Kerry Washington will be featured in the November 2010 issue of “Elle” magazine – also known as the “Women in Hollywood” issue…

For the entire portfolio—including Jodie Foster, Kerry Washington, Diane Keaton, Diane Kruger, and Jessica Chastain—pick up our November issue, on newsstands October 17!

On Elle.com, you can see features on 4 of the women featured – Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank and Sofia Coppola.

Kerry Washington graces the “racey”cover of Essence Magazine’s upcoming “Race In America” issue. Kerry looks beautiful as usual but she does have brains. She was quoted about her take on how she wants her personal race to be outwardly perceived:

“…I don’t want to ignore my Blackness. I just want to get to the point where my racial identity is simply a part of what makes me unique…”

Essence mentions “the goal of this month’s issue is to create a national dialogue on race that will inform, inspire and empower African-American women.”

Kerry Washington, who is starring in Tyler Perry’s upcoming “For Colored Girls” movie, couldn’t be a more interesting choice for this issue. The sexy movie star is a well known serial swirler.

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Kerry Washington, Craig Robinson and David Alan Grier have been cast in the comedy “We the Peeples.”

“Drumline” scribe Tina Gordon Chism wrote the script and will make her directing debut on the project, which starts shooting in Connecticut in November. Lionsgate will release the film.

Robinson (“The Office”) plays a child psychologist who surprises his girlfriend (Washington) by showing up at her political family’s annual get-together at their Sag Harbor vacation home only to find them desperately in need of therapy.

Washington stars in Tyler Perry’s adaptation of “For Colored Girls,” which Lionsgate releases in November. Grier’s recent credits include “Astro Boy” and “Dance Flick.”

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Rodrigo Garcia’s Mother And Child scooped the top prize at the 36th Deauville American Film Festival at the weekend.

The jury, headed by Emmanuelle Beart, chose the drama from a field of 12 films, including eight which premiered in the French seaside resort.

Mother And Child looks at how adoption affects the lives of three women.

Annette Bening plays Karen, who at 14 became pregnant and was forced to give the baby up for adoption.

Thirty-five years later her daughter Elizabeth, played by Australian actress Naomi Watts, is a successful lawyer who tries to trace her biological mother when she falls pregnant.

And Kerry Washington plays Lucy, who sees her dream of adopting a child finally come true.

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According to a report by Variety, Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide” has moved its release date from Martin Luther King Day to November 5. The movie is an adaptation of the 1975 play by Ntozake Shange.

The play incuded a collection of poems performed by women of color-each identified by the hue of her clothes-creates a unified statement about being a woman of color, being alive, and being an American. The work’s tales of love, violence, abortion, rape, and healing are as searing and relevant today as they were thirty years ago.

Also appearing in the film is: Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, and Kimberly Elise.

Anika Noni Rose is best known for her Tony Award winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring roles in the films Dreamgirls and The Princess and the Frog.

From Broadway World