Rashida Jones
Also Known As: Rashida Leah Jones, رشیده جونز
Biography: Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), for which she received critical acclaim. Jones appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002) and as Karen Filippelli on the acclaimed NBC comedy series The Office (2006–2011). From 2016 to 2019, Jones starred as the lead eponymous role in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca. Jones is also known for her roles in such films as I Love You, Man (2009), The Social Network (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), The Muppets (2011), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), which she co-wrote, and Tag (2018). Jones also co-wrote the story of Toy Story 4 (2019). As a filmmaker, she directed the first episode of Hot Girls Wanted, a series that focused on the sex industry. She was also executive producer of the series. In 2018, her documentary Quincy, about her father, Quincy Jones, debuted on Netflix; it won the Grammy Award for Best Music Film in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rashida Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: February 25, 1976
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Gender: Female
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Prop 8: The Musical
Overview: The conflict of the aftermath of Proposition 8 (banning gay marriage in California) is solved by Jesus.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-03
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Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel
Overview: Documentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-07
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Now You Know
Overview: On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-20
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Cop Out
Overview: Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time and without any backup—except for each other.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-26
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Death of a Dynasty
Overview: A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-07
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The Ten
Overview: Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-03
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If These Walls Could Talk 2
Overview: The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-05
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In the Blink of an Eye
Overview: An epic sci-fi drama exploring the history of the world and the nature of life, love, hope, and connection, doing so by focusing on three intersecting storylines.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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Little Black Book
Overview: Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an upcoming show. But what she learns only adds to her confusion, and her plans begin to unravel when she befriends one of the women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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Fight for Your Right Revisited
Overview: Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-22
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The Social Network
Overview: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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I Love You, Man
Overview: Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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Life in Flight
Overview: A successful New York architect with a beautiful wife and an adoring young son is forced to reevaluate his outwardly idyllic life after a chance meeting with an urban designer reveals the cracks in the foundation of his paradise.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-30
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Monogamy
Overview: Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly takes an unexpected turn - and creates a rift with his fiancée - when he’s hired by a provocative mystery woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-24
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The Big Year
Overview: Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-13
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Finding Joe
Overview: Finding Joe is an exploration of the studies of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and of their continuing influence on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields—interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids—the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed "the hero’s journey": the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Celeste & Jesse Forever
Overview: Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple – she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding novelist; he, a free spirit who keeps things from getting boring. Their only problem is that they have decided to get divorced. Can their perfect relationship withstand this minor setback?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-03
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Our Idiot Brother
Overview: Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-26
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East of A
Overview: An aspiring singer, a troubled rich boy, and an ex-seminarian share an apartment in the East Village in this story dealing with AIDS, sexuality, and living in NYC of the late '80s.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Overview: VH-1 celebrates Rocky Horror's 25th Anniversary with a Celebrity Karaoke special at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-30
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Cuban Fury
Overview: Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-14
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Decoding Annie Parker
Overview: The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-02
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
Overview: A live stand-up comedy and music gig to celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-04
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The Muppets
Overview: When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-22
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Full Frontal
Overview: A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Inside Out
Overview: When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-17
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Overview: After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is left looking for answers as to what went wrong.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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A Very Murray Christmas
Overview: Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a massive snowstorm in New York City. Through luck and perseverance, guests arrive at Gotham’s Carlyle Hotel to help him — dancing and singing in holiday spirit.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-04
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Zoe
Overview: Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-19
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Don't Come Back from the Moon
Overview: The men of a small town on the edge of nowhere mysteriously disappear, one by one, leaving women and children behind to fend for themselves in a desolate and dreamlike world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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Tag
Overview: For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming...and he’s ready.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-30
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Myth America
Overview: A story about Generation X-ers growing up in Manhattan.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-03
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Klaus
Overview: When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Overview: This feature-length documentary about the making of "The Social Network" goes back and forth from the elements of storytelling and long rehearsals with the cast and crew, to the shooting itself capturing the extreme attention to detail, filming locations such as Boston and LA, and David Fincher's filmmaking process.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-11
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Quincy
Overview: An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-09
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The Grinch
Overview: The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-08
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This Changes Everything
Overview: An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-28
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Spies in Disguise
Overview: Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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Zoolander: Super Model
Overview: Ridiculously good-looking superheroes Derek Zoolander and Hansel defend people from the dark forces of the fashion world.
Genres: Animation Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-01
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The Sound of Silence
Overview: A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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On the Rocks
Overview: Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Overview: Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-20
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Friends with Benefits
Overview: Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-21
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Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Overview: “Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones,” is a star-studded evening that celebrates the life and legacy of the icon. In celebration of such a legendary figure, some of the biggest stars came to share in on the celebration. Performers such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Brian McKnight, John Legend, Gloria Estefan, Fantasia, Charlie Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, Ne-Yo, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Patti Austin, Yolanda Adams, Ledisi, and Cynthia Erivo all hit the stage to pay tribute to Quincy Jones by performing his classic works. Additionally, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Danny Glover, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, LL Cool J, Rashida Jones, and Ludacris shared their personal stories of how Quincy has impacted them throughout the years. The special was taped in September at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-09
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A Parks and Recreation Special
Overview: Pawnee's most dedicated civil servant, Leslie Knope, is determined to stay connected to her friends in a time of social distancing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-30
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The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
Overview: As a lead-in to the highly anticipated special that brings back one of the most admired comedies in TV history, NBC and The Paley Center for Media collaborated on The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-30
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Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
Overview: The holidays take a hit as Kaz juggles the Secret Santa competition, his Aunt Angelique's visit and his nemesis Arcangelo's Christmas plotting.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Mark Ronson: From the Heart
Overview: Mark Ronson, hit songwriter and producer openly discusses his life and musical influences. With interviews from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Broadcast on National Album Day.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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Family Feud
Overview: Jay-Z aims to unite the new and older generations of rap fans, while also reflecting on his own infidelity.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-04
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