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Rashida Jones Reads Late Dad Quincy Jones’ Honorary Oscar Speech

Rashida Jones accepted her dad Quincy Jones’ honorary Oscar two weeks after his death and read a portion of the speech he was working on

Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones.Rich Fury/Getty Images for Netflix“When I was a young film composer, you didn’t even see faces of color working in the studio commissaries. I’m so, so proud of the fact that my name and contributions can be included in that evolution,” Quincy wrote, noting that working with Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg were some of the highlights of his career. The legendary producer, who died in November 2024 at the age of 91, worked with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Frank Sinatra before hitching his wagon to Jackson in […]

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