[…] it made its premiere on ABC-TV in 1968, one of our favorite things to play was “The Mod Squad.” The drama, starring 20-something white unknowns Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton and black newcomer Clarence Williams III, about a trio of young, hip undercover cops (“One Black, One White, One Blonde,” went the show’s catchphrase), might have […]
* Peggy Lipton, who found fame as a model and actress in the late 60s for her role on “Mod Squad” and later “Twin Peaks” has died. She was 72. Cancer was the cause of her death which was announced on Saturday by Kidada and Rashida Jones, her daughters from a marriage to Quincy Jones, […]
Peggy Lipton, Rashida Jones, Quincy Jones and Kidada Jones (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage for A List ) *Music legend Quincy Jones has penned an emotional tribute to his former wife Peggy Lipton following her death on May 11 at age 72 from colon cancer. Her daughters Rashida and Kidada previously issued a statement to […]
Peggy Lipton (L) and Rashida Jones in a Verizon Fios ad *Someone on Twitter tried to call out Verizon for casting a woman “hardly old enough” to be the mother of Rashida Jones, only to be set straight by the actress, herself, in front of the entire Twitterverse. Twitter user Jessica Ferron called the casting “laughable,” […]
[…] but she had this condition that debilitated her, which today could’ve been controlled with medication. But at the time, during the Depression, they simply would commit you.” Peggy Lipton, Rashida Jones, Quincy Jones and Kidada Jones (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage for A List ) His mother, Sarah Jones, was a schizophrenic who suffered from dementia […]
[…] counting. He explains, “I got 22 girlfriends. I was married three times, man. Was told not to marry actresses or singers. I ended up with two actresses, Peggy Lipton and Nastassja Kinski (9), and a superstar model. I didn’t listen to all the advice.” And he says his ladies reside all over the world. “Everywhere. […]
*While working the red carpet at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Rashida Jones – the biracial daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton – was complimented on her “tan.” “You look amazing –gorgeous!” TNT correspondent Danielle Demski began. “You look like you’ve just come off an island or something. You’re very tan, very tropical.” Jones […]
[…] mixed race, the son of a white mother and a black father. “Rashida Jones has the same thing,” Lear observed of the daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton. “She’s as white as she can be, but you’re black.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Jerrod Carmichael Joins Norman Lear in N-word Chant on Podcast […]
[…] Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland, The Longest Ride), KJ Apa (“Riverdale”), John Ortiz (Silver Linings Playbook, American Gangster), Juliet Rylance (Sinister, “The Knick”), Luke Kirby (“The Astronaut Wives Club”), Peggy Lipton (When in Rome, Twin Peaks), Pooch Hall (“The Game,” “Ray Donovan”) and Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven, The Rookie). READ RELATED STORY: POOCH HALL’S DAUGHTER WITH […]
Rashida Jones’s new jewelry collaboration with Iconery *She’s an actress, a writer, producer, singer…and now, Rashida Jones is a jewelry designer. The creator and star of TBS’ “Angie Tribeca” has just launched Rashida Jones x Iconery, a 12-piece collection with the Venice, Calif.-based, fine jewelry startup, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jones and Iconery’s creative […]
[…] Tupac Shakur slain in 1996 at the height of his career. She will be portraying Tupac’s fiancee, model Kidada Jones, the daughter of “The Mod Squad” actress Peggy Lipton and iconic producer, composer, musician, Quincey Jones. “Super honored to represent what I call a love story between Tupac and Kidada in a film that I […]
