May 18, 2013

Rashida Jones Inks Writing Deal with Warner Bros. TV

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*“Parks & Recreation” co-star Rashida Jones and her writing partner, fellow actor-writer Will McCormack, have signed their first TV pod deal — a two-year pact with Warner Bros. Television, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Under the agreement, the two will develop, write and produce comedy and drama projects for broadcast and cable. McCormack and Jones, [...]




Rashida Jones Apologizes for Urging John Travolta to ‘Come Out’

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*Rashida Jones has apologized for suggesting that John Travolta is gay during an interview on website SpinningPlatters.com. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The actress was plugging her new movie “Celeste and Jesse Forever” with her co-star Will McCormack when the subject of singer Frank Ocean and his admission to being gay came up. ‘”There needs [...]




Rashida Jones on New Film; Being Bi-Racial in Hollywood: ‘I Don’t Have Any Issues with My Identity’ (Audio)

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  *For anyone who has ever had a hard time letting go of a relationship –Rashida Jones has a movie you can relate to. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” co-written by Jones and Will McCormack, tells the story of a divorcing Los Angeles couple – longtime best friends and former high [...]




Quincy Jones Nearly Outshines Daughter Rashida at Sundance

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*The Sundance Film Festival has been hopping with excitement, especially with premiere film “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” starring Rashida Jones. But critics and fans were hailing her father, Quincy Jones, nearly upstaging the actress at the reveal. “He’s what he is and he will always be and has always been, way before I was here,” [...]




Sundance Nabs Films from Rashida Jones, Spike Lee, Ice T

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*Director Spike Lee, actress Rashida Jones and rapper/actor Ice T all have works  in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Monday. Lee has directed “Red Hook Summer” from a screenplay he wrote with James McBride about a young Atlanta boy who spends his summer in Brooklyn with the grandfather he’s never met. Festival director [...]