Awards

• Commended for Audies (Autobiography/Memoir) 2022

Overview

"From Academy Award-winning multi-talent Jamie Foxx, a hilariously candid look at the joys and pitfalls of being the father of two daughters. Jamie Foxx has won an Academy Award and a Grammy Award, laughed with sitting presidents, and partied with the biggest names in hip-hop. But he is most proud of his role as father to two very independent young women, Corinne and Anelise. Jamie might not always know what he's doing when it comes to raising girls--especially when they talk to him about TikTok (PlikPlok?) and don't share his enthusiasm for flashy Rolls Royces--but he does his best to show up for them every single day. Luckily, he has a strong example to follow: his beloved late grandmother, Estelle Marie Talley. Jamie learned everything he knows about parenting from the fierce woman who raised him: As he puts it, she's ""Madea before Tyler Perry put on the pumps and the gray wig."" In Act Like You Got Some Sense--a title inspired by Estelle--Jamie shares up close and personal stories about the tough love and old-school values he learned growing up in the small town of Terrell, Texas; his early days trying to make it in Hollywood; the joys and challenges of achieving stardom; and how each phase of his life shaped his parenting journey. Hilarious, poignant, and always brutally honest, this is Jamie Foxx like we've never seen him before."

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9781668600955

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A practical, sometimes profane, always entertaining guide to the fine art of parenting. -- Kirkus Reviews Foxx writes in a jovial manner, with jokes flying constantly...Yet where this book truly excels is in its honesty, offering an intimate look past Jamie Foxx the famous actor to reveal a relatable figure. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) In cheerfully meandering stories, Foxx displays his comedic timing and pacing and is always entertaining...The equivalent of a vitamin-packed smoothie: sweet, fun, and easy to enjoy, full of slyly concealed nourishment and goodness. -- Booklist The A-lister gets brutally honest about the rollercoaster of emotions that is being a dad. -- Entertainment Weekly

Jamie Foxx could teach a master class on blockbuster films, but he's still very much a student when it comes to his own house...The A-lister gets brutally honest about the rollercoaster of emotions that is being a dad. -- Entertainment Weekly

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"Jamie Foxx is an award-winning actor, singer, and comedian. His accolades include an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He's also a Grammy Award-winning musician, having produced four albums that charted in the top ten in the United States. Foxx received rave reviews for his standout performance in the 2019 Warner Bros. courtroom drama, Just Mercy. He has two daughters, Corinne and Anelise, and currently executive produces and hosts ""Beat Shazam"" on Fox with the former. Jamie Foxx is an award-winning actor, singer, and comedian. His accolades include an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He's also a Grammy Award-winning musician, having produced four albums that charted in the top ten in the United States. Foxx received rave reviews for his standout performance in the 2019 Warner Bros. courtroom drama, Just Mercy. He has two daughters, Corinne and Anelise, and currently executive produces and hosts ""Beat Shazam"" on Fox with the former. Nick Chiles is a bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. He has authored or co-authored twenty books, including three New York Times bestsellers with R&B icon Bobby Brown, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, and gospel legend Kirk Franklin. He also co-authored with Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx the parenting memoir Act Like You Got Some Sense, and with Atlanta attorney Robbin Shipp the book Justice While Black: Helping African American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System, a finalist for a 2015 NAACP Image Award. Chiles served as a newspaper reporter (mainly covering education), magazine writer, and magazine and website editor-in-chief during his more than three decades in journalism, winning nearly twenty major awards--including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize as part of a New York Newsday team. He has served as a professor at Columbia Journalism School and Princeton University and a consultant for the William Julius Wilson Institute at the Harlem Children's Zone. He currently teaches journalism at the University of Georgia. Chiles, a graduate of Yale, lives in Decatur, Georgia, with his wife Sadiqa Chiles."

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