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*Rashida Jones has added a new talent to her diverse resume. The 37-year-old “Parks and Recreation” star recently tried her hand at directing, helming Sara Bareilles’ music video for her latest single, “Brave.” The upbeat video (scroll down to watch) has Bareilles and a few fellow dancers cutting a rug in unconventional places, including [...]
*Legendary producer Quincy Jones received a glowing tribute from his daughter Rashida Jones in honor of his 80th birthday, coming on March 14. In the piece for Variety.com, the “Parks and Recreation” star says, “the most important contribution my dad has given this world is the life he lives.” Read the piece in its entirety [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “I didn’t have anybody, really, no foundation in [...]
*“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, [...]
*Music mogul Quincy Jones was honored Tuesday evening at the 2012 Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Awards Ceremony at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Hollywood’s elite showed up to fete Jones for his “exceptional time, energy, and funds to artists and their work.” Among the celebs on hand were Morgan Freeman, BET founder [...]
*Rihanna and Frank Ocean will join Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Green Day, Pink and One Direction in the performance lineup of this year’s Video Music Awards, to be held Sept. 6 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The gig will mark Ocean’s VMA debut after releasing his debut album [...]
*Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), an annual televised fundraising special that airs live across major networks and cable channels, has announced Samuel L. Jackson and Alicia Keys among the bevy of celebrities booked to participate this year. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Jessica Biel, Jeremy Renner, Seth [...]
*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 [...]
*Track star Lolo Jones came up just a hair short of a bronze medal in the Olympics this week, but getting into the 100m hurdles final was a breeze, thanks to her celebrity lookalike Rashida Jones. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] On Monday, the 30-year-old athlete took to Twitter offering thanks to her 36-year-old “Parks [...]
*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 [...]
*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,” [...]
*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 [...]
*Rashida Jones has been cast in the upcoming drama-comedy “Decoding Annie Parker,” joining a cast that includes Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Corey Stoll and Maggie Grace, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The indie project from director Steven Bernstein is based on the true story of geneticist Mary Claire King, who discovered a gene [...]
*GLAAD has corralled a bunch of celebrities, including Shaquille O’Neal and “Parks and Recreation” star Rashida Jones, to speak out against bullying in its new PSA campaign “Amplify Your Voice.” Chaz Bono, “Jersey Shore” star Vinny Guadagnino, Jones’ co-star Amy Poehler, Tori Spelling and husband Dean, Mario Lopez, Dustin Lance Black and the cast of [...]
*”The Big Year” is a big thing for bird watchers and a big event that many dedicate a year of their lives. They go on a cross-country journey to become high scorers in tracking the most varieties of birds. Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson set competitors in “The Big Year.” Among the birders [...]
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