Actor/Director Denzel Washington to direct "Sounds of Silence" episode of Grey's Anatomy

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is set to direct an upcoming episode of Grey's Anatomy. TVLine reports that Washington will helm the ninth episode of the show's current 12th season. The website said this will be Washington's first time to direct for television, but he already directed two films, Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters.

Uber producer, Shonda Rhimes, is at it again, fiercely defending people's rights to just be.

The Scandal and Grey's Anatomy creator shot down a Twitter user who complained about "gay scenes" on her shows, including those on the new hit, How to Get Away With Murder. In case you didn't know, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder both feature gay male characters in the regular cast.

Dina Abdel Hakiem tweeted:

Rhimes responded with a series of tweets including one that says in part, #onelove. At least in Shondaland.

Perhaps, Rhimes' "no assholes" policy extends to her fans as well.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, we see that super producer, Shonda Rhimes, now runs a tight ship.

The Scandal creator and executive producer admits she learned some valuable lessons from working with Katherine Heigl when she starred on Grey's Anatomy several years back (Heigl famously withdrew her name from 2008 Emmys consideration and she also picked a public fight with Isaiah Washington over his reported treatment of cast-mate, T.R. Knight).

Rhimes told the entertainment magazine: "There are no Heigls in this situation".

She adds later of her "no assholes" policy: "I don't put up with bullshit or nasty people. I don't have time for it."