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Rashida Jones knew she would "never be good enough" to become a music star. The 48-year-old actress is the daughter of actress Peggy Lipton and legendary record producer Quincy Jones - but Rashida has no desire to follow in her dad's footsteps. The Hollywood star said on the 'SmartLess' podcast: "My dad’s a musical genius. That’s like, the last thing I want to do, is try my hand at that. "But I love it. Like, I have a deep ache for music and I just don’t ever feel like I’m good enough to do it. Like I’ll never be good enough to do it, so I just don’t." Rashida has a huge love of music and has ...
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Rashida Jones was bitten by Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee when she was a child. The 'Sunny' actress - whose father Quincy Jones produced the 'Billie Jean' hitmaker's iconic albums 'Off the Wall', 'Bad', and 'Thriller' - had a "traumatic" experience with the late singer's beloved Bubbles after she let him out of his cage and her attempts to stop him causing chaos backfired. Asked her memories of Michael during her childhood, the 48-year-old star told The New Yorker: "He was really young. My dad met him on 'The Wiz'. He was maybe 19. He was like a big kid with lots of animals. "Sorry, I was j...
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Rashida Jones has confirmed she and Ezra Koenig are not married. The 48-year-old actress has been in a relationship with the Vampire Weekend frontman - with whom she has six-year-old son Isaiah - since 2016 and though they often refer to one another as husband and wife, they've never officially tied the knot, but she expects they will eventually. Rashida - who is the daughter of producer Quincy Jones and late model Peggy Lipton - told The New Yorker: "We’re not married. We just kind of call each other that. But we are what we are, in the eyes of God! "My parents only got married when my dad ha...
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Amy Poehler thinks 'Parks and Recreation' suffered from being "mislabelled". The 52-year-old actress - who played Leslie Knope on the hit TV series - believes the series struggled initially because it was mistakenly described as a spin-off of 'The Office'. Amy told The Independent: "In the beginning we were fighting for survival. "We had a really bad launch, in my opinion. We were kind of mislabelled when we first came out, as an 'Office' spin-off, which we were not." Amy is a long-time friend of Rashida Jones, her on-screen co-star, and the actress believes that their real-life friendship rea...
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Drake is dissing marriage as a concept from “ancient times or something”. The five-time Grammy winner, 36, has been linked to a string of A-listers including Rashida Jones, Tyra Banks, Julia Fox, and Rihanna, and has finally revealed why he has never tied the knot. He told ‘The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff’ about his view on marriage: “I don’t know. It seems like a thing of, like, ancient times or something. I think I will eventually. “I don’t know, I don’t think I can offer somebody what they’d be looking for. Just consistency. I think my life, my work is my priority.” Bobbi, 25, jo...
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MSNBC was criticized this week after firing host Tiffany Cross and canceling her show The Cross Connection. Cross, who was one of the network’s rising stars, called the cancellation “surprising.” “I am disheartened to learn of MSNBC’s decision to cancel The Cross Connection, at such a crucial time—four days before the midterm elections,” she wrote in a statement. “From the beginning, we were intentional about centering communities of color, elevating issues and voices often ignored by the mainstream media, and disrupting the echo chambers,” Cross added. Sources reported to Fox News Digital tha...
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Rashida Jones says her father Quincy Jones is her icon. The ‘On the Rocks’ star may be biased, but she doesn’t think there’s anyone better to look up to than her dad, the legendary music producer who has helped create hits for greats like Michael Jackson, Donna Summer and Frank Sinatra. Asked who her Hollywood icon is by Vogue magazine, she said: “My dad, Quincy Jones. “I know it’s biased, but he is an icon and an important part of Hollywood history. He scored about 40 films and he was the first black person to be the musical director and conductor at the Oscars.” Meanwhile, in an age of virtu...
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Laverne Cox has pulled out of a film about sex workers following a backlash. The 'Orange is the New Black' star had been due to executive produce 'Sell/Buy/Date' - a documentary based on Sarah Jones' one-woman show - alongside Meryl Streep and Rashida Jones but the production has faced criticism for potentially contributing to the stigma around sex work. Tagging Laverne in a post, one Twitter user wrote: "Just what the world needs. Another movie where non SWers debate whether sex work is exploitative or empowering. "This project is everything you're supposedly against. Stop trying to tell sw s...
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