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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received many accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, [1] a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
Friends set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to produce a stand-up special starring Jones, and his story went viral after he appeared on Ellen. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] After successfully raising over $50,000, Jones filmed a comedy special at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on April 4, 2016, titled Burning the Light , and it aired on HBO ...
On November 6, 2012, Jones was awarded $2.2mn in a lawsuit against rapper Lil Wayne, over Jones's biopic "The Carter". [8] The pair sued each other over the film, with Wayne's original lawsuit — which was thrown out — claimed Jones' documentary was a "scandalous portrayal" of Wayne and his work. [9]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The eclectic Quincy Jones (YouTube Video) Quincy Jones, a giant of the music industry for more than six decades, died Sunday, November 3, 2024, at age 91.
The 2024 presidential election is a day away, and with both candidates polling closely, speculation about a second Trump administration now heavily involves Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Specifically, if ...
A video going viral on X claims to show Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni kissing during a recent meeting in Paris. Verdict: False The video was made using Artificial Intelligence ...
In 2013, his split-screen video covers of popular songs, such as Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", began to go viral on YouTube. In 2014, Collier signed with Quincy Jones 's management company and began working on his one-man, audio-visual live performance vehicle, designed and built at the MIT Media Lab by Ben Bloomberg. [ 3 ]
Elon Musk is inserting his X platform into a legal fight between Alex Jones and control of InfoWars after satirical publication The Onion won a bid for the conspiracy theory website and its assets.