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NEWS ABOUT: Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington stories: 5 news summaries

Americans Use DNA Tests 
to Trace African Roots

Obama's rise could accelerate trend



Feb 18, 09 12:01 PM CST
(Newser) - As a kid, Isaiah Washington only knew Africans as the “natives running around with bones in their noses” on TV, “trying to put Tarzan in a pot.” Now, the former Grey’s Anatomy actor is chieftain of a village in Sierra Leone, thanks to a DNA... More »

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Africa • African Americans • DNA • Isaiah Washington • ancestry • geneology

 Stars Come Out for Obama

Fete raises $200K with $2,300 tix

Aug 22, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - With $2,300 checks, celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Lucy Liu, and Isaiah Washington showed their support for Barack Obama last night at a swanky Beverly Hills shindig, the AP reports. The Black and White Gala raised $200,000 for the Obama campaign from the deep pocketbooks of the likes of... More »

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Los Angeles • Isaiah Washington • celebrity • Obama 2008 • fundraiser • Jamie Foxx • endorsement • Barack Obama supporters • Lucy Liu

Muslims See Hypocrisy on Hate Speech

Radio host's slur
seen as evidence of
US double standard

Dec 4, 07 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - After radio host Michael Savage took potshots at Islam, the relatively muted response has left Muslim Americans with a question: Where's the outrage? A handful of advertisers have pulled out, but the reaction is nowhere near as strong as it was, say, when Don Imus made an anti-black slur, the... More »

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Don Imus • Muslim Americans • Isaiah Washington • James Watson • American Muslims • Michael Savage • hate speech

Axed Isaiah Washington Lands New Job

Turns in scrubs for role in new Bionic Woman

Jul 17, 07 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Isaiah Washington, fired from hit ABC-TV series Grey's Anatomy for an anti-gay slur, has landed a new role at rival NBC, the Los Angeles Times reports. Washington, who played brilliant surgeon Preston Burke, will hang up his scrubs for a lab coat in at least six episodes of a... More »

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Isaiah Washington • gay slur

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

'Saddened' by firing, Washington won't rule out returning to ABC hit—for a cameo

Jun 14, 07 10:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isaiah Washington "can only apologize so many times" for the behavior that prompted his dismissal from ABC's hit series "Grey's Anatomy," the actor tells Entertainment Weekly in his first post-firing interview. But contrition evidently wasn't enough to save his job: The network couldn't justify the risk of... More »

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entertainment • television • gay rights • Hollywood • ABC • Isaiah Washington • Grey's Anatomy • black community

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