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buzzz worthy. . . (ABC/Ron Tom) TONY GOLDWYN, SCOTT FOLEY, KERRY WASHINGTON By Mona Austin Okay Scandalizers (ooops, LOL!), I mean Gladiators: The season finale of Scandal airs tonight. More lives are in danger. Who will die next?   Lead character Kerry Washington said the finale will be "very shocking."   “The final shot of the episode is not anything I could have imagined weeks before — or the episode before,” she told the Hollywood Reporter.  Election Day has arrived and nothing is off limits as the candidates try to capture votes. Meanwhile, Olivia tries to understand Maya's motives and Charlie makes a very surprising move.  Watch ABC's "Scandal," tonight, THURSDAY, APRIL 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. 

buzzz worthy. . . NEW YORK -- Steve Stoute's acclaimed 2011 book,  The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture that Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy , is now available as an audiobook narrated by  Scandal  star Kerry Washington. A portion of the proceeds from the book, which presents an insider's view of how the transcendent power of popular culture is helping reinvigorate and revitalize the American dream, will go toward Washington's charity, the  President's Committee  on the Arts and the Humanities. The Tanning of America  serves as a pop culture anthology that chronicles the impact of hip-hop on the economy over the last thirty years. Stoute traces how the "tanning" phenomenon raised a generation that has the same mental complexion based on shared experiences and values, rather than the demographic boxes that have been used to a fault by corporate America.  The Tanning of America  provides a translation guide to bridge t...

buzzz worthy. . . 65th PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS NOMINATIONS For Programs airing June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013 Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2013 Emmys.  He received a nominations for hosting  the Tony Awards this year. Wondering how the voting works for the Emmys? There were 54 entries in 101 categories which were voted on by the 16,000 members of the Academy. It's a peer group voting process (i.e., voters vote for writers). Thursday, July 18 – Nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmy® Awards, covering the eligibility period of June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013, were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in the NoHo Arts District, California. Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum presided over the nominations along with Aaron Paul from the AMC drama Breaking Bad, and a surprise appearance by Primetime Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris. This year featured the first ever Emmy nomination...