Jimmy Iovine
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| Jimmy Iovine | |
| Born | James Iovine March 11, 1950 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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| Occupation | Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Record producer |
| Partner | Vicki Iovine |
| Website http://www.interscope.com |
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James Iovine, (born March 11, 1950) is Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, whose artists include U2, Dr. Dre, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Gwen Stefani and The Black Eyed Peas. He is also a record producer who has worked with bands including U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Three Dog Night, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits and Patti Smith. He is also credited with having discovered Eminem. After watching the young rapper place 2nd in the Rap Olympics, he asked for a demo tape, which he then presented to Dr. Dre. In 2002, Iovine co-produced the hit Eminem movie, "8 Mile" and in 2004, he and Paul Rosenberg signed a first-look feature deal with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for their Interscope/Shady/Aftermath banner.
He is married to writer and former model Vicki Iovine, author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy has four children and an extended family living in Staten Island, New York.
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[edit] Other mentions
In the Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over", Jimmy Iovine signs the Griffin family band to Interscope Records. In the episode he is serving time in prison for stomping a cat to death.
Iovine also was mentioned in The Miracle Year's recent EP, for getting them a record deal with an established record label.
[edit] Platinum Weird hoax
Jimmy Iovine conceived the controversial Platinum Weird hoax [1] for the promotion of the new project between David A. Stewart and Kara DioGuardi whose musical collaboration formed in 2004, but is fictionally placed in 1974. [2]
In July of 2006, VH1 premiered a mockumentary entitled Rock Legends – Platinum Weird, an examination of the band’s unusual story, complete with cameo appearances from such rock legends as Mick Jagger, Stevie Nicks, Annie Lennox, Elton John, and Ringo Starr, all reminiscing about the former band’s short-lived heyday and their impressions of the mysterious Erin Grace. The album was further promoted by a series of bogus fan sites, some of which registered by the New Media Department of Interscope Records and hosted on the same server as interscope.com [3] [4] [5], and related false documents for the "lost" group.
Much of the Platinum Weird story line is apparently identical to an earlier promotion by the unrelated band Unicorn. [6] [7]
[edit] Source
- May 6th 2006. "Face Value: Daddy cool", The Economist, p.68.
[edit] References
- ^ Lee, Chris. "Fact or fiction? It can get a bit Weird", Los Angeles Times, 2006-06-05, p. E1. Retrieved on 2006-06-05.
- ^ Platinum Weirdo Dave Stewart Is Having Acid Flashbacks. psychoPEDIA Daily News (2006-07-05). Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ weirdos.info WHOIS record. Hosted on 216.193.195.52 (iscopelvw.fullerene.com), the same server as interscope.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-06
- ^ weirdshit.biz WHOIS record. Hosted on 216.193.195.52 (iscopelvw.fullerene.com), the same server as interscope.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-06
- ^ platinumweirdos.com WHOIS record. Hosted on 216.193.195.52 (iscopelvw.fullerene.com), the same server as interscope.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-06
- ^ Platinum Weird - Plagiarism?. Popdirt (2006-07-10). Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
- ^ Unicorn's Cosmic Storyteller Home Page. Unicorn. Retrieved on 2006-07-10.
