Rashida Jones Is Working On a Show About Manicurists and Organized Crime for TNT
Your favorite Parks and Recreation angel Rashida Jones is executive-producing a TNT series called Claws that’s based in a nail salon and all about “female badness.”
NBC Orders Pilots From Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones
Amy Poehler and Rashida Jones, who both starred on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, are returning to the network with two new comedies. According to the Hollywood Reporter, NBC has ordered pilots for two shows executively produced by both women.
Rashida Jones Dropped a 90s-Style Video For Her Single, 'Flip and Rewind'
Here’s Rashida Jones’ video for her new single, “Flip and Rewind.” The video, which includes cameos from Jermaine Dupri and Tevin Campbell (among others), is a journey through notable 90s hip-hop and R&B videos. There are references to TLC and Boyz to Men, and Jones apparently used her own high- school dance crew in…
Rashida Jones' New Show Angie Tribeca Is True Detective with a Sense of Humor
A gravel-voiced female troubadour warbles nonsense words as detectives exchange intense glances, a SWAT team ambushes a crime scene, and a dog—nothing out of the ordinary here—drives a car. No, these aren’t scenes from season three of True Detective. It’s the trailer for the new cop comedy Angie Tribeca, starring…
Trump Marital Rape Claim 'Totally Without Merit,' Says Ivana Trump
Recently, the Daily Beast—citing Harry Hurt III’s Donald Trump biography Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump—unearthed a courtroom deposition by Ivana Trump, Trump’s ex wife, describing a rape that occurred during the couple’s marriage in the early nineties. Immediately prior to the release of Lost Tycoon …
In Hot Girls Wanted, Porn Isn't 'Ruining' Women. Exploitative Labor Is.
Hot Girls Wanted, the newish documentary produced by actress Rashida Jones, is making headlines and earning some rave reviews—as well as getting panned by people in the adult industry and advocates for sex workers—for its depiction of one tiny sliver of the wide world of porn, a fly-by-night talent agency called…
Rashida Jones Says Porn Is 'Fulfilling a Male Fantasy'
Rashida Jones doesn't think women are deriving pleasure from amateur porn. "It's performative, women aren't feeling joy from it," Jones said last week on a panel at Sundance while promoting Hot Girls Wanted, a documentary she produced on the amateur porn industry. "This would be a whole different conversation if women…
Rashida Jones Corrects Dum-Dum Reporter: 'I'm Ethnic'
On Sunday night on the SAG Awards red carpet, Rashida Jones—star of Parks and Recreation and the upcoming procedural comedy Angie Tribeca—was unlucky enough to encounter what might be the dumbest pair of TV presenters of all time. (Your move, Ryan and Giuliana.)
Parks & Rec Supercut of April Insulting Ann Is a Tribute to Frenemies
Parks & Rec fans know that in life, some days we're the April, while other days we're the Ann.
Rashida Jones Is Your New Relationship Advice 'Expert'
Rashida Jones and Zosia Mamet are joining Glamour as monthly contributors. While I'm excited — I like Jones and Mamet is fine on Girls — Jones' column will be about relationships. Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive said in a statement that Rashida will be offering a "one-of-a-kind—a smart graphic-novel-style treatment of the…
Rashida Jones' New Show Is About the 'Dangerous' Lives of Manicurists
If you've ever sat in your apartment wondering, 'What is my nail technician doing right now?' Rashida Jones has your back. Jones and her writing partner Will McCormack have sold a new show to HBO called Claws and it depicts a "midnight-dark workplace dramedy-noir about a nail salon in Florida and the strange,…
Rashida Jones Still Sick of Half-Naked Gyrating Pop Stars
Rashida Jones has penned an essay for Glamour in which she defends and expands upon some of the ideas expressed in her controversial #stopactinglikewhores Tweet session:
Rashida Jones Sings an Ode to Stuffing and It Is Damn Tasty
She loves stuffing, and she wants you to stuff her bird. NOT LIKE THAT, PERVS. (Okay, maybe like that, pervs.)
Justin Bieber Touched a Stripper's Butt with His Wizard Fingers
Yesterday, we all learned that Justin Bieber isn't just an incredibly rich and expertly-coiffed pop star — he's also magic. How else can one explain the spell he cast over a Texas stripper when, during his Friday-night gamboling, he touched her on the butt?
The Beginning of the End? Rob Lowe, Rashida Jones Ditch Parks and Rec
Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones will be leaving Parks and Rec during the 13th episode of the upcoming sixth season, executive producer Mike Schur has confirmed — because their characters are maybe, probably, having that baby they were talking about at the end of last season.
Rashida Jones' Red Carpet Outfit Is the Cat's Pajamas
Remember when Marc Jacobs showed nighties and pajamas in both his own collection and the Louis Vuitton runway show? Pajama chic is so hot right now. This ensemble is by Erdem, and looks super comfy.
That One Time 15-Year-Old Rashida Jones Was in Sassy
Rashida Jones posed with her older sister Kidada for the February 1992 issue of Sassy. Wait, is the very first line "Kidada is a homegirl, and way relaxed"?? Amazing. They really do capture what it's like to be teenage sisters — one second you're singing along to Casey Kasem's Top 40 and the next you're cutting up her…
Rashida Jones for Pope!
In today's Tweet Beat, Rashida Jones considers throwing her (ideally very tall) hat in the ring for Pope, Patton Oswalt sullies Little House, Aaron Paul and Simon Pegg are in love and Seth MacFarland threatens more parts of the Oscars.
Rashida Jones — Brilliant Woman of Color — Inks TV Deal
Rashida Jones and her writing partner, Will McCormack, made a splash last year with the screenplay for feature film Celeste & Jesse Forever. Now, according to the Hollywood Reporter, they've just signed a television contract:
