Shonda Rhimes: ‘I Haven’t Broken Through Any Glass Ceilings.’ “ Shonda Rhimes, reigning Dartmouth beer pong champion, is the recipient of this year’s Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. The honor, which Rhimes accepted this morning at the Hollywood...

Shonda Rhimes: ‘I Haven’t Broken Through Any Glass Ceilings.’

Shonda Rhimes, reigning Dartmouth beer pong champion, is the recipient of this year’s Sherry Lansing Leadership Award. The honor, which Rhimes accepted this morning at the Hollywood Reporter Women in Hollywood Breakfast, “recognizes a woman who works in the entertainment industry who is a leader, pioneer and philanthropist.” The nod puts Rhimes among pretty esteemed company; previous Lansing winners include Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Halle Berry, and Oprah. You never don’t want to be on a list with Oprah, right?

Well, Rhimes wasn’t so sure. Upon finding out she’d been selected, the Queen of Thursday night pressed for details: why, exactly, had she been chosen? As Rhimes explained in her speech today, “the main thing that it was said was that I was getting the award in recognition of my breaking through the industry’s glass ceiling as a woman and an African-American.”

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