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Richard Rudolph

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Minnie Riperton on ‘Perfect Angel,’ Working With Stevie Wonder
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This story was originally published in the Oct. 10, 1974, issue of Rolling Stone.

Along with many of the stars and hopefuls at Chicago’s 1971 Black Expo, Minnie Riperton waited patiently backstage to approach the blind musician rocking characteristically in his chair. His latest album, Where I’m Coming From, was moving up the charts.

“Everybody was trying to meet Stevie,” she recalled over lunch recently, leaning back to adjust a large, foppish white hat that rested lightly on a natural of moderate length. Occasionally the hat concealed her bright eyes, but...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 11/20/2024
  • by David Rensin
  • Rollingstone.com
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‘Awards Chatter’ Live: Maya Rudolph on Reprising Kamala, the Oscars & Her Four Emmy Noms
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“I have to tell you, it has been an experience,” says Maya Rudolph upon being asked about the mounting calls from the public, since Joe Biden’s July 21 announcement that he will not be seeking reelection, for her to reprise her Saturday Night Live impersonation of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who she previously portrayed on the show in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Speaking exclusively to The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood, Rudolph, who is currently nominated for four Emmys — best comedy guest actress and best original music/lyrics for NBC’s SNL, best comedy actress for Apple TV+’s Loot and best character voiceover for Netflix’s Big Mouth — continued: “My phone has not stopped. It’s like if I had 50 grandmas and they were sending me articles like, ‘This is the thing I saw you were in!
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 8/19/2024
  • by Scott Feinberg
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Maya Rudolph Explains Why Having Famous Parents Didn't Boost Her Comedy Career
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Maya Rudolph is latest star to weigh in on the nepo baby debate.

If you didn’t know, the 51-year-old Emmy-winning actress’ famous parents are musician and songwriter Richard Rudolph and the late singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton, who was best known for her 1974 song “Lovin’ You.”

In a new interview, Maya explained why having famous parents didn’t help boost her comedy career.

Keep reading to find out more…“They were musicians. They weren’t actors,” Maya shared on the Armchair Podcast.

“My trajectory was, I wanted to go to New York, and I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live,” Maya explained. “I understand that drive to be somewhere else — forage in a new city and create my own path. But that’s a huge undertaking. I wasn’t like, ‘Oh my dad writes songs, that’s gonna make me a comedian.’ There was no direct line. I knew I had to get there myself.
See full article at Just Jared
  • 4/24/2024
  • by Just Jared
  • Just Jared
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Metallica and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz Are Turning Their Songs and Stories Into Graphic Novels
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Metallica and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz will be involved with a new line of music-centric graphic novels from Headshell, an imprint of Vault Comics.

The initial slate of artists involved also includes Redman, Def Leppard, and the Beach Boys. Storied songwriter/producer Richard Rudolph (probably best known for co-writing Minnie Riperton’s “Lovin’ You”) will help with strategy and artist relations.

The graphic novels in the Headshell series won’t necessarily be straight biographical tales but rather original stories inspired by the artists’ careers and music. The first...
See full article at Rollingstone.com
  • 11/4/2022
  • by Jon Blistein
  • Rollingstone.com
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Metallica Teams With Vault Comics for ‘Headshell’ Music Graphic Novel
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Click here to read the full article.

Rock megastars Metallica are set to have their own graphic novel as part of Headshell, a new imprint from indie comic books publisher Vault Comics.

Besides Metallica, the Headshell graphic novel line also plans to roll out comics from other music recording giants, including Def Leppard, The Beach Boys, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and rapper Redman.

“The team at Vault are pushing boundaries and are bold storytellers. We are excited to partner with them,” Metallica co-founder and drummer Lars Ulrich said in a statement on Friday. Headshell graphic novels will offer original stories inspired by the careers and music of major music artists to connect with their fan bases.

Headshell will Iaunch with Dying Inside, from Fall Out Boys’ Wentz, Hannah Klein and Lisa Sterle. Klein is best known for her work on the short form Snapchat series, Everything Is Fine.
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 11/4/2022
  • by Etan Vlessing
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Brief Profile on the Powerhouse Maya Rudolph Set To Host Saturday Night Live Episode
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Photo: Maya Rudolph at the Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards/Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock After five straight weeks of shows, Saturday Night Live is finally allowing its cast members and writers to get a good week’s sleep. Though they’re hibernating for a short period of time, they’ll be coming back with a bang with beloved SNL alumni Maya Rudolph set to host their comeback episode on March 27th, along with musical guest Jack Harlow. Rudolph has an enormous range and a long history of performing some of the most memorable characters on SNL. Since then, Rudolph has consistently remained one of the busiest people in Hollywood. Her legendary performance in ‘Bridesmaids’ garnered her international attention, and the world hasn’t been able to enough of her since. Related article: Why the Most Recent Episode of SNL With Nick Jonas Missed the Mark Completely Related article: The Saturday Night Live...
See full article at Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
  • 3/7/2021
  • by Armando Brigham
  • Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
‘Dance Til Dawn’ at 30: The Team Reflects on ‘Unusual Casting Process,’ #MeToo Relevance and DJ Dick
The spring and summer of 1988 were consumed with a writers’ strike within the film and television industry, but one project that launched in the fall came out of it unscathed: “Dance ‘Til Dawn,” an original television movie about Hoover High’s senior prom first aired on NBC Oct. 23, 1988. The movie was a who’s who of 1980s television — from Kelsey Grammer and Alan Thicke, to Christina Applegate, Tempestt Bledsoe and Tracey Gold — and its multi-generational casting allowed it to be an early pioneer of content aimed at a co-viewing audience. It was also a love letter to Los Angeles, utilizing iconic locations such as the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel as its soundstage. Now, 30 years after its initial release, “Dance ‘Til Dawn” also finds new relevance within the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up.

“The whole idea of a prom was a universal thing for everybody — everybody had...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 10/19/2018
  • by Danielle Turchiano
  • Variety Film + TV
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Maya Rudolph Talks Being Hair-Shamed On ‘Saturday Night Live’, Playing Non-Race Specific Characters
Donatella Versace
From Donatella Versace to Oprah Winfrey, Maya Rudolph is known for her wide array of impersonations on Saturday Night Live. She has since been in numerous films and TV series including Forever, which debuted on Amazon this week. In a recent interview with the New York Times Magazine, Rudolph opened up about how her mixed-race heritage has affected her career — specifically with her hair.

During the interview, Rudolph, the daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton and producer-songwriter Richard Rudolph, talked about her “super, super, superthick and supercurly” hair made her feel like an outsider as a child. This would spill over into her life on camera when people didn’t know what to do with her hair and would say “the most awful, disgusting things.”

When she joined the cast of SNL in 2000, her hair struggle continued. She said: “My hair was natural when I started Saturday Night Live, but...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 9/16/2018
  • by Dino-Ray Ramos
  • Deadline Film + TV
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
Maya Rudolph Recalls the Pain of Losing Her Mom at a Young Age
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
Long before Maya Rudolph became a star in her own right, she was famous. The daughter of soprano Minnie Riperton (best known for her No. 1 hit "Lovin' You") and composer Richard Rudolph, Maya was just a child when her mother died of cancer in 1979. "When I was a kid, and people would come up to me or stare at me because of my mom, I didn't like it. I really didn't like it. I used to think, 'Oh, they're staring at my hair, because it's so big and ugly.' Because I didn't realize people were just staring at my mother, like, 'Wow, that's her daughter!'" the actress says. "I didn't know; I was a kid. And kids always personalize things." "For many,...
See full article at E! Online
  • 9/14/2018
  • E! Online
Chandra Wilson
‘Grey’s Anatomy’s’ Chandra Wilson to Star in Romantic Musical ‘Christmas Harmony’
Chandra Wilson
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Chandra Wilson has joined the romantic musical “Christmas Harmony” with Kelley Jakle, Sally Struthers, Lee Garlington, and vocalist/guitarist Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, Variety has learned exclusively.

The production is currently shooting in Los Angeles and marks writer-director Nanea Miyata’s feature film debut. June Street Studios is the production company.

Jakle, who played Jessica Smith in the three “Pitch Perfect” movies, stars as a young woman who returns to her small hometown to rediscover music, family bonds, and the magic of the Christmas season. The feature includes five original songs co-written by Miyata and Justin Jones, and an additional song co-written with Richard Rudolph.

Jakle’s co-stars include Adam Mayfield, (“Days of Our Lives”), Peter Porte, and Aden Schwartz. The supporting cast consists of Jaime Gallagher (“Know Your Enemy”), Sara Wallace (“Trafficked”), Pip Arnold (“The Voice”), Shirley Dalmas, Macy Friday, Gina Hiraizumi (“Castle”), Stephen...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 5/18/2018
  • by Dave McNary
  • Variety Film + TV
Chris Pine at an event for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Rashida Jones and 10 Other Second-Generation Celeb Success Stories
Chris Pine at an event for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
This week, the comedy series Angie Tribeca premiered on TBS. And while the show is the brainchild of a comedy power couple, Steve Carell and Nancy Walls Carell, star Rashida Jones is herself the daughter of two famous people: music producer Quincy Jones and Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton. (They shot a scene together!)

In the past decade, Rashida Jones has made a name for herself in comedy, having acted in The Office and Parks and Recreation as well as films such as I Love You, Man and Celeste and Jesse Forever to the point that she gets a pass...
See full article at People.com - TV Watch
  • 1/24/2016
  • by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
  • People.com - TV Watch
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
Rashida Jones and 10 Other Second-Generation Celeb Success Stories
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
This week, the comedy series Angie Tribeca premiered on TBS. And while the show is the brainchild of a comedy power couple, Steve Carell and Nancy Walls Carell, star Rashida Jones is herself the daughter of two famous people: music producer Quincy Jones and Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton. (They shot a scene together!) In the past decade, Rashida Jones has made a name for herself in comedy, having acted in The Office and Parks and Recreation as well as films such as I Love You, Man and Celeste and Jesse Forever to the point that she gets a pass...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 1/24/2016
  • by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
  • PEOPLE.com
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
Rashida Jones and 10 Other Second-Generation Celeb Success Stories
Maya Rudolph at an event for Shrek the Third (2007)
This week, the comedy series Angie Tribeca premiered on TBS. And while the show is the brainchild of a comedy power couple, Steve Carell and Nancy Walls Carell, star Rashida Jones is herself the daughter of two famous people: music producer Quincy Jones and Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton. (They shot a scene together!) In the past decade, Rashida Jones has made a name for herself in comedy, having acted in The Office and Parks and Recreation as well as films such as I Love You, Man and Celeste and Jesse Forever to the point that she gets a pass...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 1/24/2016
  • by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
  • PEOPLE.com
Maya Rudolph Is in Tears When She Learns About Her Ancestor Who Was Born Into Slavery
Questlove, James Poyser, The Roots, Damon Bryson, Mark Kelley, David Guy, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, and Stro Elliot
On Tuesday's episode of Finding Your Roots, "In Search of Freedom," Henry Louis Gates Jr. goes into the ancestral lineages of three black celebrities: Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shonda Rhimes, and Maya Rudolph. Rudolph is notably the daughter of a show-business union between black singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton and white producer-composer Richard Rudolph. "I have this thing where I just feel I can be anyone," she says on the episode. "I think being mixed, too, I kind of, sort of grew up feeling a little orphaned by the idea of my heritage." Delving into Rudolph's maternal side, Gates is able to identify two of the former SNL star's ancestors, Manuel Grigsby and Mary Thurman, both of whom were born into slavery. Rudolph looks at a record of the slaves that the slave-owner John Warren Grigsby owned. There aren't names, but knowing the age, she is able to identify the 5-year-old child as...
See full article at Vulture
  • 1/19/2016
  • by E. Alex Jung
  • Vulture
Video: Maya Rudolph Makes a Shocking Discovery About Her Slave Ancestors – 'I Just Think of My Daughter'
Questlove, James Poyser, The Roots, Damon Bryson, Mark Kelley, David Guy, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, and Stro Elliot
When Maya Rudolph sets out to learn about her past on Tuesday's episode of the PBS genealogy show Finding Your Roots, she has a simple wish – to establish an identity.

"I have this thing where I just feel I can be anyone," she tells host Henry Louis Gates Jr. of being the biracial daughter of the late soul singer Minnie Riperton and music composer and producer Richard Rudolph. "And I think being mixed, too, I kind of, sort of grew up feeling a little orphaned by the idea of my heritage."

The Saturday Night Live vet adds, "I know I'm from 'peoples,...
See full article at People.com - TV Watch
  • 1/19/2016
  • by Cynthia Wang, @peowang
  • People.com - TV Watch
Maya Rudolph's Shocking Discovery About Her Slave Ancestors on Finding Your Roots: 'I Just Think of My Daughter'
Questlove, James Poyser, The Roots, Damon Bryson, Mark Kelley, David Guy, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, and Stro Elliot
When Maya Rudolph sets out to learn about her past on Tuesday's episode of the PBS genealogy show Finding Your Roots, she has a simple wish - to establish an identity. "I have this thing where I just feel I can be anyone," she tells host Henry Louis Gates Jr. of being the biracial daughter of the late soul singer Minnie Riperton and music composer and producer Richard Rudolph. "And I think being mixed, too, I kind of, sort of grew up feeling a little orphaned by the idea of my heritage." The Saturday Night Live vet adds, "I know I'm from 'peoples,...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 1/19/2016
  • by Cynthia Wang, @peowang
  • PEOPLE.com
Maya Rudolph's Shocking Discovery About Her Slave Ancestors on Finding Your Roots: 'I Just Think of My Daughter'
Questlove, James Poyser, The Roots, Damon Bryson, Mark Kelley, David Guy, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, and Stro Elliot
When Maya Rudolph sets out to learn about her past on Tuesday's episode of the PBS genealogy show Finding Your Roots, she has a simple wish - to establish an identity. "I have this thing where I just feel I can be anyone," she tells host Henry Louis Gates Jr. of being the biracial daughter of the late soul singer Minnie Riperton and music composer and producer Richard Rudolph. "And I think being mixed, too, I kind of, sort of grew up feeling a little orphaned by the idea of my heritage." The Saturday Night Live vet adds, "I know I'm from 'peoples,...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 1/19/2016
  • by Cynthia Wang, @peowang
  • PEOPLE.com
John Krasinski
Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and More Celebs Who Have Been Friends Since They Were Kids
John Krasinski
If you're a Hollywood star, your childhood friends usually have a limited number of roles available to play. They can be a loyal sidekick, your crew's comical mascot, or maybe the personal assistant who will eventually take you down in a bloodless celebrity coup. But for a lucky few stars, the people they grew up with became celebrities themselves, with their own fans, their own love interests and their own trending topics. It must be a welcome surprise. After all, it's lonely at the top, but it's a little less lonely when your childhood friends are there, too. In honor...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 8/3/2014
  • by Nate Jones, @kn8
  • PEOPLE.com
John Krasinski
Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and More Celebs Who Have Been Friends Since They Were Kids
John Krasinski
If you're a Hollywood star, your childhood friends usually have a limited number of roles available to play. They can be a loyal sidekick, your crew's comical mascot, or maybe the personal assistant who will eventually take you down in a bloodless celebrity coup. But for a lucky few stars, the people they grew up with became celebrities themselves, with their own fans, their own love interests and their own trending topics. It must be a welcome surprise. After all, it's lonely at the top, but it's a little less lonely when your childhood friends are there, too. In honor...
See full article at PEOPLE.com
  • 8/3/2014
  • by Nate Jones, @kn8
  • PEOPLE.com
Laff 2013: 10 Insights on Being Funny from Maya Rudolph
Friday night during the Los Angeles Film Festival, the talented (and 8 months pregnant) Maya Rudolph sat down with Lacma curator and host of Kcrw’s The Treatment, Elvis Mitchel, to discuss “the serious business of being funny.” From her days at SNL to her early days watching movies with her dad (composer Richard Rudolph) in Westwood, Rudolph shared some of her favorite comedic moments from various films and how various comedians influenced and advised her throughout her career. Read on for ten tips and antidotes from Rudolph on the art of being funny, her memories growing up in comedy, what kind of comedians she is attracted to, and who gave her the best advice of her career. 1. Rudolph thought Steve Martin was a regular SNL cast member. Before Rudolph joined the cast, she thought Martin was a regular on the show because he hosted so many times. She expected Martin’s character from The Jerk when she...
See full article at FilmSchoolRejects.com
  • 6/16/2013
  • by Allison Loring
  • FilmSchoolRejects.com
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