November 8, 2024 - Week-in-Review: Quincy Jones, celebrity endorsements and Hello Kitty at 50

Today on The Culture Show co-hosts Callie Crossley, Jared Bowen and Edgar B. Herwick III go over the latest headlines on our arts and culture week-in-review.First up: Remembering Quincy Jones. He influenced popular music for half a century, producing the best selling album of all time: “Thriller.” He scored movie soundtracks, he produced television, launching Will Smith’s acting career with “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”  and he facilitated the greatest night in pop: producing “We Are the World. “ From bebop to hip hop Quincy Jones  did it all. From there it’s the one piece of music Quincy Jones didn’t produce–what has been dubbed “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”–well thanks to some cyber sleuths: mystery solvedFinally, Hello Kitty,  says hello to the AARP. The feline phenom turned fifty,.