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LEADING LADIES: NeNe Leakes Set For "Dancing With The Stars"?! + Shonda Rhimes Casts Viola Davis To Lead “How To Get Away With Murder” Pilot!

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"Scandal" producer Shonda Rhimes is making major moves with A-list actress Viola Davis nabbing the lead role in Rhimes' newest production, “How To Get Away With Murder” pilot. 

 

Find out the deets inside, plus NeNe Leakes possibly joining the upcoming slate of contestants on "Dancing With The Stars"…

NeNe Leakes is determined to stay in somebody's spotlight, other than Bravo's and the two now-nixed tv shows she was on.  So, word has it, she's joined ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" for Season 18!

E! Onlinereports that when the new season kicks off March 17th, folks will likely see Mrs. Leakes, along with former "Full House" star Candace Cameron Bure--taking the ballroom dance floor.  Sports reporter Erin Andrews will also be replacing Brooke Burke as a co-host.

ABC refused to confirm, as usual.  But the official announcement will be made March 4th on 'GMA'.  NeNe going for that Mirror Ball trophy will be...interesting.

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And we are about to enter another world of Shondaland with ABC Studios’ newest drama pilot“How To Get Away With Murder” starring Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis as the leading lady.

Shonda Rhimes is executive producing the new show alongside writer Peter Nowalk. The show is described as a sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller. Viola will play a criminal defense professor who gets caught up in a murder plot that could cause drastic consequences for the university and everyone involved.

This is Shonda's second consecutive drama pilot where she has cast an A-list African-American actress in a lead network TV role.  Loves it!

Will you be tuned in?

 

The Randomness:

1.  Rashida Jones is starring in a new TBS comedy series pilot called "Tribeca"...and her real life parents Quincy Jones & Peggy Lipton have been cast as her tv parents.  Cute!  STORY

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