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Shonda Rhimes Responds to Complaint About 'Gay Scenes' In Her Shows

Scandal and Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes took a fan to task on Twitter Sunday afternoon (October 19), after they pointed out that they didn't appreciate certain parts of her shows. "The gay scenes in "Scandal' and 'How to Get Away with Murder' are too much," the user writes. "There is no point and they add nothing to the plot." Like only Shonda can, she fired back a trio of tweets. "There are no GAY scenes. There are scenes with people in them," she replies. "If you are suddenly discovering that Shondaland shows have scenes involving people who are gay, you are LATE TO THE PARTY. If u use the phrase 'gay scenes,' u are not only LATE to the party but also NOT INVITED to the party. Bye Felicia. #oneLOVE" Shortly after setting the matter straight, Rhimes took her leave from Twitter to go back to the "Grey's Anatomy" script notes she was working on and all was calm once again in Shondala...

News Brief: Lucy Lawless, 'Friends' Reunion on Kimmel, 'Full House' Reboot, Kathryn Prescott, Shonda Rhimes

* Marvel has released the first image of Lucy Lawless as Agent Isabelle Hartley in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 premiere. * Despite all the pieces heralding this as a golden age of television, the Emmys — or more accurately, those who mounted and attended them — still haven’t gotten over their infatuation with movie stars, or retired their age-old inferiority complex . Not only does this fly in the face of history — movie stars aren’t exactly a new feature of Emmy voting — but it does a general disservice to those who have rightfully garnered praise for their television work. * Grey's Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes is set to make her acting debut in a fall episode of The Mindy Project . * Visit the sets of this year’s Emmy Award nominees on Google Maps. * Finding Carter star Kathryn Prescott has joined CBS' upcoming miniseries The Dovekeepers , playing a teenaged tomboy named Aziza. Blessed with expert archery skills, Aziza disguises herself in...

Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington & Viola Davis Talk 'Shondaland Thursday' with Shonda Rhimes (Video)

To hype its newly christened "Shondaland Thursday," ABC has released an extended promo that features Shonda Rhimes chatting with Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo, Scandal's Kerry Washington and How to Get Away with Murder's Viola Davis about their historic one-two-three punch — which launches Thursday, September 25. Watch below:

Watch the Trailer for Shonda Rhimes New ABC Drama 'How To Get Away With Murder'

How to Get Away with Murder will air on Thursday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC this fall. The brilliant, charismatic and seductive Professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) gets entangled with four law students from her class, How to Get Away with Murder . Little do they know that they will have to apply what they learned to real life, in this masterful, sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, executive producers of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal . Watch the trailer below: