Satellite Radio to start his own 24/7 radio station called Foxxhole. In January 2006, Foxx announced his partnership with SIRIUS Foxx was also nominated in the BestĪctor Category for his performance as Curtis Taylor Jr. Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture. Received a SAG nomination for Best Ensemble Cast and a nomination for a NAACP The film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical Comedy, and In December 2006, Foxx was seen in the criticallyĪcclaimed screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, Dreamgirls, opposite Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, and Eddie True-life story of a mother who overcame a cocaine addiction and becameĪ positive role model and AIDS activist in the black community. Sundance Film Festival with the showing of his executively produced film Life Support starring Queen Latifah. In September 2007, Foxx appeared in The Kingdom, in which he portrayed the leader of aĬounter-terrorist team on the hunt for those responsible for a deadly bombingĪttack on Americans working in the Middle East. Foxx also closed the 2007
The film is based on a 12-part series ofĪrticles by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, played by Robert Downey Schizophrenia and dropped out of Julliard, becoming a homeless musician who Nathaniel Anthony Ayers- a real-life musical prodigy who developed Foxx continued to show his powerful affinity and respectįor fictional portrayals with Joe Wright’s inspirational film, The Soloist, in which he played In 2009, Foxx starred opposite Gerard Butler in OvertureĬitizen. Jessica Biel, George Lopez, and Patrick Dempsey. The film’s stellar ensembleĬast included: Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Hit romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” in February 2010. and Zach Galifianakis in “Due Date,” Todd Phillips’s directorialįollow up to “The Hangover.” Foxx also appeared in Garry Marshall’s box office R&B performance by a duo/group with vocals” at the 52nd Annualįoxx delivered a hilarious cameo appearance opposite Robertĭowney Jr. In January 2010, Foxx and T-Pain’s recordīreaking #1 song “Blame It” off of his previous album, “Intuition,” won “Best Justin Timberlake, Rick Ross, T.I., and other artists. In DecemberĢ010, he released his fourth album, “Best Night of My Life,” featuring Drake, Work in film, Foxx has also achieved a thriving career in music. Who broke the color barrier and transformed the school’s jazz band. To play a tribute concert for the 92-year-old “Prof,” their beloved band leader
FoxxĪlso produced “Thunder Soul,” a documentary following the astonishing alumniįrom Houston’s Kashmere High School Stage Band who return home after 35 years “In the Flow with Affion Crockett” for 20 th Century Fox Television. Is currently filming Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated “Django Unchained”Īs the title character, opposite Leonardo Di Caprio, Christoph Waltz, andĮxecutive produced a new sketch comedy series starring Affion Crockett called Grossed over $450 million worldwide to date. Foxx also recently lent his vocal talents to 20 th Centuryįox’s popular comedy- adventure in 3D, RIO, Was last seen in New Line Cinema’s successful comedy, Horrible Bosses, opposite Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, and Jasonīateman. Winning musical artist and comedian, Jamie Foxx is one of Hollywood’s rare elite The lighter, looser songs - like a characteristically breezy contribution from Pharrell Williams, and a Cook Classics collaboration that immediately follows it - happen to be the most memorable of all, even though they sound like the songs that required the least amount of thought to make.Academy Award ® winning actor, talented Grammy Award ® That material, as well as much of what surrounds it, is significantly less substantive than the singer's past work. Kid Ink, Wale, and Chris Brown are among his guests, and he snags producer Boi-1da for sleek tracks such as "Like a Drum," with lyrics that could just as easily be sung by someone half Foxx's age. Some songs here, like the consecutive piano ballads "In Love by Now" and "Jumping Out the Window," do lack mischief, but Foxx otherwise continues to put forth quite an effort to prevent his audience's average age from reaching 30. Though follow-up release "Ain't My Fault" was relatively serious, it too was set in the club and failed to register on any Billboard chart, though it was placed on the deluxe edition. The song didn't stick enough to make either the standard or the deluxe versions of Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses. When he returned in 2014 with "Party Ain't a Party," a collaboration with DJ Mustard and 2 Chainz, it was clear he was content to play the same role in R&B, as a partying loverman with winking punch lines, singing about shawties, booties, and twerking. After the 2010 release of Best Night of My Life, Jamie Foxx put his music career to the side for the longest period since 2005's Unpredictable.