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Anita Hill speaks out about sexual harassment in Washington
WASHINGTON – Anita Hill said Sunday some strides have been made in believing women since she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, but Washington is still too entrenched...
My threesome with Clarence Thomas
A former gal pal of Clarence Thomas said the future Supreme Court justice was a manscaping maven with an impeccable scent during their ménage-à-trois days. “He mostly always smelled like...
Kerry Washington on Anita Hill: 'I don’t know if I would be able to do what she did'
Kerry Washington was 14 years old in the fall of 1991 when Anita Hill, a little-known law professor at the University of Oklahoma, was thrust into the national spotlight. Hill...
Wendell Pierce takes on the 'enigma' of Justice Clarence Thomas
Confirmation Saturday, 9 p.m., HBO The HBO film “Confirmation” takes a close look at the lurid media circus that surrounded the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings, which emboldened women to fight...
Kerry Washington channels Anita Hill in 'Confirmation'
Kerry Washington’s transformation into Anita Hill? It’s handled. The “Scandal” star trades Olivia Pope’s white pants suit for an oversized plaid blazer in this first look at her as the...
Greg Kinnear is Biden time on HBO
HBO’s Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas biopic “Confirmation” has added several more stars — including Greg Kinnear as then-Sen. Joe Biden. The current US vice president was chairman of the Senate Judiciary...
Here comes the judge: Wendell Pierce to play Clarence Thomas in HBO movie
Charismatic character actor Wendell Pierce (“Treme”) has just been cast as Clarence Thomas in the HBO movie “Confirmation.” Pierce will co-star with “Scandal” star Kerry Washington, who is playing Anita...
'Murder' star Viola Davis to star as abolitionist Harriet Tubman in HBO miniseries
Viola Davis, who came to television to do the kind of meaty roles she was not being given in Hollywood films, launched a hit series this year, ABC’s “How To...
Kerry Washington to star as Anita Hill in HBO flick
“Scandal” star Kerry Washington will tackle another DC-insider role — this time as whistleblower Anita Hill. Washington, who stars as Beltway fixer Olivia Pope on ABC’s “Scandal,” will play Hill...
Anita Hill documentary fails to break new ground
Few minds are likely to be changed by “Anita,” a documentary about the woman who nearly derailed a Supreme Court nomination while galvanizing the country with charges of sexual harassment....