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Kerry Washington has defended Eva Longoria after claims she had been dismissive toward Black women. The 43-year-old actress has backed her friend after the backlash, which came in response to comments she made on MSNBC over the weekend discussing the impact of Latinas on the 2020 presidential election. Longoria said at the time: “The women…

In an effort to encourage Americans to complete the 2020 Census and be civically engaged in the 2020 U.S. Election, Black celebrities joined forces and participated in “Zoom Where It Happens.” “Zoom Where It Happens” featured live table reads of classic sitcoms reimagined and followed up with serious conversations about the importance of completing the…

Kerry Washington is suffering from “a lot of anxiety and stress.” The “Scandal” alum opened up on her current mental health status on Twitter, where she responded to a fan who questioned why she always seems to tweet in the early hours of the morning. She wrote: “I’m having a hard time sleeping. Lot of…

Kerry Washington, an award-winning and multimillionaire actress, admits she has a “very real fear” of playing with her kids in her own neighborhood for fear that White people will call the cops on her. Washington made the sobering admission on former ESPN sports reporter Jemele Hill’s podcast “Unbothered” that will air on Monday, Sept. 21,…

Millions of “Scandal” devotees felt some kind of way that the franchise star, Kerry Washington, never took home an Emmy Award for her riveting portrayal of a Washington insider for seven seasons. Though she never won for the blockbuster political thriller, Washington finally won her first Emmy Award as an executive producer for ABC’s Live…

As the global pandemic continues, the 2020 Roots Picnic has announced it’s going to host its celebration virtually this year. Although the annual music festival started by the iconic hip-hop group The Roots is typically a highlight of the summertime in Philadelphia, the event will still be impactful. While the event will remain rooted in…

Kerry Washington plans to change how her kids learn about Black history. The 43-year-old actress has revealed she’s holding open conversations at home amid anti-racism protests in the US and elsewhere around the world. Appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Kerry shared: “There’s a lot of posts about privilege [that look] like discovering that racism exists…

Lexi Underwood Little Fires Everywhere

Lexi Underwood stars as Pearl Warren on the new Hulu series “Little Fires Everywhere.” After her first big break as young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway, Washington, D.C., native relocated with her family to Los Angeles. With appearances on Disney channel’s “Walk the Prank” and Netflix’s “Family Reunion,” she is hardly an overnight…

Kerry Washington thinks a “level of self-care and calm is important” amid the coronavirus outbreak. The 43-year-old actress is concerned about the global health crisis but also insists she is trying to remain as calm as possible under the circumstances. “It’s a time where we all have to strike a tricky balance between making sure that we…

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, was the biggest voting day of the election season so far. American citizens in 14 states and one U.S. territory cast their votes for one of the four remaining Democratic presidential candidates: Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. With the state of California becoming a part of the…

Kerry Washington has claimed that there is an “imbalance of power” within the movie industry. The 43-year-old actress has appeared in movies such as Django Unchained and stars alongside Reese Witherspoon in web drama “Little Fires Everywhere” and reveals that she had bonded with colleagues over the lack of females on set in productions. Washington…

Based on Michelle Obama’s all-time bestseller Becoming and her place as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, she has no problem getting young people to listen to her and follow her lead. The former first lady, 56, used her prom photos to inspire student voting with the #PromChallenge hashtag. “Throwing it back to…

Kerry Washington received one of the “biggest gifts of [her] life” thanks to the Time’s Up movement. The 43-year-old actress thinks the campaign to call a halt to sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in Hollywood has brought women in the profession together instead of pitting them against one another. She said: “One of the biggest…

Kerry Washington has opened up about her new Netflix movie, “American Son.” The 42-year-old actress — who has a son and daughter with husband Nnamdi Asomugha — is concerned about her children because of “police violence” and she insisted victims can’t be allowed to just become “statistics.” “I think we’re at a moment where police violence…

Kerry Washington felt like an outsider during her school years. The 42-year-old actress attended Spence School, an all-girls private school in New York City, during her youth, and Washington found the experience to be an “absolute culture shock.” “We were rich in the Bronx because we had like two cars and a dishwasher and a microwave,” Washington…

Four Netflix features to watch are closing out 2019 with Hollywood’s elite. In addition to legends Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, Kerry Washington, and Robert Deniro lead all-star casts. Here are four Netflix features to watch and closeout 2019 with a bang. “Arsenio Hall: Smart & Classy” A comedy special starring Arsenio Hall Longtime comic…

A flood of emotions washed over Tyler Perry when he was officially given his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Los Angeles. This happened about 25 years after he found himself homeless in Atlanta with nothing to his name but a dream in the early 1990s. Today, Perry…

Kerry Washington has shared her personal contact information online. The “Scandal” star posted her digits on her social media accounts and asked her fans to contact her as she misses chatting with them on Thursdays. View this post on Instagram TEXT ME 😍😱😃 A post shared by Kerry Washington (@kerrywashington) on Aug 29, 2019 at…

The “Scandal” actress — who has Isabelle, 4, and Caleb, 2, with husband Nnamdi Asomugha — believes it is her job to “grow and evolve” into being the right sort of parent to fit with the needs of her kids and is constantly “challenging” herself to support them. “My children are my teachers,” she said. “There’s a…