Peggy Lipton

American Actress Rashida Jones  Rashida Jones Biography: Rashida Jones born on February 25, 1976. As a graduate of Harvard university and voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by her high school school peers in Sherman Oaks, California, it would be surprising if Los Angeles-born Rashida Jones had been unable to make a name for herself. Her talent and intelligence, combined with being the attractive daughter of composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, contributed to her establishment in the...Read Full Story

American Actress Rashida Jones  Rashida Jones Biography: Rashida Jones born on February 25, 1976. As a graduate of Harvard university and voted “Most Likely to Succeed” by her high school school peers in Sherman Oaks, California, it would be surprising if Los Angeles-born Rashida Jones had been unable to make a name for herself. Her talent and intelligence, combined with being the attractive daughter of composer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, contributed to her establishment in the...Read Full Story

Peggy Lipton is best known for her role in the 1970s “The Mod Squad”. She married Prolific music producer Quincy Delight Jones in 1974, and gave birth to two daughters, Kidada (1974) and Rashida (1976). While the eldest daughter is probably best known for having been Tupac Shakur’s fianc when he passed away, Rashida followed in her mother’s acting footsteps. Since she started acting in 1997, she has become increasingly popular, mostly due to her role as Karen Filipelli on “The Office”, or for...Read Full Story

Wow. It seems like forever since I did one of these, my many posts about the "secret Negro inside," the not-black-black-peoples of America who straddle in the nether regions of "I don't look black." In America it doesn't matter who you are, it's about what you look like. So this is my regular celebration of the not-black-black-peoples such as major league baseball star Grady Sizemore , insane supermodel Kimora Lee Simmons , flashdancer Jennifer Beals and my favorite not-black-black-person...Read Full Story

Q : The Autobiography of Quincy Jones Review This is a moving story, a very rare totally sincere autobiography and it is written with a musical sense: the architecture of the book (chapters interrupted by comments from Quincy's friends) is nicely shaped. The damage created by the mental illness of Quincy's mother is apparent in his inability to trust a woman, and I find the tales about his mistresses pathetic. I wish somebody extracts from this the pages that could be read by children: the...Read Full Story