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Rashida Jones, who took the helm of MSNBC on Monday, unveiled a new organizational structure that puts greater emphasis on the difference between breaking news programming, and analysis and opinion shows. Jones also said that the network, seeking to expand longform content, would be adding a head of documentary…

The unity of purpose and human resilience created by the pandemic’s requirements will be on display during the Super Bowl in Bigger Picture, a film segment produced by Budweiser in place of its usual in-game ads and narrated by Rashida Jones. The clip marks the first time in 37 years Budweiser, a major in-game sponsor…

EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 17 years after Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation earned her the Original Screenplay Oscar, she returns to writing and directing duties with that film’s star Bill Murray for On the Rocks, a New York-set dramedy starring Murray and Rashida Jones. The first film partnership between Apple Original…

Laverne Cox announced on Wednesday that she will no longer be involved in Sarah Jones’ upcoming sex industry documentary, Sell/Buy/Date, following backlash on social media. “I am not in an emotional place to deal with the outrage by some around my participation in this project. So I have decided to pull out,” she…

Sarah Jones is about to take a look at the world of the sex industry from a different angle. The Tony Award winner is set to make her feature directorial debut with the documentary Sell/Buy/Date which is based on her 2016 Off Broadway stage production of the same name. The docu explores how the sex industry sits at…

Rashida Jones will succeed Phil Griffin as president of MSNBC, the network announced Monday. Cesar Conde, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, said in a memo to staffers that Griffin will retire early next year and Jones will become president on February 1. “After the presidential election, Phil and I spoke about…

The New York Film Festival may have opened last week with the first part of Steve McQueen’s new series of films for Amazon, but with tonight’s world premiere of Sofia Coppola’s dazzling new comedy On the Rocks, it feels like the fest really has something to shout about. Maybe it has been because 2020 is such a…

In Apple and A24’s first trailer for Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks, we get to see Bill Murray and Rashida Jones go on a very interesting adventure through New York while bonding as father and daughter under very interesting circumstances. As seen in the trailer, Jones plays Laura, a model mother and wife who thinks she…

The forthcoming Season 2 of Fox animated series Duncanville has upped Rashida Jones, Multi-platinum selling recording artist Wiz Khalifa, and Joy Osmanski to series regulars. The series, created by Mike Scully, Julie Scully and Amy Poehler, is currently in production of its sophomore season, slated to premiere in…

Kenya Barris' #blackAF is returning for a second season at Netflix. The Black-ish creator will once again play an exaggerated version of himself, with Rashida Jones as his wife Joya, in the comedy. Barris is a busy fella; the renewal comes days after Deadline revealed that he was teaming up with Happy singer Pharrell…

In what may be the first prerequisite comedy of this stay-at-home time, Kenya Barris' #blackAF is funny AF. A bit of a self-generated therapy session in motion, the eight-episode meta-sitcom co-starring Rashida Jones and launching April 17 on Netflix is also often extremely self-aware and self-deprecating about…

MSNBC announced a big change in its executive ranks on Tuesday: Rashida Jones is taking on another role, leading MSNBC’s daytime programming while retaining her role as SVP Specials for NBC News and MSNBC. NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack and MSNBC President Phil Griffin made the announcement in a memo to employees…