When does Shonda Rhimes sleep?!
Congratulations Cheryl Boone Isaacs! This is worth posting again and again…
HBO’s Fall (Documentary) line up has me considering pay cable.
Orange is a hit! Taylor Schilling isn’t bad luck after all.
Only 1 female? Well, there aren’t any Spike Lee films on his list either.
– KELLY GLOVER
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