Posts with tag quincy jones
Posted Apr 30th 2007 12:31PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Contestants, Performances, Host, News and Gossip
If you somehow found yourself feeling unsatisfied after last week's inspirational "Idol Gives Back" smorgasbord, you can always head over to iTunes for a second helping.
For a limited time, iTunes is offering video and audio versions of the performances as well as some exclusive content that wasn't televised during the original air date.
While you can expect to pay a nominal fee for everything you download, all proceeds will be distributed to relief organizations within the U.S. and Africa via the Charity Projects Entertainment Fund.
Although "Idol Gives Back" has already brought in $60 million in donations, it's nice to see some ancillary methods like this iTunes arrangement continuing to bring even more money to the charitable cause.
Check out the American Idol official Fox Site for more details.
Posted Apr 25th 2007 3:04PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Celebrities, Performances, News and Gossip

We're halfway through
American Idol's self-proclaimed "historic" charity event.
Last night, News Corp donated 10 cents for every call received (up to 50 million calls).
Tonight, a bunch of celebrities (including Ellen DeGeneres, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, and a mystery duet) will take to the stage to entertain America and raise even more money and awareness.
And before one of the
Idol finalists gets booted,
the kids will perform a special anthem -- "American Prayer" -- written by Bono and Dave Stewart about the AIDS emergency in Africa.
Continue reading Idol contestants to perform anthem written by Bono
Posted Dec 14th 2006 1:10PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: In the Limelight, The Office, Celebrities

If the previews are correct, it looks like tonight's new episode of
The Office will officially kick off the Pam vs. Karen battle. Some of you who favor Pam may look at Karen and say, "Who is this chick?!?" First of all, don't call her a chick. Second of all, I thought this was an ideal time to meet Rashida Jones, the actress who plays Karen on
The Office.
Rashida Jones has some pretty amazing genes. She is the daughter of legendary music producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. Yeah, I know. I'm jealous, too. So, of course this beautiful woman (named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful in 2002) can both act and sing. And she's some sort of piano genius who could play classical concerts at the age of five. She is one of the back-up singers on three songs by Maroon 5's breakthrough album,
Songs About Jane. And she's wicked smart, graduating Harvard University in 1997. And, even though I haven't seen it, she apparently does a great job of putting Tupac Shakur in his place during an interview in the documentary
Thug Angel (Life of an Outlaw). She didn't like some things Tupac had to say about her famous dad.
Continue reading Rashida Jones: In the Limelight
Posted Jun 2nd 2006 10:07AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, The Five, Music and Variety

When I learned about the
Seinfeld tidbit that they tried to add nonsense lyrics to the theme but failed, I started thinking about theme songs over the years that stick in your head despite the fact that they're presented without lyrics. There are more shows than you think that fit into that category, and they're not all one-hour dramas (where most lyric-less theme songs can be found). Adam put up
a list of them in December. But there are particular ones that have adhered themselves to my cerebral cortex to the point where I probably hum them in my sleep:
(Click on the name of the show to hear a sound clip from each theme)
Continue reading The Five: Instrumental TV theme songs that haunt my dreams