Other works: Fight For Your Right Revisited Video

UPDATE: A 5 minute music video version has been released.

"You wish, turkeys."

LINK: The full 30-minute short film is also up on Youtube

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A trailer for the Beastie Boys' short film-slash-music video Fight For Your Right Revisited came out Friday. Rashida has a cameo as "Skirt Suit".

Among the cast are Kenny Fucking Powers Danny McBride, Elijah Wood and Seth Rogen as the Beastie Boys. Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly will play their older selves.

Other cast members include: Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Will Arnett, Adam Scott, Rainn Wilson, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Steve Buscemi, Amy Poehler, Jason Schwartzman, Alicia Silverstone, Laura Dern, Kirsten Dunst, Chloe Sevigny, Maya Rudolph, David Cross, and Martin Starr.

There will also be cameos from the rappers themselves. The full-length video will come out May 3rd with their album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

Other Works: Frenemy of the State #4 Preview

Preview of Frenemy of the State #4

 

Ariana's two worlds have now officially collided! Her life in shambles because of her cover story, Ari gets a surprise from her mother that may prevent her from taking part in her mission. Oh, and did we mention the nuclear bomb?

via Comic Book Resources

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Big thanks to Jen for these old pics of Rashida and her dad. So cute!

November 21, 1987: U2 Party at Jane Fonda's Home in Beverly Hills, CA

April 8, 1988: American Soviet Film Initiative Gala at the Bel Age Hotel in Hollywood, CA

November 23, 1992: World premiere of 'The Bodyguard' at Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA

TV Guide has confirmed Rashida will be reprising her role as Karen Fillipelli in an upcoming episode of The Office. Click here for more info about the February 17th episode.

Some info about her appearance in Fight For Your Right Revisited:
Rashida is one of several celebrity cameos; she gets hit on by the Boys and says "You wish, turkeys!"
--A Guide to Every Celebrity Cameo in Fight for Your Right Revisited, NY Mag

But not just any actors. Seth Rogen portrays the Beasties’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Elijah Wood embodies Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and a trash-talking Danny McBride channels '80s-era Yauch via four-day growth of beard and sleazy leather jacket.

The trio rob a bodega, spray beer all over passersby on a New York-esque (read: Hollywood movie studio backlot) street and generally raise havoc wherever they go, terrorizing a Who’s Who of movie bigshots in the process: Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Will Arnett among them -- but also Kirsten Dunst, Rashida Jones and Orlando Bloom (wearing a vintage Def Jam jacket in homage to the group's former record label). But the Beastie party mayhem doesn’t stop there. The “Beasties” are picked up by “metal chicks” portrayed by Chloe Sevigny and Maya Rudolph with whom they ingest whippets and drop liquid acid.

The whole, ahem, brouhaha culminates with a confrontation with none other than the “Beastie Boys from 25 years in the future”: Will Ferrell (as Ad-Rock), John C. Reilly (as Mike D) and a petulant Jack Black as MCA. A wild break dance contest turns into an actual pissing contest that is broken up by a trio of New York cops –the real Beastie Boys.
-- Sundance 2011, LA Times

Two more of her films now have official release dates:

The Big Year will be in theaters nationwide October 14th


indie Monogamy in select cities on March 11

Her other 2011 films are Friends with Benefits (July 22) and The Muppets (November 23).

Other Works: Frenemy of the State #3 Preview

Issue #3 "Codename: Noob Part Three"

Celebutante Ariana Von Holmberg is in over her head chasing a lead during her first mission as a secret agent for the CIA. Will her training save her from jihadists out for blood? Will she get caught and sold into white slavery!? Will she score a totally SWEET kafiyah?!

Info & images via Comic Book Resources

Other Works: Frenemy of the State #2 Preview

Issue #2 "Codename: Noob Part Two" out now!

Ariana's test mission might have not have gone as smoothly as planned but her handlers at the CIA are running out of time to stop a weapons deal that could have grave consequences for several countries. Ready or not, it's time for this socialite to jump into the world of international espionage while trying to avoid the 'Spoiled Rich Girl' section of the tabloids!

Info & images via Comic Book Resources

Images: Self-portrait in McSweeney's

Rashida drew this self-portrait for literary journal McSweeney's (as seen in issue #34). It will also be part of a book - "a contemporary collection of self-portraits by talented creative people" - published by McSweeney's.

Link: Salon slideshow of 20 sketches by various filmmakers, writers and actors

News: Comic Book Signing in LA

Meet Rashida and her comic book collaborators this Saturday in LA!

Meltdown Comics

Meet the creative team behind Oni Press’ Frenemy of the State.
Rashida Jones (writer), Christina Weir (writer), Nunzio Defilippis (writer), and Jeff Wamester (artist)

Saturday, May 22nd @ 7PM
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Other Works: Frenemy of the State Preview

Comic Book Resources has posted an exclusive preview of the comic book series Rashida co-created. The first issue, Frenemy of the State #1 (Codename: Noob, Part One) comes out today.

Story by
Rashida Jones, Christina Weir, Nunzio DeFilippis
Art by
Jeff Wamester
Cover by
Jeff Wamester
Publisher
Oni Press
Cover Price:
$3.99
Release Date
Wed, May 12th, 2010

An all-new series from the star of NBC's PARKS & RECREATION and veteran comic scribes DeFilippis & Weir! Ariana Von Holmberg is an heiress with a secret. But what she's hiding isn't a sex tape or a drug addiction or an affair with a professional golfer—it's a new career as a CIA operative! What better cover for an agent than a globe-trotting, care-free femme with a penchant for flights of fancy? But can Ari balance her high society obligations with her new role as a spy or will the weight of two worlds bring her dual lives to a violent end?
--Comic Book Resources

Video: MTV Movie Awards Promo #2

Here's the second promo Andy and Rashida have made for the MTV Movie Awards. This one is slasher film 'Gentle Dismemberment' for the Best Villain category.

Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones in Best Villain - watch more funny videos

Promo #1 was 'Knuckle Up' for Best Fight

News: Parks & Rec, The Webbys & a party in Washington

TELEVISION

Some good news came out this week - Parks and Recreation will be back next season! NBC officially announced the renewal but not how many episodes or what timeslot they will air in. That info will be in the full schedule released on May 19th.

Image via Parks and Recreation Official Site
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AWARDS
Funny Or Die's Prop 8 - The Musical has picked up two prizes at the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Rashida plays a Scary Catholic School Girl From Hell in the video.

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... from Jack Black

It won the official Webby Award and the publicly-voted People's Voice award for Best Individual Short or Episode (Comedy).

*Web Therapy also gets a mention with Lisa Kudrow winning for Outstanding Comedic Performance. (Rashida guest-starred in the series as Hayley Feldman-Tate)

The awards ceremony is on June 8 in New York and will be hosted by Seth Meyers.

Info via Webby Awards
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UPCOMING APPEARANCE ALERT
Rashida will be in Washington D.C. this weekend to celebrate the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner:

Party Guide | Friday
More exclusive: The very high-hush party thrown by FunnyorDie.com and Impact Arts and Film Fund. The location is undisclosed, but it will be jam-packed anyway with celeb baby daddy DJ Benji Madden, Rick Schroder, Ed Westwick, Rashida Jones and more.

Info via Politico

*The Politico picture had nothing to do with Rashida so here's some old ones with fellow invite Ed Westwick

June 2008, Gucci Dinner honoring Rihanna, with "guest" (aka Robert Pattinson)
Images via WireImage

Video: MTV Movie Awards Promo

This is the promo she was seen filming a couple weeks ago.

Andy Samberg And Rashida Jones ‘Knuckle Up’ For The MTV Movie Awards
Published by Brian Jacks on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 11:20 am.

The “Best Fight” category is one of the biggest at the MTV Movie Awards, and with a ton of great scenes this year it’s anyone’s race. Along with the big blockbusters, now you can add Andy Samberg and “Office” star Rashida Jones to the pile.

Submitted for your consideration is the pair’s emotional brawl in “Knuckle Up,” a film which — you probably didn’t know about. Check out the SNL star’s plea below, and be sure to tune in Sunday, May 31 for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Andy.


"...so real"

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Bits & pieces from around the web...

MAGAZINE ALERT
I'm Not Obsessed: People's Annual 100 Most Beautiful People List
Rashida has made this year's People magazine list of the World's Most Beautiful People. She is in the "Funny People" section with Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey and Kristin Wiig. The issue comes out Friday with Christina Applegate on the cover.



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AWARDS
Two of Rashida's online comedy projects have gotten some awards recognition:

Prop 8 - The Musical, created by Adam Shankman and Marc Shaiman for Funny or Die.com
An all-star music video that satirizes Prop 8 — the California ballot proposition that amended the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman. Rashida plays a Scary Catholic School Girl From Hell.

Link to Prop 8 - The Musical

*Received a Special Recognition Award at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 19 (Playbill News).
*Has been nominated for 2 Webby Awards (Best Writing and Comedy: Individual Short or Episode)

Web Therapy, created by Lisa Kudrow and Don Roos for lstudio.com
Lisa Kudrow stars as a therapist with limited patience for other people's problems in this original improvised Web series. Rashida plays Hayley Feldman-Tate in Episodes 5 and 6.

Link to Sibling Ribaldry: 2 of 3

Link to Sibling Ribaldry: 3 of 3

*Has been nominated for a Webby Award (Best Writing)
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FANDOM
A top NFL Draft pick from USC thinks Rashida should be in Maxim's upcoming Hot 100 list.

Maxim: '09 NFL Draftees Hot 100 Picks: Taylor Swift, Rashida Jones, and...Oprah Winfrey?!
MARK SANCHEZ
FOX Sports Mock Draft Position: No. 4 pick to Seattle Seahawks [He went at No. 5 to the New York Jets, Ed.]
"Taylor Swift has got to be in there. What about the girl from Heroes, Hayden Panettiere? Then, that girl who is the face of Estee Lauder, Hilary Rhoda. And, as a dark horse, I'd pick—do you watch The Office? Remember Jim's girlfriend after Pam before they got back together? She is in I Love You, Man. Yes, Rashida Jones. Beautiful! I could be the general manager if you guys need help, just call me up!"
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NEW MOVIE?
Rashida might be in a movie coming out next week; she's not on the IMDb cast list but blogger b-lot-buzz has a film review that mentions her being in it. It says she has a small role as a privileged housewife but there could be different versions of the movie floating around.
Anyway, here's some details... Life in Flight is a New York-set drama starring Patrick Wilson and Amy Smart. It originally premiered at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and will have a limited release in cinemas starting May 6, 2009.

Info via IMDb, Coming Soon.net

Other Works: MTV Movie Awards Promo Shoot

**Re-posting the pics from earlier. Blogger hated me yesterday :)

Rashida and Andy Samberg were spotted shooting a promo for the upcoming MTV Movie Awards.

Photographs: Jordan Strauss

The awards are hosted by Andy and air Sunday, May 31.

Click here for more photos of Andy with Michael Cera and Will Arnett (in an awesomely bad wig)

Images via MTV