Reliable Source: Kerry Washington tackles a new scandal. This time as Anita Hill in HBO film 'Confirmation.'

Kerry Washington has gone from fixing fictional Washington scandals as the always-unflappable Olivia Pope on "Scandal" to tackling a real-life Washington headline. The actress has signed on to portray Anita Hill in HBO's "Confirmation,"which will depict Hill's bombshell testimony during the 1991 Clarence Thomas supreme court nomination hearings, according to the Hollywood Reporter.