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Connecting Chaka Khan and Lily-Rose Depp



Chaka Khan American singer
In October 2019, Khan was an honoree at Variety's "Power of Women" luncheon for supporting Little Kids Rock. Other honorees were Mariah Carey, Jennifer Aniston, Brie Larson, Awkwafina, and Dana Walden.

Jennifer Aniston American actress and producer
In ''The Yellow Birds'', a war drama directed by Alexandre Moors, Aniston portrays the mother of a deceased soldier, alongside Alden Ehrenreich, Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Toni Collette.

Tye Sheridan
In 2021, Sheridan co-starred in the Neil Burgersci-fi thriller '' Voyagers'' (2021) with Colin Farrell, Lily-Rose Depp, Isaac Hempstead Wright, and Fionn Whitehead.


Chaka Khan American singer
The title track, the first single released, was originally written and recorded by Prince in 1979 and had also been recorded by The Pointer Sisters and Rebbie Jackson.
In 1998, Khan signed a contract with Prince's NPG Records label and issued ''Come 2 My House'', followed by the single "Don't Talk 2 Strangers", a cover of a 1996 Prince song.
The album was also notable for Khan's covers of Dee Dee Warwick's "Foolish Fool" and Prince's "Sign o' the Times".

Prince (musician)
Some of these fan discussions were filmed for an unreleased documentary, directed by Kevin Smith.

Kevin Smith American filmmaker
It stars Smith's daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, and Lily-Rose Depp, reprising their two minor characters from ''Tusk'', with Johnny Depp also playing his inspector character from the earlier film.


Chaka Khan American singer
The same year, Khan appeared on three tracks on Rick Wakeman's concept album '' 1984''.

Rick Wakeman
In 1975, Wakeman composed the soundtrack for '' Lisztomania'', a biography film about composer Franz Liszt written and directed by Ken Russell.

Isadora Duncan American dancer and choreographer
* In 2016, Lily-Rose Depp portrayed Duncan in '' The Dancer'', a French biographical musical drama of dancer Loie Fuller.


Chaka Khan American singer
Also in 1980, Khan had a cameo appearance as a church choir soloist in '' The Blues Brothers'' starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
* Khan as Choir Soloist, in the 1980 American musical comedy film ''The Blues Brothers'' directed by John Landis. Starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd Canadian actor, comedian and musician (born 1952)
In 2001, he starred in the Woody Allen film '' The Curse of the Jade Scorpion''.

Woody Allen
In May 2019, it was announced that Allen's latest film would be titled ''Rifkin's Festival'', and ''Variety magazine'' confirmed that its cast would include Christoph Waltz, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López and Wallace Shawn and it would be produced by Gravier Productions.

Louis Garrel French film actor, director, and screenwriter
Garrel has also performed in two feature films that were written and directed by him: '' Les Deux Amis'', starring Golshifteh Farahani and Vincent Macaigne; and ''A Faithful Man'', starring Laetitia Casta and Lily-Rose Depp.





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