Music industry icon and prostate cancer survivor, Quincy Jones, and his daughter, actress Rashida Jones, have joined together in collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) in a PSA designed to raise awareness about the importance of speaking with your doctor about prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death for men in the United States. 2.5 million American men are currently living with prostate cancer, yet according to SU2C President & CEO Sung Poblete, PhD, RN, “Men are 40 percent less likely than women to have visited a healthcare provider in the past year… talking to one’s doctor about prostate cancer is critically important.”
Please place this :30 PSA in rotation and air as soon and as often as possible through June 30, 2014 to help us spread the message and to empower men to speak with their doctors about developing a plan for prostate cancer health. As Rashida Jones states, “We have to protect the men we cherish, so please talk to your fathers, your grandfathers, husbands, brothers and sons and make sure they speak to their doctors about this disease and how to reduce their risk.”

On the cusp on releasing her fourth studio album, singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles gave ET an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the music video for her latest single “Brave,” which featured a special celebrity director.

For the video, Bareilles flocked to the streets of Los Angeles with none other than Parks and Recreation actress Rashida Jones calling the shots.

After the 33-year-old singer rehearsed her dance moves in a studio, the video’s crew hid a camera in a trash can in a park in L.A. and stood back as Bareilles baffled passersby while she danced at midday for what seemed to be no reason at all.

“The hope is that nobody knows why Sara’s just bugging out in the middle of a park by herself during lunch time,” Jones said just before the shot a portion of the video

Bareilles’ “Brave” is the first single off her upcoming fourth studio The Blessed Unrest, her follow-up to her popular Kaleidoscope Heart, which she released in 2010 to a No. 1 debut on Billboard’s charts.

Watch the video below for your exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Sara Bareilles’ latest music video.

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Rashida Jones explains to her idol Holly Hunter that she broke her foot playing tennis. When Holly Hunter asks Rashida if she’s a big fan, Rashida plays cool and tells the only tennis story she knows. Embarrassment strikes when Rashida realizes that Holly is implicated in her tale…

On the same day the National Rifle Association demanded access to guns be protected, a bevy of celebrities released a PSA urging lawmakers to put forth a substantive plan for increasing gun control.

Among the entertainers making appearances in the one-and-a-half minute ad for Demand a Plan are Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carey Mulligan, Beyonce, Jeremy Renner, Amy Poehler, Jessica Alba, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, John Legend, Nick Offerman, John Slattery, Selana Gomez, Jennifer Aniston, Jon Hamm, Chris Rock and Conan O’Brien.

As with many celebrity PSAs, each person says a few words that, taken as a whole, create a moving call to action. This particular video begins with the celebrities listing mass shootings, from Columbine to Virginia Tech.

On Dec. 19, a number of celebrities and media figures took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, demanding action on gun control. The advertisement was signed by the likes of Lady Gaga and HuffPost’s own Arianna Huffington.

A number of entertainers have been using their celebrity to push for more effective gun control legislation in the wake of the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

More information can be found at Demand a Plan’s website.

Parks and Recreation’s Rashida Jones joins Billy Eichner for the first episode of another year of pop culture personal space invasion.

Rashida Jones is set to appear on “Rove LA” this Saturday at midnight/11c on TV Guide Network.

Check out a clip from her interview below!

GQ Magazine recently commended Parks and Recreation in their upcoming “Men of The Year” December issue. The two entities have linked up to provide fans of the show a skit imitating the popular American game show The Hollywood Squares.

All nine cast members, except Nick Offerman who hosts, participate in the skit and answer random questions with random answers. When Offerman asks Aubrey Plaza “Which Olympic gold medalist admitted to peeing in the pool?” Plaza responded “Justin Bieber.”

Co-creator of the sitcom, Michael Shur, shared his thoughts to GQ Magazine on what makes the show work.

“I think the thing that makes our cast so good,” says co-creator Mike Schur, “is they all have very different points of view comedically. There are the improvisers, Amy Poehler and Aubrey Plaza, and then Aziz Ansari is a stand-up, and then Chris Pratt is this lumbering comedy Great Dane. Everyone has their own superpower.”

Leading star Amy Poehler explains that vulnerability is something that the cast tries to achieve on the show. Poehler says, “It’s hard to be vulnerable, but it’s very important in comedy. It can’t be something you tag on at the end with a musical montage. You have to earn it.”

Watch “Pawnee Squares” below.

Jimmy Fallon and Rashida Jones combine new hits with holiday themes to make an instant classic.