Rashida Jones
‘Sunny’ Creator Talks “Bonkers” Upcoming Episodes and How the Sci-Fi Drama Changed Her Views on AI
The timing of Apple TV+’s recently launched sci-fi drama series Sunny was doubly fortuitous. The show stars Rashida Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As a “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of […]
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Rashida Jones Weighs in on Nepo Baby Debate, Calls Fame “Pretty Poisonous”
Rashida Jones learned a lot from her famous parents. The actress reflected this week on growing up with Hollywood-connected parents, saying, “more people go into the family business than they don’t.” “I had parents who were in the public eye, but they were extremely protective of us,” Jones, the daughter of music producer Quincy Jones […]
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‘Sunny’ Review: Rashida Jones in Apple TV+’s Sleek, Sporadically Involving Sci-Fi Drama
The actress plays an American expat in Japan who is gifted a domestic robot after losing her family in a plane crash.
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Kirsten Dunst Busts a Move to Maya Rudolph’s Band Princess at Chanel and Sofia Coppola’s ‘Archive’ Party
Sofia Coppola took a seat at New York’s Bookmarc on Sunday to sign copies of her first book, Sofia Coppola Archive: 1999-2023. The event inspired hundreds to hit the sidewalk and queue up for hours in a line that snaked through the West Village streets while fans waited for their chance to meet the filmmaker […]
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‘The Other Black Girl’ Review: Hulu’s Wildly Entertaining Satirical Look at the Publishing World
The adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris' novel follows an aspiring editor who's thrilled to no longer be the only Black woman at work after a new co-worker arrives — until odd things begin to occur.
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‘The Other Black Girl’ Author on Adapting Her Novel for a Post-2020 World
When The Other Black Girl hit bookshelves June 1, 2021, it was already a phenomenon. The manuscript went through a 14-way auction, eventually landing at Atria for a seven-figure deal — and an adaptation was already in the works at Hulu after a similarly competitive bidding war. The novel became an instant New York Times best-seller. […]
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Sinclair Daniel Gets Paranoid in Sinister ‘The Other Black Girl’ Trailer
Sinclair Daniel gets rightly paranoid about her workplace as she faces a series of sinister events in the debut trailer for Hulu’s psychological thriller The Other Black Girl, set for a streaming release on Sept. 13. The original series, from Onyx Collective and based on Zakiya Dalila Harris’ 2021 best-selling novel, revolves around Nella Rogers […]
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‘Silo’ Review: Rebecca Ferguson in Apple TV+’s Intermittently Gripping Sci-Fi Series
Graham Yost's adaptation of Hugh Howey's books features Ferguson as a mechanic looking for answers about her dystopian society, with David Oyelowo, Rashida Jones, Tim Robbins and Common in supporting roles.
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Rashida Jones, Will McCormack Ink First-Look Deal at Lionsgate TV
Producing partners Rashida Jones and Will McCormack are teaming up with Lionsgate Television. The duo’s Le Train Train company has signed a first-look deal with Lionsgate, under which they’ll produce scripted programming for a range of platforms. The first project for Jones and McCormack is an adaptation of the British romantic comedy Lovesick, in which […]
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Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo Board Apple TV Drama ‘Wool’
Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo are putting on Wool for Apple. The duo has joined the cast of the forthcoming TV series from Justified‘s Graham Yost that is based on the book by Hugh Howey. Picked up straight to series in May, Wool is set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant […]
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ViacomCBS Launches BET Studios With Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
ViacomCBS is formally launching BET Studios, which will offer Black creatives an equity stake and a place to produce for outlets within and outside the media conglomerate. Kenya Barris — who left a nine-figure Netflix deal for a stake in the venture — Rashida Jones and SWAT co-creator Aaron Rahsaan Thomas will be principal partners […]
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Toronto: MSNBC Head Rashida Jones Says “Our Innocence Was Under Attack” on 9/11
Sept. 11, 2001, was the day that America lost its innocence, says Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC, who covered that fateful day two decades ago as a 20-year-old college student working as a full-time morning show producer at WTKR, a local TV station in Norfolk, Virginia. “We didn’t know how innocent we were as a […]
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