “Man of the House,” from writer/illustrator Michael Molina (“Trivia Night”) for Nickelodeon.
Molina, who’s Colombian-American, has created a show about José, an 11-year-old who helps his mother Maria watch over his two younger siblings, Maria Juliana (aka “Maju”) and Diego, while trying to form a hip-hop group with his quirky classmate and downstairs neighbor Wilbur.
Lear and his Act III partner Brent Miller, who helped Lear recently revive “One Day at a Time” for Netflix, will executive produce.
“Norman has been telling stories about families, parents, and kids for many years, and it’s so exciting that he and his producing partners Brent and Michael, want to tell this story to today’s generation of Nick kids,” said Chris Viscardi, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation.
Besides “One Day at a Time,...
Molina, who’s Colombian-American, has created a show about José, an 11-year-old who helps his mother Maria watch over his two younger siblings, Maria Juliana (aka “Maju”) and Diego, while trying to form a hip-hop group with his quirky classmate and downstairs neighbor Wilbur.
Lear and his Act III partner Brent Miller, who helped Lear recently revive “One Day at a Time” for Netflix, will executive produce.
“Norman has been telling stories about families, parents, and kids for many years, and it’s so exciting that he and his producing partners Brent and Michael, want to tell this story to today’s generation of Nick kids,” said Chris Viscardi, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation.
Besides “One Day at a Time,...
- 5/23/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Gretchen Carlson has inked a deal with A+E Originals to produce documentary specials, starting with a look at the national reckoning over the scourge of sexual harassment in the workplace.
The pact calls for Carlson to host at least three specials to be produced by A+E Originals, the unscripted production arm of the cable group that is home to Lifetime, A&E Network and History.
The project on deck is “The Brave with Gretchen Carlson” for Lifetime, a two-hour study of what is needed to combat sexual harassment. The focus will be on telling the stories of women from all walks of life who have suffered unwanted sexual advances in the workplace and the steps that need to be taken to prevent such behavior.
“The most crucial thing to me is to move the ball forward. How do we tell everybody’s stories, not just those of relatively famous people,...
The pact calls for Carlson to host at least three specials to be produced by A+E Originals, the unscripted production arm of the cable group that is home to Lifetime, A&E Network and History.
The project on deck is “The Brave with Gretchen Carlson” for Lifetime, a two-hour study of what is needed to combat sexual harassment. The focus will be on telling the stories of women from all walks of life who have suffered unwanted sexual advances in the workplace and the steps that need to be taken to prevent such behavior.
“The most crucial thing to me is to move the ball forward. How do we tell everybody’s stories, not just those of relatively famous people,...
- 4/23/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Zach Galifianakis’ documentary, “Democracy For Sale,” looks at how bad gerrymandering has gotten in his home state of North Carolina. The film was originally part of Epix’s original docuseries “America Divided,” produced by Common, Norman Lear and Shonda Rhimes, which premiered back in September. Now, according to the News Observer, the doc will be screened across North Carolina in January and February.
In the film, the actor discusses the state’s transformed politics and, per the project’s website, “how the money of a few has come to dominate our democracy.”
A clip for the documentary shows Galifianakis talking with former Democratic North Carolina state senator Margaret Dickson about how the state’s districts have been changed.
“People feel like they’ve lost control of the process and in some ways they have,” she says in the video. “The redistricting is being done my people far away…I wish...
In the film, the actor discusses the state’s transformed politics and, per the project’s website, “how the money of a few has come to dominate our democracy.”
A clip for the documentary shows Galifianakis talking with former Democratic North Carolina state senator Margaret Dickson about how the state’s districts have been changed.
“People feel like they’ve lost control of the process and in some ways they have,” she says in the video. “The redistricting is being done my people far away…I wish...
- 1/14/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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Legendary TV producer Norman Lear had quite a 2016. The 94-year-old was the subject of a feature documentary, “Norman Lear: Another Version of You,” was an executive producer on the Epix documentary series “America Divided,” and saw the remake of one of his classic shows, “One Day at a Time,” come to fruition at Netflix.
And, he says, he’s just getting warmed up for 2017. He’s been pitching a new show, “Guess Who Died,” for the past few years, and says he’s getting closer to selling and casting the sitcom. But as an activist, Lear is troubled by what this year meant for the country.
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Also in this episode,...
Legendary TV producer Norman Lear had quite a 2016. The 94-year-old was the subject of a feature documentary, “Norman Lear: Another Version of You,” was an executive producer on the Epix documentary series “America Divided,” and saw the remake of one of his classic shows, “One Day at a Time,” come to fruition at Netflix.
And, he says, he’s just getting warmed up for 2017. He’s been pitching a new show, “Guess Who Died,” for the past few years, and says he’s getting closer to selling and casting the sitcom. But as an activist, Lear is troubled by what this year meant for the country.
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Also in this episode,...
- 12/16/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
In this exclusive clip from Episode 3 of “Berlin Station,” what seems like a typical night out in Berlin, complete with some spy-to-spy male bonding at a drag bar, quickly turns into an orchestrated double cross. While Daniel (Richard Armitage) is distracted by a lap-dancing drag queen, Hector (Rhys Ifans) swipes his phone and plants it with a bug.
With a not so subtle bit of foreshadowing, the clip opens with a singer in drag belting out (in German), “Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies — I’m sick and tired of lies from you.”
Read More: ‘Berlin Station’ Review: Spy Drama Needs Less Talk, More Richard Jenkins Gettin’ Busy
As the episode plays out, this betrayal thwarts Daniel’s efforts to hunt infamous CIA whistleblower Thomas Shaw, while the Berlin station’s surveillance of Aleksandre Iosava (Merab Ninidze) turns up bad behavior by one of Valerie’s (Michelle Forbes) agents. We...
With a not so subtle bit of foreshadowing, the clip opens with a singer in drag belting out (in German), “Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies — I’m sick and tired of lies from you.”
Read More: ‘Berlin Station’ Review: Spy Drama Needs Less Talk, More Richard Jenkins Gettin’ Busy
As the episode plays out, this betrayal thwarts Daniel’s efforts to hunt infamous CIA whistleblower Thomas Shaw, while the Berlin station’s surveillance of Aleksandre Iosava (Merab Ninidze) turns up bad behavior by one of Valerie’s (Michelle Forbes) agents. We...
- 10/28/2016
- by Alec McPike
- Indiewire
In the weeks leading up to this year’s presidential election, the Epix network has aired docu-series “America Divided,” which features celebrity correspondents tackling some of the most crucial issues facing our country today. Executive produced by Norman Lear (“All in the Family”), Shonda Rhimes (“Scandal”) and Common (“Selma”), each week features a different celebrity exploring narratives around inequality in all facets of society — education, housing, healthcare, criminal justice, etc. Some of the celebrities involved include America Ferrera (“Superstore”), Rosario Dawson (“25th Hour”), Zach Galifianakis (“Bored to Death”) and more.
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This week’s episode has actor Peter Sarsgaard exploring America’ addiction crisis. In the episode, Sarsgaard travels to Dayton, Ohio to investigate how a city once known for its industrial invention, has become the epicenter of a growing epidemic and a symbol of our age of inequality. Watch a clip...
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This week’s episode has actor Peter Sarsgaard exploring America’ addiction crisis. In the episode, Sarsgaard travels to Dayton, Ohio to investigate how a city once known for its industrial invention, has become the epicenter of a growing epidemic and a symbol of our age of inequality. Watch a clip...
- 10/21/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Actor Peter Sarsgaard plays villain Bart Bogue in Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven
When you go to see Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven this weekend, you’ll probably be impressed by how slimy a villain Peter Sarsgaard plays as Bartholomew Bogue, a wealthy man who causes problems for the town of Rose Creek, to the point where they need to call on a team of unruly outlaws, played by Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio and Byung-hun Lee, for help. (We’ll have interviews with the latter two very soon.)
It’s not the first time that Sarsgaard has played a bad guy, since he did play Hector Hammond in the unfortunate attempt to bring Green Lantern to the big screen. But before that, Sarsgaard has starred in a mix of indie and studio movie that established himself as one of the great supporting character actors.
When you go to see Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven this weekend, you’ll probably be impressed by how slimy a villain Peter Sarsgaard plays as Bartholomew Bogue, a wealthy man who causes problems for the town of Rose Creek, to the point where they need to call on a team of unruly outlaws, played by Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio and Byung-hun Lee, for help. (We’ll have interviews with the latter two very soon.)
It’s not the first time that Sarsgaard has played a bad guy, since he did play Hector Hammond in the unfortunate attempt to bring Green Lantern to the big screen. But before that, Sarsgaard has starred in a mix of indie and studio movie that established himself as one of the great supporting character actors.
- 9/19/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a new docu-series, America Divided will premiere Friday, September 30, 2016 at 9:00pm Et/Pt on Epix. American Divided is created by Solly Granatstein, Lucian Read, and Richard Rowley, with executive producers Norman Lear, Common and Shonda Rhimes. DividedFilms produces in association with RadicalMedia.An eight-story, five-part TV series, America Divided features "...narratives around inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system." Correspondents include: Common, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Zach Galifianakis, Norman Lear, Amy Poehler, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jesse Williams, exploring aspects of inequality, related to their own lives. Read More…...
- 9/15/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Solly Granatstein, executive producer/co-creator of Epix America Divided docu series that uses celebrities as “correspondents,” was asked to defend that decision by journalists at TCA. “We felt it was a formula that really worked, in getting people’s attention,” he said, adding that “these folks, every single one of them are just great on camera. We wanted it to be a cinematic series. Even though it’s unscripted you feel like you’re watching a dramatic series.” He noted No…...
- 7/31/2016
- Deadline TV
Norman Lear is still doing television at 94 years old, and the “All in the Family” creator remains as politically outspoken as ever. Asked Saturday to speak about racial inequality in the ’70s — the days of “The Jeffersons” and “Good Times” — when his shows created controversy by tackling social and political issues with a heavy hand versus today, Lear opined: “It amazes me that we haven’t moved faster.” The current “America Divided” correspondent contrasted the pace of that ongoing issue to the one of Lgbtq progress, which he said, “just moved so quickly over the last 30 years, and is...
- 7/30/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Epix is getting into the scripted business right at the peak of “Peak TV.” But for channel president and CEO Mark Greenberg, the move into original series is the culmination of a plan first put into place nine years ago.
From the beginning, he told IndieWire, “Part of the game plan was original series.” But first, the premium service, a joint venture between Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM, had to reach critical mass. A deal with Time Warner Cable two years ago upped Epix’s availability to 50 million homes, giving the channel reason to expand its brand.
Under programming head Jocelyn Diaz (who joined in 2015), Epix is kicking off its scripted lineup this fall with the spy thriller “Berlin Station” and the political satire “Graves.” A TV adaptation of “Get Shorty” will follow in 2017. Epix also continues to air specials and documentaries, including the new series “America Divided,” a discussion about inequality in the U.
From the beginning, he told IndieWire, “Part of the game plan was original series.” But first, the premium service, a joint venture between Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM, had to reach critical mass. A deal with Time Warner Cable two years ago upped Epix’s availability to 50 million homes, giving the channel reason to expand its brand.
Under programming head Jocelyn Diaz (who joined in 2015), Epix is kicking off its scripted lineup this fall with the spy thriller “Berlin Station” and the political satire “Graves.” A TV adaptation of “Get Shorty” will follow in 2017. Epix also continues to air specials and documentaries, including the new series “America Divided,” a discussion about inequality in the U.
- 7/30/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Toward the end of Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, a new doc about the TV visionary and political activist, Amy Poehler attempts to sum up Lear's impact. "Do you know how fucking hard it is to make people laugh, to tackle big issues and get big ratings?" she tells an audience at an event honoring Lear. "It's so hard that people don't even do it anymore."
The audience claps, and Lear smiles, but the TV game-changer says now that he doesn't quite agree with the assessment. There's hope,...
The audience claps, and Lear smiles, but the TV game-changer says now that he doesn't quite agree with the assessment. There's hope,...
- 7/7/2016
- Rollingstone.com
TV legend Norman Lear is putting his full support behind “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams, as critics of the actor float a petition demanding his firing.
“I’ve seen and attended a ton of awards shows in my time, and no one has ever put his soul and his ass on the line so fully and so truthfully as Jesse Williams did at the Bet Awards last week,” Lear told IndieWire in a statement. “Wither thou goest, Mr. Williams, I will follow.”
Lear is an executive producer on the upcoming Epix documentary series “America Divided,” which takes a look at inequality in the United States. Williams, a former teacher, is featured in a segment as he looks at the battle to address this in education.
Read More: Jesse Williams’ Bet Speech Sparks Petition To Get Him Fired From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
“Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Shonda Rhimes is...
“I’ve seen and attended a ton of awards shows in my time, and no one has ever put his soul and his ass on the line so fully and so truthfully as Jesse Williams did at the Bet Awards last week,” Lear told IndieWire in a statement. “Wither thou goest, Mr. Williams, I will follow.”
Lear is an executive producer on the upcoming Epix documentary series “America Divided,” which takes a look at inequality in the United States. Williams, a former teacher, is featured in a segment as he looks at the battle to address this in education.
Read More: Jesse Williams’ Bet Speech Sparks Petition To Get Him Fired From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
“Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Shonda Rhimes is...
- 7/6/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Shonda Rhimes is often called a trailblazer – but she sees it differently.
"It's not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is," said the TV powerhouse, 46, while accepting the Norman Lear achievement award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Speaking of the diverse characters on her ABC shows – which include Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy – Rhimes said she "created the content that I wanted to see and I created what I know is normal."
She continued: "Basically, you are just giving me an award for being me, in which case I totally deserve this.
"It's not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is," said the TV powerhouse, 46, while accepting the Norman Lear achievement award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Speaking of the diverse characters on her ABC shows – which include Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy – Rhimes said she "created the content that I wanted to see and I created what I know is normal."
She continued: "Basically, you are just giving me an award for being me, in which case I totally deserve this.
- 1/24/2016
- by Scott Huver and Nick Maslow
- People.com - TV Watch
Shonda Rhimes is often called a trailblazer - but she sees it differently. "It's not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is," said the TV powerhouse, 46, while accepting the Norman Lear achievement award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday. Speaking of the diverse characters on her ABC shows - which include Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy - Rhimes said she "created the content that I wanted to see and I created what I know is normal." She continued: "Basically, you are just giving me an award for being me,...
- 1/24/2016
- by Scott Huver and Nick Maslow
- PEOPLE.com
Shonda Rhimes is often called a trailblazer - but she sees it differently. "It's not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is," said the TV powerhouse, 46, while accepting the Norman Lear achievement award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday. Speaking of the diverse characters on her ABC shows - which include Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy - Rhimes said she "created the content that I wanted to see and I created what I know is normal." She continued: "Basically, you are just giving me an award for being me,...
- 1/24/2016
- by Scott Huver and Nick Maslow
- PEOPLE.com
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