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Shonda Rhimes’ Show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Makes Television History

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T hroughout her career journey, Shonda Rhimes has continued to set the bar high in the entertainment industry. She is the first Black woman to develop and executive produce a Top 10 network series and she is continuing to make historic moves. According to the Huffington Post , Rhimes’ show Grey’s Anatomy hit a major milestone, becoming the longest-running medical drama in U.S. television history. “A lot has happened in 332 episodes and tomorrow we become the longest-running primetime medical drama,” she wrote. “People. You don’t want to miss this!” https://t.co/YQbq3bbf88 — HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) February 28, 2019 On Thursday, when the show aired its 332nd episode, it took the title away from ER which ran for 15 seasons and had a total of 331 episodes. The current cast of Grey’s Anatomy features actors Jesse Williams , Ellen Pompeo and Justin Chambers . The show made its debut in 2005 and has been going strong ever since. “I wanted to see people on television who look like me, and I wanted to see people on television who look like my friends. And I didn’t relate to a lot of the women on television because they didn’t seem realistic. It was just about writing people I wanted to watch, and writing people who felt like the people I knew. That’s what we ended up doing,” said Rhimes in an interview with Business Insider . She also added that it’s important to authentically bring narratives to life when working in television and not chase trends. “The goal is to make sure it’s not a trend. I don’t know what I can do to encourage it. I tell the stories I tell and I do it naturally.” Rhimes has seen success with many of the projects that she’s created including Private Practice , Scandal , and How to Get Away with Murder . In 2017, she inked a multi-year deal with Netflix where through her Shondaland production company she will develop eight series. SEE ALSO: Shonda Rhimes Lands Huge Netflix Deal 11 Motivating Shonda Rhimes Quotes To Get You Through Life [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3847363″ overlay=”true”]

Shonda Rhimes’ Show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Makes Television History

#MuteRKelly: An Online Movement Aims To Permanently Suppress The Pervy Pied Piper

Image via Splash Online Campaign To Silence R. Kelly Is Gaining Serious Momentum R. Kelly has been runnin’ around makin’ money hand-over-fist for YEARS AFTER we all saw his infamous “alleged” sex tape. AFTER we read and heard the disturbing accounts of his sexual abuse. AFTER we watched his skin-crawling interview with Touré. AFTER he stepped in the name of underaged girls, manipulation and malevolent mindf**kin’…allegedly. Well, folks are tired of that. Namely, Oronike Odeleye of Creative Currents Artist Collaborative in Atlanta and child pornography survivor and activist, Kenyette Barnes. She’s been on the crusade to clip the Pied Piper’s cape since last year. Odeleye recently spoke to TheGrio and explained why she is doing everything she can to make the streets so hot for Robert Kelly that he permanently withdraws from public life. “I have been hearing about R. Kelly’s sexual abuse of young black women since I was in my teens. Every few years more women come out with their stories. More images and videos surface. More black girls are scarred for life just as they are coming into their womanhood and sexuality,” said Odeleye in an exclusive interview with theGrio. “There is a pariah in our community that we all know about, yet we all have continued to stand by and do nothing. We continue to dance to his music in the club, play it at our family reunions, celebrate to it at our weddings.” Flip the page to see the conversation surrounding #MuteRKelly on social media. S#!t is ’bout to get REAL for Robert. Continue reading

Source Says Aryn Drake-Lee Is Spreading BS About Estranged Ex Jesse Williams, “Obsessed” With Appearing Like A Victim

Aryn Drake-Lee Reportedly Spreading Lies About Ex Jesse Williams Despite being granted $50,000 a month in spousal support and multiple custodial stipulations she’s laid down, folks with insider knowledge claim that Aryn Drake-Lee is saying any and everything to make her ex Jesse Williams look like a peen-slinging playboy who abandoned his family for a random white woman the minute he got any recognition in Hollywood. In actuality, they say her crappy attitude has worn on Jesse for years — WELL before he started having his “moment” in the industry — and he works tirelessly to make sure she and the kids are happy and taken care of despite the fact that things simply can’t work between them anymore. According to an exclusive report from B. Scott , Aryn is just bitter as all hell and desperate to smear his public image, so she’s pulling all sorts of stunts and stories to get at him . “Aryn is obsessed with being seen as a victim and she can’t do that if people continue to view Jesse as the fun, caring, good person that he is. It’s hard for people to feel sorry for [her] when they find out [she hasn’t] had a job in nearly a decade, blew a marriage with a successful, generous, happy man who just built [her] a new house, loves his kids and who pays [her] over $50K a month.” They also say that Aryn has been on a warpath against her ex so hard that it’s actually turned some of their friends against her. “She’s driven most of her friends away by demanding they join her wild attacks on Jesse— 99% of them refused because they know the truth. Jesse kills himself working for his community and to provide for his family. Their real friends have seen Aryn’s toxic attitude rip away at that marriage for years. Jesse tried really hard but eventually had to save himself and make a choice not to provide a bad example of a toxic relationship for his daughter. He’s never been happier. Aryn lost. All she has left is the remaining pieces of the lie, so she makes up new ones.” Of course, with an anonymous source giving out this information it’s tough to say how factual it is — for all we know this could be one of Jesses’ people trying to clean up his public image. But you never know. You think Aryn is spending her days plotting her ex-husband’s demise? WireImage/Splash Continue reading

Minka Kelly: Accused of Breaking Up Jesse Williams’ Marriage

When nasty rumors surface — and they can happen to any of us, not just to celebrities — a lot of people hold their heads high and ignore it. A lot of the time, that’s the right call. But what do you do when someone goes on your own social media account and accuses you of being a homewrecker? If you’re Minka Kelly, you call them out. And you don’t mince words. The stunningly gorgeous Minka Kelly is dating the shockingly handsome Jesse Williams. Minka Kelly is perhaps best known for her role on the hit series Friday Night Lights . Jesse Williams, in turn, is best known either for his role on Grey’s Anatomy or perhaps for using his fame as a platform for Black Lives Matter, advocating to bring an end to police killings of unarmed, nonviolent black people across the US. Also, Jesse Williams has piercing blue eyes that make him very distinctively recognizable. These two very quietly began to date over this past summer (yes, summer is over, even though it still feels like the endless hellscape of early August). The thing is that this was just a few months after Jesse Williams and Aryn Drake-Lee divorced after five years of marriage. Some people wondered if Jesse Williams had put the cart before the horse and begun dating Minka Kelly before things fell apart between him and Aryn Drake-Lee. In other words, they wondered if Jesse Williams had performed  some Kevin Hart shenanigans . Not the part about being blackmailed with a sex tape — just starting a new relationship before the old one actually ended. While it’s true that many marriages fall apart due to cheating, that’s not always the case. And just because someone manages to find a new relationship quickly doesn’t mean that they and their new datemate were cheating during the old one. Still, people wonder. We suppose that they couldn’t help it. What someone certainly could have helped, however, was doing the social media equivalent of accusing Minka Kelly, to her face, of being a homewrecker. Because one Instagram user commented: “I hope the cheating rumors aren’t true. It would be disappointing.” That’s about as polite a way of phrasing a very rude accusation as we can think of. But it’s still super freaking rude. We have to imagine that the commenter didn’t imagine that Minka Kelly herself would respond. Minka Kelly replied, addressing the rumors that she was a homewrecker: “They’re not. Hate for you to be disappointed. Glad I could clear that up for you. Now f–k off.” You know, that’s a hostile reply, but it’s pretty warranted, right? We should note that Jesse Williams also addressed these rumors. Jesse Williams had a cameo in Jay-Z’s Footnotes for 4:44 , in which he was also extremely blunt about his feelings about the rumors. “I was in a relationship 13 years.13 real years, not 5 years, not 7 years, 13 years and all of a sudden mother f–kers are writing think-pieces that I somehow threw a 13-year relationship — like the most painful experience I’ve had in my life like with a person I’ve loved with all of my heart — that I threw a person and my family in the trash because a girl I work with is cute.” Remember, no matter how Jesse and Minka might feel about each other now, the “homewrecker” narrative would boil down to him finding her cute and the two of them hooking up because of it. So we don’t think that he’s insulting his actual, real-life relationship with Minka Kelly, here. Instead, he’s just insulting the theories about the two of them. That’s pretty fair, right? And you know what? Even if the two of them had started dating while Jesse was still married, that would be Jesse’s wrongdoing — not Minka’s. We need to stop pretending that a third party can “steal” a partner from their spouse. That’s not how this works. View Slideshow: 25 Most Shocking Cheating Scandals of All-Time

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Jesse Williams Says The National Anthem Before NFL Games Is A Scam And Owners Are Trump Donors!

Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.com Jesse Stay Woke Williams Calls Out The NFL For Making The National Anthem A Paid Promotion For Military Recruitment Donald Drumpf started a whole heap of mess this weekend after encouraging NFL owners to suspend or fire players who take the knee only to have players, activists, actors, artists and regular citizens respond strongly in opposition. Of course one of the most outspoken was Jesse Williams who appeared on MSNBC with Thomas Roberts to discuss the protests: ‘[Saying] we need to stand and pledge for the allegiance and this anthem thing is a scam,’ Williams told host Thomas Roberts. ‘This is not a part of football. ‘[The pregame national anthem] was invented in 2009 from the government [by] paying the NFL to market military recruitment – to get more people to fight wars to die. ‘This is not – nothing to do with the NFL or the American pastime or tradition. This is to get boys and girls to go fly overseas and go kill people… ‘They’re marketing and pumping millions of dollars into the NFL to get us to put on a pageant in front of the NFL football games to get you to go off and fight.’ The tactic Williams was referencing is known as “paid patriotism” — it specifically involved the National Guard and Defense Department spending taxpayer money on NFL promotions. Before 2009, NFL players normally remained in the locker room until after the anthem. In 2009, an NFL spokesman said of the new practice: ‘As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.’ Another point Williams made is that the NFL owners have played an important role in the whole Trump mess in the first place. ‘There’s an incredible level of cowardice and selfishness in the ownership class in this particular league on this particular topic,’ he said. ‘I think we have this perception that athletics is entirely a meritocracy. ‘The NFL proves, and the positions they consider more cerebral that it’s just simply not. ‘Seven or eight of these owners gave Donald Trump a million dollars each and are friends with a very horrible guy who thinks he’s a dictator and treats America like it’s a game show.’ Watch the clip below: Jesse stay woke don’t he?! We love it. Keep it coming brother.

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Jesse Williams And His Estranged Wife Finally Reached A Custody Agreement

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Source: Jesse Grant / Getty Jesse Williams and his soon-to-be ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee have had a bit of a messy split. After previous reports that Aryn wanted sole custody of their kids and the reported backlash from Jesse , it seems the two have finally come to equal terms. According to TMZ , the estranged couple will have joint legal custody of their two children. This means that all decisions regarding their kids’ health, welfare, and upbringing will be made together. The documents for the agreement were obtained by TMZ, which reportedly says neither parent can make derogatory statements about the other in front of the kids. They also can’t use their kids as messengers. The agreement also states that neither Jesse nor Aryn “shall introduce a person with whom he or she has a romantic relationship to the children until the relationship has endured at least 6 months.” The agreement doesn’t describe the physical custody arrangement. Jesse has been romantically linked to Minka Kelly , who could part of the tension between Jesse and Aryn. But thankfully, when it came to their kids, they were able to put differences aside to equally support them. We’ll keep you updated if more divorce drama should surface.

Jesse Williams And His Estranged Wife Finally Reached A Custody Agreement

#AHSCult Features A SKRESSED Becky Haunted By Trump’s Election

American Horror Story is right: Donald Trump is the scariest thing that could happened to us. pic.twitter.com/hcs6Qco0vt — Mr. Sensitive (@LunaLCDeville) August 24, 2017 New “AHS: Cult” Trailer Spooks The Internet The upcoming season of hilariously twisted crowd-pleaser “American Horror Story: Cult” might be the scariest chapter yet and delves into the life of a lesbian Becky SKRESSED by  Trump’s America . No, seriously, it centers around the 2016 election with a sprinkle of scary clowns based on its spooky trailer that shattered the internet. #AHSCult trailer: News: It is now official, Donald Trump is the next president of the United States- Sarah Paulson: *Screams* Me: pic.twitter.com/L7LdYbBV6l — Franklin (@frankluis1999) August 22, 2017 Peep the trailer and hilarious reactions to “AHS: Cult” on the flip.

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Jesse Williams Fires At Estranged Wife’s “Uninvolved Parent” Claim, Says He Works And She Chills At Home With Nannies

Jesse Williams Slams Aryn Williams’s Complaints The divorce and custody battle between Jesse and estranged wife Aryn Williams is getting pretty nasty. According to TMZ, Jesse filed some court docs to counteract the claims Aryn has made about his fatherhood slipping ever since he bounced to live the single life in Hollywood. If you’ll recall, Aryn is pressing for sole custody of the kids because she claims Jesse has been too busy running the LA streets with his rotation of hoes to be a focused father — even introducing the kids to some of his new women. Meanwhile, she’s at home with the kids every day. Jesse says that Aryn only has the “incredible privilege of being a stay-at-home mom with a full-time nanny” because of the amount of time he spends away from her and the kids. Basically, by requesting full custody because he isn’t around as much, she’s punishing him for providing for her and the kids. He claims that Aryn “micro manages” all the time he gets to spend with their two small children — even refusing to answer his Facetime calls to the children. He says when she DOES answer, she’ll leave the TV on so the kids’ focus isn’t really on their father. Of course, Aryn calls BS on everything he’s saying. SMH. These two are going TO WAR. Things will likely only get messier from here… Splash

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Chris Rock, Ava DuVernay, Killer Mike, And More Mourn The Loss Of Dick Gregory

Chris Rock, Ava DuVernay, Jesse Williams, Killer Mike, and more remember the legendary comedian and Civil Rights activist who died on August 19.

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Jail Bae Hit His Wife With Them Papers Before She Could Hit Him!

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Well dang! https://www.instagram.com/p/BV43EYalh-K/?taken-by=jmeeksofficial After being caught kissing Topshop heiress Chloe Green, prison bae Jeremy Meeks has filed for legal separation from his wife. Meeks is reportedly asking for joint physical and legal custody of their son. From TMZ: “According to new docs filed on Monday … the convict-turned-model is seeking legal separation from Melissa Meeks. The […]

Jail Bae Hit His Wife With Them Papers Before She Could Hit Him!