Jamie Foxx

R&B Jamie Foxx Intuition J ESSENTIAL "I Don't Need It" Jamie Foxx is as savvy about choosing his collaborators on wax as he is on celluloid. Numerous urban hitmakers line up to lend a hand to the Oscar winner's beat-heavy third album. And if they aren't all bringing their A-game, they're at least aiming for B-plus territory. The jittery "Just Like Me" is already scaling the charts thanks to an insistent hook courtesy of The-Dream (Rihanna's "Umbrella")

RAY ★★ ½ (Comcast Movie Collections: Black Cinema) In a performance that vaults him into the front rank of American film actors, Jamie Foxx convinces us of both Ray Charles's weakness for women and the needle and of the volcanic talent that fused R&B and gospel into soul music. It's a good thing he does, because the rest of Taylor Hackford's cliched biopic doesn't. See it for Foxx, the rest of the cast, and the incredible music. (PG-13; runs through March 13) - TY BURR THE MIGHTY DUCKS ★★ (Comcast Movie Collections: Family Movie Night)

Jamie Foxx has been named to host the Michael Jackson tribute concert planned for October in Wales. Foxx's spokesman said Monday that the Oscar-winning star of "Ray" would host "Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert. " It is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales. Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson and Cee Lo Green are among the show's announced performers. The show is not affiliated with Michael Jackson's estate, but Jackson's mother, Katherine, and other Jackson family members are scheduled to attend.

Jamie Foxx has been named to host the Michael Jackson tribute concert planned for October in Wales. Foxx's spokesman said Monday that the Oscar-winning star of "Ray" would host "Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert. " It is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales. Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson and Cee Lo Green are among the show's announced performers. The show is not affiliated with Michael Jackson's estate, but Jackson's mother, Katherine, and other Jackson family members are scheduled to attend.

It’s just not a party track these days unless you’re calling out top-shelf alcohol by name in three-part harmony. So it goes as Jamie Foxx, actor, romantic crooner, and apparent tequila enthusiast, kicks off his latest full-length. The success of a record like this is pretty easy to track on a utilitarian level: After listening you either want to party with the dude or you don’t. The answer here? OK, sure. But you’re buying the first round. The charismatic Foxx enlists the aid of, well, everyone to argue his case.

Ray Charles, President Obama, and Michael Jackson were among those who made appearances at Jamie Foxx’s concert last night at the Bank of America Pavilion. The comedian turned sitcom star turned Oscar-winning dramatic actor may have been on a tour promoting his musical persona, but Foxx couldn’t resist letting out his inner thespian and finding the funny during his energetic hour and 45 minute performance. Foxx nimbly balanced his two natures channeling Charles for a two-song homage, impersonating the commander in chief in the boudoir, and paying tribute to Jackson with...

"Stealth" is a pretty fair military-hardware action movie until you start thinking about it -- at which point it turns incredibly sour in your mouth. I can therefore recommend it to any and all audiences lacking higher brain functions. Sea cucumbers, perhaps. Ones waving American flags. I certainly can't recommend it to fans of Jamie Foxx, because the best actor Oscar winner for "Ray" is stuck in the deeply secondary role of the hero's best friend. Since "Stealth" was filmed before the Academy Awards, Foxx can take some solace in the fact that he won't ever have to accept this...

RAY ★★ ½ (Comcast Movie Collections: Black Cinema) In a performance that vaults him into the front rank of American film actors, Jamie Foxx convinces us of both Ray Charles's weakness for women and the needle and of the volcanic talent that fused R&B and gospel into soul music. It's a good thing he does, because the rest of Taylor Hackford's cliched biopic doesn't. See it for Foxx, the rest of the cast, and the incredible music. (PG-13; runs through March 13) - TY BURR THE MIGHTY DUCKS ★★ (Comcast Movie Collections: Family Movie Night)

Jamie Foxx is the closest thing to a real Renaissance man we've got in modern hyphenate culture: an actor-musician-comedian who does more than dabble. His comedy roots stretch back to the edgy, early '90s television show "In Living Color. " Last year he joined Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barbra Streisand as the only Academy Award-winning actors to also have a No. 1 album. Currently starring in the blockbuster film "Dreamgirls," and with "Unpredictable" nominated for three Grammy awards, Foxx's show for a sold-out crowd at the Wang Theatre on Saturday felt like a well-deserved victory lap. Too much...

In "The Soloist," Jamie Foxx lets his hair go nappy and swaddles himself in layers of filthy cast-off clothing as Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless and mentally ill Los Angeles street musician. Avoiding eye contact, Nathaniel chatters on in paranoid schizophrenic arias of dysfunctional connection, and you can practically smell the self-righteous Hollywood funk rising off the character. It's director Joe Wright, though, who brings that funk more than Foxx or Robert Downey Jr., playing the real-life LA Times columnist who befriends Nathaniel and tries to help him. If you've seen the trailer for "The...

It’s just not a party track these days unless you’re calling out top-shelf alcohol by name in three-part harmony. So it goes as Jamie Foxx, actor, romantic crooner, and apparent tequila enthusiast, kicks off his latest full-length. The success of a record like this is pretty easy to track on a utilitarian level: After listening you either want to party with the dude or you don’t. The answer here? OK, sure. But you’re buying the first round. The charismatic Foxx enlists the aid of, well, everyone to argue his case.

Ray Charles, President Obama, and Michael Jackson were among those who made appearances at Jamie Foxx’s concert last night at the Bank of America Pavilion. The comedian turned sitcom star turned Oscar-winning dramatic actor may have been on a tour promoting his musical persona, but Foxx couldn’t resist letting out his inner thespian and finding the funny during his energetic hour and 45 minute performance. Foxx nimbly balanced his two natures channeling Charles for a two-song homage, impersonating the commander in chief in the boudoir, and paying tribute to Jackson with...

In "The Soloist," Jamie Foxx lets his hair go nappy and swaddles himself in layers of filthy cast-off clothing as Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless and mentally ill Los Angeles street musician. Avoiding eye contact, Nathaniel chatters on in paranoid schizophrenic arias of dysfunctional connection, and you can practically smell the self-righteous Hollywood funk rising off the character. It's director Joe Wright, though, who brings that funk more than Foxx or Robert Downey Jr., playing the real-life LA Times columnist who befriends Nathaniel and tries to help him. If you've seen the trailer for "The...

R&B Jamie Foxx Intuition J ESSENTIAL "I Don't Need It" Jamie Foxx is as savvy about choosing his collaborators on wax as he is on celluloid. Numerous urban hitmakers line up to lend a hand to the Oscar winner's beat-heavy third album. And if they aren't all bringing their A-game, they're at least aiming for B-plus territory. The jittery "Just Like Me" is already scaling the charts thanks to an insistent hook courtesy of The-Dream (Rihanna's "Umbrella")

Jamie Foxx is the closest thing to a real Renaissance man we've got in modern hyphenate culture: an actor-musician-comedian who does more than dabble. His comedy roots stretch back to the edgy, early '90s television show "In Living Color. " Last year he joined Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Barbra Streisand as the only Academy Award-winning actors to also have a No. 1 album. Currently starring in the blockbuster film "Dreamgirls," and with "Unpredictable" nominated for three Grammy awards, Foxx's show for a sold-out crowd at the Wang Theatre on Saturday felt like a well-deserved victory lap. Too much...

NEW YORK -- Jamie Foxx is on such a roll that he didn't even need to put out an album to become a chart-topping singer. The Oscar-winning actor became a Grammy-nominated singer thanks to his No. 1 hit from 2004, the Kanye West-Twista collaboration "Slow Jamz. " And he followed up that smash with an even bigger one this year, singing the hook on West's Ray Charles-inspired hit "Gold Digger," which remained perched at No. 1 for weeks. But now Foxx is looking for success on his own. He released the album "Unpredictable" yesterday.

NEW YORK -- Jamie Foxx is on such a roll that he didn't even need to put out an album to become a chart-topping singer. The Oscar-winning actor became a Grammy-nominated singer thanks to his No. 1 hit from 2004, the Kanye West-Twista collaboration "Slow Jamz. " And he followed up that smash with an even bigger one this year, singing the hook on West's Ray Charles-inspired hit "Gold Digger," which remained perched at No. 1 for weeks. But now Foxx is looking for success on his own. He released the album "Unpredictable" yesterday.

"Stealth" is a pretty fair military-hardware action movie until you start thinking about it -- at which point it turns incredibly sour in your mouth. I can therefore recommend it to any and all audiences lacking higher brain functions. Sea cucumbers, perhaps. Ones waving American flags. I certainly can't recommend it to fans of Jamie Foxx, because the best actor Oscar winner for "Ray" is stuck in the deeply secondary role of the hero's best friend. Since "Stealth" was filmed before the Academy Awards, Foxx can take some solace in the fact that he won't ever have to accept this kind of jive part again.