Jamie Foxx's All-star Video

Jamie Foxx got Ron Howard to appear in his new music video by singing to his mum.

The singer-and-actor says he approached the director to make a cameo appearance in the promotional clip for 'Blame It' after bonding with his mother at the inauguration party for US President Barack Obama.

He said: "I was actually at the inauguration and there was so much great energy and there was Ron Howard and I sat next to his mom. I actually sang for her at the inauguration, just singing, and she started to tear up and we just bonded and the whole family just bonded so I was telling Mr. Howard, 'Listen, how about you do a music video?' He's like, 'What?', so I said, 'Do this music video. I got a song coming out, I think it's going to be the song of the year and if you do it man, I would appreciate it.' And he said, 'I'll give you my number and call me.'

Jamie then used Ron's appearance to lure a whole host of guest stars to feature in the video, but admits Jake Gyllenhaal was sceptical.

He added: "I said I'm going to ask Forest Whitaker and let him know that you're in, so I walked over and asked Forest and Samuel L. Jackson.

"And then I called Jake Gyllenhaal who's my friend, I said, 'Man, please come down, Ron Howard's going to be here.' He said, 'Listen Jamie, you don't have to lie to me, I'll come down. You know I don't come out and do things but I'll do it for you.' "