Jimmy Iovine

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birth_name = James Iovine
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occupation = Chairman, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Record producer
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James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine (born March 11, 1952), is a music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M.

He has worked with bands including U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Three Dog Night, Stevie Nicks, Dire Straits, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen. 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.

Platinum Weird hoax

Jimmy Iovine conceived the controversial Platinum Weird hoax cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/cl-et-weird5jul05,0,6307963,full.story?coll=la-home-entertainment | title=Fact or fiction? It can get a bit Weird | page=E1 | author=Lee, Chris | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2006-06-05 | accessdate=2006-06-05] 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. [cite web | url=http://www.psychopedia.com/dailynews/2006/07/platinum_weirdodave_stewart_is.html | title=Platinum Weirdo Dave Stewart Is Having Acid Flashbacks | date=2006-07-05 | work=psychoPEDIA Daily News | accessdate=2006-07-10]

In July 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 [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] , 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. [cite web | url=http://popdirt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50326 | title=Platinum Weird - Plagiarism? | date=2006-07-10 | accessdate=2006-07-10 | work=Popdirt] [cite web | url=http://www.cosmicstoryteller.com/ | title=Unicorn's Cosmic Storyteller Home Page | publisher=Unicorn | accessdate=2006-07-10]

In Popular Culture

The Eminem song "Jimmy Crack Corn", which also features 50 Cent, is written about Iovine.

In the Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over", Jimmy Iovine signs the Griffin family band to Interscope Records.

ource

*May 6th 2006. "Face Value: Daddy cool", "The Economist", p.68.

References

External links

* [http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/music+industry+profile+jimmy+iovine+of+interscope+records Interview with Artists House Music]
* [http://www.interscope.com Interscope Records]
* [http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/iovine.htm Biography at www.fleetwoodmac.net]