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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…

Kenya Barris and Rashida Jones put a unique and stylish spin on parenting in the newly released trailer for the forthcoming Netflix comedy #blackAF. Barris and Jones star and executive produce the series, which is slated to drop on April 17. Additional cast includes Iman Benson, Genneya Walton, Scarlet Spencer, Justin…

Netflix has rounded out the family cast for #blackexcellence, Kenya Barris’ upcoming comedy series, in which he also stars with Rashida Jones. Barris and Jones will be joined by Genneya Walton (9-1-1, Project Mc²), Iman Benson (Suits, Alexa & Katie), Scarlet Spencer (Cousins for Life, Colony), Justin Claiborne (Marriag…

Quibi continues its recent run on original programming with a series order for Centerpiece, a floral-arrangement docuseries led by floral artist Maurice Harris from executive producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Peter Kline, John Kaplan and Harris also are EPs on the show, which explores the nature of…

When Rashida Jones paid tribute to her father Quincy Jones recently at a Netflix FYSEE event in Hollywood, she assured him there would never be another person like him. "I hope not," the elder Jones cracked. "No, there won't be," Rashida replied. "Don't worry." The occasion for the tribute was a screening of the…

Netflix has ordered Kenya Barris’ single-camera comedy Black Excellence, the first series under the Black-ish creator’s overall deal at the streaming platform. Barris and Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca) will star in the show inspired by Barris’ irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting…

It’s official: There will not be a fifth season for Angie Tribeca, TBS’ cop spoof comedy series created by Nancy and Steve Carell and starring Rashida Jones. There had been persistent chatter that Angie Tribeca was done after it wrapped its fourth (and now final) season in December. A number of cast members already…

In a Tribeca Talks "Storytellers" panel opposite Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj, Rashida Jones weighed in on an accomplished career that has already included a series of standout writing (Celeste & Jesse Forever) and performing (Parks and Recreation, The Office, Angie Tribeca) credits. But Minhaj was most interested in…

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Sound of Silence, Michael Tyburski's debut feature that stars Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones. The pic will get a 2019 theatrical release after it world premiered at Sundance this year. Based on Tyburski’s award-winning 2013 Sundance short Palimpest, the plot centers on a…