Misc: The Word XXII

MOVIES: Celeste and Jesse Forever

After a few setbacks Celeste and Jesse Forever, the movie Rashida has co-written and will star in, is finally coming together. Andy Samberg (love him!) will play Jesse and Lee Toland Krieger (The Vicious Kind) will direct. The LA Times doesn't specify but pretty sure Team Todd is producing.
-- Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg will get married and divorced (in the movies), Los Angeles Times
 
Celeste and Jesse Forever is a romantic dramedy about a divorcing couple trying to maintain their friendship while pursuing other people. An early draft of the script was voted =16th/20th overall in the 2009 Black List of Hollywood's "most liked" screenplays.

4th of July Pool Party &
MTV Movie Awards Promos

TV: Parks and Recreation

In other news, Parks and Recreation has been renewed for a 4th season. Awesomesauce!

NBC Renews The Office, Community and Parks and Recreation, tvline

INTERVIEWS
A couple more promoting Monogamy and Parks & Rec

Rashida Jones is the perfect catch. She's beautiful, talented, smart (she went to Harvard, people!) and her parents are music maestro Quincy Jones and model turned actress Peggy Lipton.
But there's one hitch, fellas—Rashida may not be the marrying kind.

Rashida Jones: Why I May Never Get Married, e online
(via The Huffington Post)

With Natalie Portman off the market, it feels like the Web needs another brainy Harvard beauty with whom to fall in love. To that end, Internet, may we humbly suggest Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue cover girl Rashida Jones? The actress first made us laugh as Karen, Pam’s adversary for Jim’s affection on The Office, and added fresh tension by being a rival you actually rooted for. Since then, the understated, wry, and approachably cool Jones has been making her own bid for the public’s affection with plum roles in Parks and Recreation, I Love You, Man, and The Social Network, where she had the film’s memorable last words. Now, she’s starring opposite Chris Messina in Monogamy, directed by Dana Adam Shapiro. The film follows a seemingly happily engaged couple whose relationship is tested when Messina starts obsessively photo-stalking a blonde exhibitionist. Little Gold Men sat down with Jones to discuss Jedi mind-tricks, why Parks and Recreation is like a hot girl with glasses, and the general awesomeness of working with muppets.

Q&A: Rashida Jones on Parks and Rec: “We’re Like the Sexy Girl Who’s Wearing Glasses”, Vanity Fair

Coolness: People's Choice Nominee Voting

Rashida has made the shortlist for "Favorite Breakout Movie Actress" at the 2010 People's Choice Awards. Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and I Love You, Man were also nominated in a couple other categories.

Vote for her here
(registration not required)
Nominee selection voting ends November 10

Misc: The Word XIII

Not much to post lately! According to Knope Knows, filming of Parks and Recreation Season 2 has started and besides that she's been laying low.

VIDEO
I Love You, Man came out on DVD and Blu-Ray this past week. Somebody has posted the gag reel on YouTube...

"Harsh frickin toke, dude"
Part 2 is here

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INTERVIEW
She did an interview with IGN to promote the release:
Jones on Being in Love
IGN: Judging by the gag reel on this DVD, you guys look like you had a good time on the set.

Jones: Yeah, it kind of set the bar pretty high for a standard of fun while working. Which, I guess, is a good thing. Maybe it's not a good thing in the long run, but at the time it's literally the most fun I've ever had on a shoot ever. There were days when I wasn't working when I would go to set to hang out.
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IGN: It does seem you're doing a lot of straight-women roles these days.

Jones: Yeah. Parks and Recreation is my third consecutive job like that. The first being The Office and then I Love You, Man. But the nice thing is that I do truly believe there's got to be a certain equilibrium in comedy. And if you're watching a movie and you're responding to the outlandish character, you're really seeing the movie through the eyes of the straight person. So hopefully, if I'm doing my job correctly, everybody's laughing. And maybe people aren't necessarily thinking I'm the funniest one, which is totally fine. But I do think there's a certain essential need to have that person. ... And listen, it's nice for me because it's very close to who I am. I have a lot of funny friends and I get to participate in the comedy with them, but I'm not over-the-top or whatever. One day it might be nice to do something where I'm just balls to the wall, just crazy.

Read the rest here
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BLOGS
8/11: Beans & Mango
Rashida guest-blogged on Beans and Mango, the personal blog of Katie Fine, an LA based Interior Designer and friend of hers. She recommends these products:

Read her entry "the art of basil" here

with Katie Fine in the Glamour feature about her LA home
See the other scans here (original post: 2/27)

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SIGHTINGS
8/14: Filming Parks and Recreation

Haircut! Accidental Sexiness has 8 more photos of her on the set

8/12: The 11th Annual Day of Indulgence
...Hollywood producer Jennifer Klein's Day of Indulgence party, where guests make the annual pilgrimage to Klein's Brentwood home for an afternoon of shopping, snacking and girl talk...

Kate Walsh and Rashida Jones

Even though I'm barefoot right now, I'm obsessed with shoes...and purses!" admitted Kate Walsh (in a Dries Van Noten wrap). "This is a great kind of lady orgy!" Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones (in Stella McCartney) indulged her passion for beauty products with a touch-up by CoverGirl makeup artist Molly Stern and left with a gift bag full of goodies from brands like Jurlique, NARS and Yes to Carrots.

8/14: Celebrity hairstylist’s newest salon already star-studded
A brief mention as a client of "celebrity hairstylist" Ted Gibson. I guess he did her new look?

By Jeff Dufour and Kiki Ryan (Washington Examiner)
He only opened his newest salon [in Chevy Chase] a few months ago, but already Ted Gibson is living up to the “celebrity” part of his “celebrity hairstylist” tag.
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Speaking of the White House, another celeb who has some familiarity with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is actress Rashida Jones. She, too, has trusted her hair to Gibson’s shears, no doubt when she’s the plus-one to chief speechwriter Jon Favreau, whose arm she’s frequently been spotted clutching.
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TV ALERT
8/17: Her appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (see below) will re-air on Monday night

DVD News: I Love You, Man and Parks & Recreation

dvdactive has posted the DVD and Blu-ray cover artwork on their site. It also says the commentary track will just be writer/director John Hamburg, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel :(

Release date: August 11

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Universal Studios has announced the Parks and Recreation Season 1 DVD will be out soon. No cover details yet, but Rashida has done two episode commentaries. Click for details...

Release date: September 8

Style: Miscellaneous

Here's a few fashion links...

EVENTS
Parks and Recreation Premiere, L.A.
The Lookbook
Rashida Jones wore a Derek Lam dress with YSL shoes. She awesomely mixed high/low for her jewelry: earrings from 14 Karat and a necklace from Forever 21! She did not work with a stylist for this event.
Fashion Week Daily: Chic Report | Lam and Recreation
Rashida Jones stole at the show at the Parks & Recreation premiere in Los Angeles in her upbeat pre-fall dress by Derek Lam.

Derek Lam Carnation print dress (Bergdorf Goodman)

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POLL
BellaSugar Poll: How Do You Prefer Rashida Jones's Hair?

Pic 2 (soft waves with side-swept bangs) is clear favorite on 71%

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MAGAZINE
LA Buzz Shop tracked down the bracelet worn in a recent Us Weekly article

Kidada For Disney Couture Tinker Bell Mint Wrap Bracelet As Worn By Rashida Jones
Tink inspired mint leather wrap bracelet featuring Tinker Bell wings, wand, slippers, and stars with amethyst Swarovski accents.
Measurement: 34" long
Packaging: Kidada For Disney Couture Jewelry Pouch
Colors: Mint Green With Gold Plating
Price: $100.00/$85.00



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SCREEN STYLE
PopSugar's CelebStyle: Zooey in I Love You, Man


Possessionista: Hello, Yellow.

Pringle of Scotland Disc detail top

Top Button: Fashion on Film
...Rashida Jones lights up the screen in a covetable collection of laid-back but totally stylish outfits, heavy on the striped cardigans and colorful tees. Read on for details on how to score look-alike fashions [from J. Crew, Gap, Banana Republic & more] for your own closet...



Brides.com
A detailed Wedding Style Guide inspired by the movie (8 pics)

Awards: MTV Movie Awards Nominee Voting

Rashida is in the running to be in the running for 2 MTV Movie Awards. Kind of confusing, but this year fans get to pick the nominees first and then the winners. She is eligible for her work as Zooey Rice in I Love You, Man.

Best Female Performance
Vote here

Best Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Vote here

I Love You, Man is also up for Best Movie, Best Male Performance (Paul, Jason), Best Comedic Performance (Paul, Jason), Best Kiss (Paul Rudd & Thomas Lennon) and Best WTF Moment (Paul Rudd & Jon Favreau)

Screen Style: I Love You, Man Wedding Dresses

Celebrity Bride Guide has some info about the popular I Love You, Man Wedding Dress

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If you loved these wedding dresses as much as we did, here is where you can get them:


• The bride, played by Rashida Jones, wears a J.Crew Rebecca Dress with a fitted bodice and ruching at the center. (Although J. Crew is sold out of the dress right now, it is available at Once Wed for $150.)


• The bridesmaids, played by Jamie Presley and Sarah Burns, wear canary yellow dresses by Nanette Lepore. A similar style Nanette Lepore dress is available at Bluefly for $140.

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For more I Love You, Man Screen Style, including her casual outfits, check out this post.

Appearances: I Love You, Man premiere, L.A.

The premiere of I Love You, Man was held at Mann's Village Theater in Westwood last night. Rashida went with her beautiful Mom, actress and '60s "pop culture icon" Peggy Lipton.

MQs



Tanya Haden & Jack Black

Paul Rudd, Jaime Pressly & Jason Segel

Images via Jamd
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Images via Celebutopia

Misc: The Word III

Some recent interviews about the movie and other things
San Francisco Chronicle: Rashida Jones talks about 'I Love You, Man'
The Sly Fox: Rashida's Rhapsody [recommended]
Straight.com (Vancouver Online): Rashida Jones makes it on own without parental pull

Chickolith: Rashida Jones
A nice write-up by Ned Hepburn, who starts his article with "Rashida Jones is so damn attractive that I’ve recently developed a script called “Me and Rashida Jones Eating Instant Oatmeal On My Bed While I Write About How Hot She Is”. It stars me as myself, and her as herself, and the bowl of oatmeal has the voice of Sean Connery..."

R.J. fan and We Heart This member T forwarded this link to their site
Interview with Christy Coleman, natural makeup artist
Who’s makeup do you really enjoy doing?
...I just worked with Rashida Jones, who’s gorgeous and so nice and fun. She’s really spunky and has the most amazing eyes. I have never encountered anyone that I haven’t wanted to be there for...

Talk Show Appearance: Rashida will be on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS) on Wednesday, March 18 [via Interbridge & tipster B]

Reminder: The I Love You, Man premiere is tomorrow night (those ebay tickets we linked earlier sold for $355!!) and it's in theaters this weekend. IMDb has info on the international release dates.

For reviews check out aggregator sites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. They're overall positive about the movie and her performance. And her looks, lolz.

QUOTABLE
"I don't need to invite stalkers into my life. I just don't really see the point."
--on why she doesn't Twitter
*at the source (usa today) the 'recent posts' next to it was "Watch: Alanis Morrissette trims her toenails!" Srsly! Kind of fitting given Rashida's quote.

Thanks to this week's tipsters :)

Appearances: SXSW 2009

Rashida attended the South by Southwest Film Festival's opening weekend to promote I Love You, Man. The film screened Friday night and the panel took place Saturday afternoon.




*watermarked for now but more should come out soon
Images via Getty


...The film played to a packed house at the Paramount Theater in the Texas capital, and the festival crowd — admittedly jacked up on hype and margaritas — of course loved every minute.

At the post-screening Q&A, co-star Rashida Jones was the first one to comment on co-star Jason Segel's frontal nudity in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," a hit at last year's SXSW. There are no such displays in I Love You, Man," and a good thing, too, Jones said. "You didn't see enough (last time)?" she said. "Wasn't that enough for you?"

Info & image via Hollywood Reporter