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PEOPLE & ARTSSaturday 19 September
‘Orange Is The New Black’
soundtrack is a family affair
In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, First lady Michelle Obama
speaks to students during her visit to a career and technical
training program at Howard Community College, in Columbia,
Md.
Associated Press
Michelle Obama to
guest on Colbert’s
‘Late Show’ on Sept. 28
NEW YORK (AP) — First lady world attend school and This May 20, 2015 file photo, Jenji Kohan arrives at Netflix’s “Orange Is The New Black” Q&A
Michelle Obama is set to complete their educations. Screening at the Director Guild of America in Los Angeles.
pay a visit to “The Late She also will address her
Show With Stephen Col- “Reach Higher” initiative, Associated Press
bert.” an effort to inspire students
CBS says she’ll be a guest to take charge of their fu- MESFIN FEKADU terview. “I was really im- go back to old mixtapes
on the show’s Sept. 28 edi- ture by completing their pressed and when we did that we love, we listen to
tion. higher education. AP Music Writer the Mother’s Day episode, I friends’ bands,” she said.
Mrs. Obama will highlight “The Late Show With Ste- said, ‘Eliza, I want to use this “I think we’re all eclectic
“Let Girls Learn,” which phen Colbert” airs week- song.’ here, and just like the show
aims to help the more than nights on CBS at 11:35 p.m. “And I also love that it was is so eclectic — you have
62 million girls around the EDT.q the Mother’s Day episode all sorts of people, all dif-
and it was sort of my gift to ferent ages, all different
NEW YORK (AP) — Produc- myself to have my child in backgrounds, all different
that. It was our connection ethnicities, and hopefully
Megan Fox to guest ing the second soundtrack in a way,” Kohan added. the soundtrack reflects
Kohan said she’s “biased that, too.”
for the Netflix series “Or- because she’s my child, She said it’s sometimes
but I’m also not the easiest tough selecting songs be-
star as a new girl ange Is the New Black” mother ... cause “our budget is kind
of limited, so we can’t go
became a family affair for I’m a pretty tough critic for the obvious choices
and I think she wrote a re- and the big hits ... we have
show creator Jenji Kohan. ally great song.” to work a little harder.”
The 13-song soundtrack, Kohan, who also cre-
on ‘New Girl’ sitcom Kohan’s 14-year-old which will be released on ated the Showtime series
vinyl in November, also “Weeds,” said there’s a
daughter, Eliza Noxon, has features songs by 50 Cent, chance her daughter’s
Ike & Tina Turner, Foreigner, music could be featured
NEW YORK (AP) — Megan the opening song on “Mu- Martha Wainwright, Ger- on future episodes of “OI-
Fox will guest star in a re- trude Lawrence and Dum TNB.”
curring role next season on sic from the Original Series Dum Girls. Kohan said she “I have used my kids in
“New Girl.” and her staff, including mu- things and left them on the
The popular actress will Orange Is the New Black: sic supervisor Bruce Gilbert, editing floor,” she said.
play a gorgeous pharma- search everywhere for mu- “OITNB” is nominated for
ceutical sales rep who Seasons 2 & 3,” released sic to include on the series. four awards at Sunday’s
shakes things up in the loft “We look on YouTube, Emmys.q
by renting out the room digitally last month. “Hum- we go to live shows, we
of Jess (series star Zooey
Deschanel) while she is se- mingbird,” an original
questered on jury duty. Fox
will make her first appear- track, was used in the sea-
ance in the sixth episode of
the upcoming fifth season, son three opening episode.
scheduled to premiere in
January on the Fox net- Kohan said her daughter,
work.
Fox is best known from her who also plays the ukulele,
hit films, “Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles” and “Trans- wrote the song when she
formers.” q
was 12 at a family camping
trip when she was trying to
come up with something to
do at a talent show.
“She went off to the cabin
In this Aug. 1, 2014 file photo, and she came back with
Megan Fox arrives at special
screening of “Teenage Mu- this song fully formed ...
tant Ninja Turtles” at AMC Lin-
coln Square, in New York. she sat down and played
Associated Press this song and everyone
was kind of gobsmacked,”
Kohan said in a recent in-
