Seth McFarlane As “Star Wars” Director? Oh, Puh
Back in the 1960s, Malcolm X had written to Angelou and praised her for her ability to communicate so directly, with her "feet firmly rooted on the ground." In 2002, Angelou communicated in an unexpected way when she launched a line of greeting cards with industry giant Hallmark. Angelou admitted she was cool to the idea at first. Then she went to Loomis, her editor at Random House, who was concerned the project would "trivialize" Angelou, whom called "the people's poet."
With both an Oscar and Grammy nomination under his belt, the writer-singer-actor-producer-director has recently completed his first-ever Christmas album, which includes collaborations with Norah Jones and Sara Bareilles MacFarlane and McNeely cherry-picked both timeless holiday songs and lesser-known gems. MacFarlane tackles such chestnuts as “Let It Snow," and brings a new interpretation to the Lee Gordon rarity “Christmas Dreaming.” Jones joins him for Seger Ellis and Al Stillman 's “Little Jack Frost Get Lost”, while Bareilles lends her pipes to Frank Loesser ’s “Baby It’s Cold Outside.”
Angelou was little known outside the theatrical community until "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," which might not have happened if writer James Baldwin hadn't persuaded Angelou, still grieving over King's death, to attend a party at the home of Jules Feiffer , a cartoonist and writer. Feiffer was so taken by Angelou that he mentioned her to Random House editor Bob Loomis , who persuaded her to write a book by daring her into it, saying that it was "nearly impossible to write autobiography as literature."
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