Looking back on this still-young century makes clear that 2007 was a major time for cinematic happenings — and, on the basis of this retrospective, one we’re not quite through with ten years on. One’s mind might quickly flash to a few big titles that will be represented, but it is the plurality of both festival and theatrical premieres that truly surprises: late works from old masters, debuts from filmmakers who’ve since become some of our most-respected artists, and mid-career turning points that didn’t necessarily announce themselves as such at the time. Join us as an assembled team, many of whom were coming of age that year, takes on their favorites.
A kaleidoscopic portrait / exploration / celebration / etc. of Bob Dylan’s many contradictions and personas, I’m Not There isn’t the first pseudo-biopic from director Todd Haynes. His debut film, Superstar, unravels the life of singer Karen Carpenter and her eventual,...
A kaleidoscopic portrait / exploration / celebration / etc. of Bob Dylan’s many contradictions and personas, I’m Not There isn’t the first pseudo-biopic from director Todd Haynes. His debut film, Superstar, unravels the life of singer Karen Carpenter and her eventual,...
- 12/4/2017
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
27 Club of stars who died tragically at age 27 Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) The American blues legend made the Mississippi Delta style famous, but his premature death near Greenwood, Mississippi, remains as mysterious as much of his short life. Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) The rock guitarist died in London of asphyxiation while intoxicated on barbituates. Brian Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) The founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones drowned in the swimming pool of his home in East Sussex, England. Janis Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) The blues singer...
- 10/21/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Anita Pallenberg, a model and actress best known for being the muse and long-time girlfriend of two members of the Rolling Stones, has died. Pallenberg, whose 12-year relationship with Keith Richards helped to define the direction of the Stones through the ’60s and ’70s, was 73.
Born in Rome during World War II, Pallenberg first met the band’s members in 1965, encountering its founder, Brian Jones, after a modeling assignment in Germany. The two began a relationship that ended in 1967, after Jones became increasingly unstable; she would later take up with Richards instead, with the two having three children together over the next several years. (Richards later alleged that Pallenberg and Mick Jagger also had a brief relationship during the filming of the heavily Stones-involved film Performance, although the actress stated that the affair never happened.)
A countercultural icon, Pallenberg refused to be boxed into simple roles like ...
Born in Rome during World War II, Pallenberg first met the band’s members in 1965, encountering its founder, Brian Jones, after a modeling assignment in Germany. The two began a relationship that ended in 1967, after Jones became increasingly unstable; she would later take up with Richards instead, with the two having three children together over the next several years. (Richards later alleged that Pallenberg and Mick Jagger also had a brief relationship during the filming of the heavily Stones-involved film Performance, although the actress stated that the affair never happened.)
A countercultural icon, Pallenberg refused to be boxed into simple roles like ...
- 6/14/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Anita Pallenberg, an actress, model and longtime girlfriend of Rolling Stones founding member Keith Richards, has died. She was 73. The Italian-German had roles in “Barbarella,” “Performance” — with Stones singer Mick Jagger — and “Candy” starring Marlon Brando and Richard Burton. Pallenberg’s friend Stella Schnabel announced news of her death on Instagram Tuesday, writing: “I have never met a woman quite like you Anita. I don’t think there is anybody in this universe like you.” Also Read: Adam West, TV's Batman in the '60s, Dies at 88 Born in German-occupied Rome towards the end of World War II, Pallenberg met...
- 6/14/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Anita Pallenberg, model, actress and longtime girlfriend of The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, passed away on Tuesday. She was 73.
She is survived by two children from her 12-year relationship with Richards; son Marlon, 46, and daughter Angela, 44.
News of her death was formally announced on social media by her close friends, including Stella Schnabel, daughter of American painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel. No cause of death was revealed.
“I have never met a woman quite like you Anita,” Schnabel wrote. “You showed about life and myself and how to grow and become and exist with it all. The greatest woman I have ever known.
She is survived by two children from her 12-year relationship with Richards; son Marlon, 46, and daughter Angela, 44.
News of her death was formally announced on social media by her close friends, including Stella Schnabel, daughter of American painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel. No cause of death was revealed.
“I have never met a woman quite like you Anita,” Schnabel wrote. “You showed about life and myself and how to grow and become and exist with it all. The greatest woman I have ever known.
- 6/14/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Fox Business Network has re-signed Making Money host Charles Payne to a multi-year deal, announced Brian Jones, President of the network. "Charles' ability to identify news-driven investment opportunities has made his show appointment viewing for the business audience,” Jones said. “We're thrilled to have him continue in his role as host of Making Money, which is the number one program in its timeslot." Said Payne, "I am proud to be a part of the best lineup in business…...
- 6/7/2017
- Deadline TV
Brian Jones was promoted to president of Fox Business Network this week and takes over a channel with suddenly loft expectations, as it ended the month of April ahead of rival CNBC among total Business Day viewers for the seventh consecutive month. Jones, who was the network’s executive vice president, will take on the responsibilities of ex-Fox News co-president Bill Shine, who stepped down on Monday amid ongoing sexual harassment allegations. Shine was largely responsible for a ton of Fbn’s success, but Jones was on his staff when the network was revamped in 2014. In fact, Jones has been second in command.
- 5/2/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Kendall Jenner snapped a topless photo on Saturday, accenting her bold look with a pair of hip-high orange boots and a fedora.
The 21-year-old supermodel struck the confident mirror pose for her Instagram amidst backlash after promoting the now-disasterous Fyre Festival, simply captioning the picture, “playing dress up.”
Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin, Chanel Iman and more models are facing backlash on social media for urging their fans to purchase tickets to the event, touted as a music festival heaven for those willing to shell out up to $250,000 for a single weekend.
But when attendees arrived at the Bahamian venue,...
The 21-year-old supermodel struck the confident mirror pose for her Instagram amidst backlash after promoting the now-disasterous Fyre Festival, simply captioning the picture, “playing dress up.”
Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin, Chanel Iman and more models are facing backlash on social media for urging their fans to purchase tickets to the event, touted as a music festival heaven for those willing to shell out up to $250,000 for a single weekend.
But when attendees arrived at the Bahamian venue,...
- 4/29/2017
- by Katherine Richter
- PEOPLE.com
With the help of Hollywood’s most glamorous models and influencers, Fyre Festival was billed as music festival heaven for those willing to shell out up to $250,000 for a single weekend.
But when festival-goers arrived to the private island in the Bahamas, there was reportedly nothing but chaos awaiting them — and a sad cheese sandwich.
Hey @GordonRamsay what would you rate #fyrefestival gourmet meals? pic.twitter.com/SYJIgwAIYp
— Rain Man (@omgRainMan) April 28, 2017
Me, reading about the #FyreFestival disaster pic.twitter.com/M07ZbH1Tob
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) April 28, 2017
When you go to #FyreFestival expecting Ja Rule, but it turns out to be Ashanti town pic.
But when festival-goers arrived to the private island in the Bahamas, there was reportedly nothing but chaos awaiting them — and a sad cheese sandwich.
Hey @GordonRamsay what would you rate #fyrefestival gourmet meals? pic.twitter.com/SYJIgwAIYp
— Rain Man (@omgRainMan) April 28, 2017
Me, reading about the #FyreFestival disaster pic.twitter.com/M07ZbH1Tob
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) April 28, 2017
When you go to #FyreFestival expecting Ja Rule, but it turns out to be Ashanti town pic.
- 4/28/2017
- by Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
27 Club of stars who died tragically at age 27 Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) The American blues legend made the Mississippi Delta style famous, but his premature death near Greenwood, Mississippi, remains as mysterious as much of his short life. Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) The rock guitarist died in London of asphyxiation while intoxicated on barbituates. Brian Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) The founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones drowned in the swimming pool of his home in East Sussex, England. Janis Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) The blues singer...
- 4/5/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death 20 years ago on March 9, 1997. The rapper’s murder will be forever linked with that of his peer Tupac Shakur, though the pair are just in a long line of musicians who’ve shuffled off the mortal coil under less-than-clear circumstances. Even if the ink has dried on the official paperwork, rumors still abound about …
Sam Cooke (1964)
Possibly the greatest “pure” soul singer in American history, Cooke’s career was on the rise after a string of hits when he was shot to death in a seedy L.A. motel, allegedly by the hotel’s manager in self-defense.
Sam Cooke (1964)
Possibly the greatest “pure” soul singer in American history, Cooke’s career was on the rise after a string of hits when he was shot to death in a seedy L.A. motel, allegedly by the hotel’s manager in self-defense.
- 3/23/2017
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
“First you shock them and then they put you in a museum,” Mick Jagger once quipped. Though his 2002 knighthood likely marked the end of his days as a rock provocateur, the second half of his prophecy has now come true.
Exhibitionism — an immersive memorabilia showcase tracing the Rolling Stones’ half-century reign as the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band — first opened in London last spring to rave reviews. This week it’s come to New York City’s Industria art space, complete with titanic twin lip logos flanking the main entrance like sensual sphinxes.
While some of the nearly...
Exhibitionism — an immersive memorabilia showcase tracing the Rolling Stones’ half-century reign as the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band — first opened in London last spring to rave reviews. This week it’s come to New York City’s Industria art space, complete with titanic twin lip logos flanking the main entrance like sensual sphinxes.
While some of the nearly...
- 11/17/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Until we invent a time machine, the Rolling Stones‘ new museum exhibition is the closest you’ll get to hanging out with the band at key moments in their history. Featuring 500 items of rare memorabilia, the appropriately titled Exhibitionism is an immersive journey from their very beginnings to the heights of superstardom. After rocking London this spring, the showcase opens in New York City’s West Village on Nov. 12.
“It’s really a thematic exploration of their career,” says curator Ileen Gallagher, “So we can explore in-depth their influence on fashion, film, music videos, recording, and art and design.”
Gallagher,...
“It’s really a thematic exploration of their career,” says curator Ileen Gallagher, “So we can explore in-depth their influence on fashion, film, music videos, recording, and art and design.”
Gallagher,...
- 11/14/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
It was 27 years ago today, in the final months of the 1980s, that the one of the defining shows of the 1990s, Seinfeld, premiered. Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David launched the “show about nothing” though they’d been asked to put together a 90-minute TV special. A season pick-up at first seemed unlikely after the pilot airing, but NBC execs ended up finding the money to order more episodes by making one fewer Bob Hope special, and the show of course went on to become one of the most successful and beloved comedies in television history, giving us the Soup Nazi, the Festivus pole, George’s musical answering machine, and a showcase for a quartet of four core comedic talents. Other notable July 5 happenings in pop culture history: • 1954: The BBC broadcast its first daily television news program. • 1954: Elvis Presley recorded his version of “That’s All Right.” • 1968:...
- 7/5/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Elektra / Columbia / Geffen / Legacy / Sony Music Australia / Island
The 27 Club, for those blissfully unaware of this legendary coincidence in rock and roll, is the name given to a collection of musicians who tragically met their end at the tender age of 27.
Popularized after the death of Jim Morrison in 1971 – who was the fourth famous 27-year-old musician to die over the course of two short years, after Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin – The 27 Club has taken more than 50 promising musicians since blues legend Robert Johnson famously kicked off in 1938.
Some believe the trend to be a legitimate curse, citing vague supernatural reasons, while other conspiracy theorists cite more sinister explanations for why so many talented figures in the music industry meet their untimely demise at this specific age. It remains one of the most unfortunate coincidences in the history of music, and with each subsequent musician who joins the club,...
The 27 Club, for those blissfully unaware of this legendary coincidence in rock and roll, is the name given to a collection of musicians who tragically met their end at the tender age of 27.
Popularized after the death of Jim Morrison in 1971 – who was the fourth famous 27-year-old musician to die over the course of two short years, after Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin – The 27 Club has taken more than 50 promising musicians since blues legend Robert Johnson famously kicked off in 1938.
Some believe the trend to be a legitimate curse, citing vague supernatural reasons, while other conspiracy theorists cite more sinister explanations for why so many talented figures in the music industry meet their untimely demise at this specific age. It remains one of the most unfortunate coincidences in the history of music, and with each subsequent musician who joins the club,...
- 3/22/2016
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
By Todd Garbarini
Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the preeminent intellectuals in the world. As the Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he currently works, he has also written over one hundred books, among them Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force, Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order, and the forthcoming The Culture of Terrorism which he co-wrote with Brian Jones. A seemingly tireless octogenarian, it is Mr. Chomsky’s Weltanschauung that director’s Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott recorded over a period of four years as the subject of their new and, unfortunately, quite timely documentary, the elegiacally-titled Requiem for the American Dream. The film, which runs a mere 73 minutes, focuses on what Mr. Chomsky refers to as the Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, which essentially are the methods employed...
Noam Chomsky is widely regarded as one of the preeminent intellectuals in the world. As the Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he currently works, he has also written over one hundred books, among them Power and Terror: Conflict, Hegemony, and the Rule of Force, Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order, and the forthcoming The Culture of Terrorism which he co-wrote with Brian Jones. A seemingly tireless octogenarian, it is Mr. Chomsky’s Weltanschauung that director’s Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, and Jared P. Scott recorded over a period of four years as the subject of their new and, unfortunately, quite timely documentary, the elegiacally-titled Requiem for the American Dream. The film, which runs a mere 73 minutes, focuses on what Mr. Chomsky refers to as the Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power, which essentially are the methods employed...
- 3/2/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
A mute Tilda Swinton steals the show as four narcissists come undone in a Mediterranean paradise
This loose remake of Jacques Deray’s 1969 La Piscine tips its titular hat to David Hockney, and moves the action from the Côte d’Azur to the Italian island of Pantelleria, where four differently hellish people tear each other apart in a glamorous villa. Tilda Swinton is typically commanding as former stadium-rock diva Marianne Lane, rendered silent by throat surgery, now getting away from it all with her recovering alcoholic boyfriend Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts). Into their paradisal retreat comes perpetually aggravating old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes), a motor-mouthed irritant with a petulant young woman in tow (Dakota Johnson’s Penelope), who may or may not be his recently discovered daughter. Basking in sun-broiled sexual tension, the misfits listen to old Rolling Stones records while Harry attempts to seduce Marianne, and Penelope stirs Paul’s smouldering pot.
This loose remake of Jacques Deray’s 1969 La Piscine tips its titular hat to David Hockney, and moves the action from the Côte d’Azur to the Italian island of Pantelleria, where four differently hellish people tear each other apart in a glamorous villa. Tilda Swinton is typically commanding as former stadium-rock diva Marianne Lane, rendered silent by throat surgery, now getting away from it all with her recovering alcoholic boyfriend Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts). Into their paradisal retreat comes perpetually aggravating old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes), a motor-mouthed irritant with a petulant young woman in tow (Dakota Johnson’s Penelope), who may or may not be his recently discovered daughter. Basking in sun-broiled sexual tension, the misfits listen to old Rolling Stones records while Harry attempts to seduce Marianne, and Penelope stirs Paul’s smouldering pot.
- 2/14/2016
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Ever since Rolling Stone Brian Jones stumbled through Morocco in a hash haze, only to come upon the Master Musicians of Jajouka in a small village in 1968, there's been an interconnectedness between Western rock stars and Eastern mysticism. From the Beatles and the Beach Boys holed up in Rishikesh with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to the Beastie Boys making a "Bodhisattva Vow" and raising consciousness about Tibet, there's been a quest for enlightenment amid the flash of rock stardom, a search for ancient roots deep inside of modern music.
But when...
But when...
- 12/1/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Secret Identities #1
Story by Jay Faerber & Brian Jones
Art by Ilias Kyriazis
Colors by Charlie Kirchoff
Published by Image Comics
The idea of a mole infiltrating a superhero team is nothing new, but watching things unfold from the mole’s point of view is refreshing.
Secret Identities #1 introduces readers to an established team of heroes known as Front Line. The team is diverse, balanced, and flawed. For example, although Front Line claims they look after their own readers see how Diamond Jim is neglected after the loss of his legs. Flaws such as this provide a myriad of secrets for our young mole to dig up.
So who will readers be learning about? There are seven seasoned members on the team roster:
Luminary, the daughter of the president of the United States and leader of Front Line whose origin is kept
under wraps. Gaijin, an alien creature raised by mobsters.
Story by Jay Faerber & Brian Jones
Art by Ilias Kyriazis
Colors by Charlie Kirchoff
Published by Image Comics
The idea of a mole infiltrating a superhero team is nothing new, but watching things unfold from the mole’s point of view is refreshing.
Secret Identities #1 introduces readers to an established team of heroes known as Front Line. The team is diverse, balanced, and flawed. For example, although Front Line claims they look after their own readers see how Diamond Jim is neglected after the loss of his legs. Flaws such as this provide a myriad of secrets for our young mole to dig up.
So who will readers be learning about? There are seven seasoned members on the team roster:
Luminary, the daughter of the president of the United States and leader of Front Line whose origin is kept
under wraps. Gaijin, an alien creature raised by mobsters.
- 2/23/2015
- by Elizabeth Rico
- SoundOnSight
Bridge of Floating Dreams
Director: Catherine Breillat // Writer: Brian Jones
Shortly before her latest title, the autobiographical Abuse of Weakness hit it’s limited release in August 2014, provocateur Catherine Breillat announced she would be directing material written by someone other than herself for the first time in her four decades of filmmaking. It appears that Breillat has left behind her series of fairy tale adaptations indefinitely and is branching out with her first English language feature with this Japanese/Australian co-production, a 1960′s period piece titled Bridge of Floating Dreams. Breillat compared the script to her 1999 film Romance, so expect profound erotic flourishes.
Cast: Not available.
Producer: The late David Hannay, Richard Barnes and Candide Production France’s François Cohen-Séat.
U.S. Distributor: Rights available.
Release Date: At the time this was announced, work was still going into the script and further funding needed to be secured. Breillat doesn’t work very quickly,...
Director: Catherine Breillat // Writer: Brian Jones
Shortly before her latest title, the autobiographical Abuse of Weakness hit it’s limited release in August 2014, provocateur Catherine Breillat announced she would be directing material written by someone other than herself for the first time in her four decades of filmmaking. It appears that Breillat has left behind her series of fairy tale adaptations indefinitely and is branching out with her first English language feature with this Japanese/Australian co-production, a 1960′s period piece titled Bridge of Floating Dreams. Breillat compared the script to her 1999 film Romance, so expect profound erotic flourishes.
Cast: Not available.
Producer: The late David Hannay, Richard Barnes and Candide Production France’s François Cohen-Séat.
U.S. Distributor: Rights available.
Release Date: At the time this was announced, work was still going into the script and further funding needed to be secured. Breillat doesn’t work very quickly,...
- 1/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Children and grown-ups alike flocked to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in its first weekend of release, and now Hollywood is betting the the '90s nostalgia wave will last least two more years - on Wenesday, Lionsgate announced that its Mighty Morphin Power Rangers reboot will hit theaters on Jully 22, 2016. The studio has signed the the writers of Thor, to produce a script off a story by Star Trek's Robert Orci. There are no plot details yet, but knowing that Lionsgate was the studio behind Ender's Game, The Hunger Games and I, Frankenstein, it's likely the Power Rangers movie...
- 8/16/2014
- by Nate Jones, @kn8
- PEOPLE.com
Lindsay Lohan defied the odds -- she stayed alive long enough to hit 28, but still flashed some serious wear and tear for the big day. Sooo ... happy birthday? Linds was spotted in NYC with multiple bruises on both legs ... and a serious gash on her left. Maybe she started the celebration early (like it ever stops).After a rollercoaster year, and life, in and out of sobriety ... a lot of people had her pinned for...
- 7/2/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
For the first time in her 40-year career, controversial and renowned French director Catherine Breillat has agreed to direct a film she has not personally written, signing onto the Australian co-production Bridge of Floating Dreams. Penned by Australian Brian Jones, Bridge of Floating Dreams follows his own experiences as a young man who falls in love with a Japanese woman during his travels in the 60.s. This relationship introduces him to the mizu-shobai . an outrageous and now extinct sub-world of Japanese nightlife. Breillat is well known for her clinical, bleak style as well as for exploring female sexuality in her work with unconventional explicitness. She has been described as a .porno auteuriste.. .My story has explicit erotica, sure,. says Jones. .But it.s the opposite of bleak and clinical. That.s why I was initially dubious about sending it to her. We took a chance and sent to her anyway.
- 6/2/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
French director to direct her first English-language film.
French director Catherine Breillat has signed to direct her first English-language film, Bridge of Floating Dreams set against the backdrop of Japan some twenty years after Hiroshima.
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Japan, it revolves around the relationship between Sean, a young Australian backpacker on his first foreign adventure, and Miyoshi, a nightclub hostess.
In the backdrop, Sean is also befriended by an Austrian forger and a street-wise Japanese wannabe Yakuza hit man.
“In the relationship between Miyoshi and Sean there is something of “romance”, but more flamboyant and carnal; more romantic and Romanesque,” says Breillat.
It is based on a screenplay by award-winning Australian screenwriter Brian Jones
“In the relationship between Miyoshi and Sean there is something of “romance”, but more flamboyant and carnal; more romantic and Romanesque,” says Breillat.
It is the first time Breillat, whose last film Abuse of Weakness premiered at Toronto last year...
French director Catherine Breillat has signed to direct her first English-language film, Bridge of Floating Dreams set against the backdrop of Japan some twenty years after Hiroshima.
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Japan, it revolves around the relationship between Sean, a young Australian backpacker on his first foreign adventure, and Miyoshi, a nightclub hostess.
In the backdrop, Sean is also befriended by an Austrian forger and a street-wise Japanese wannabe Yakuza hit man.
“In the relationship between Miyoshi and Sean there is something of “romance”, but more flamboyant and carnal; more romantic and Romanesque,” says Breillat.
It is based on a screenplay by award-winning Australian screenwriter Brian Jones
“In the relationship between Miyoshi and Sean there is something of “romance”, but more flamboyant and carnal; more romantic and Romanesque,” says Breillat.
It is the first time Breillat, whose last film Abuse of Weakness premiered at Toronto last year...
- 5/20/2014
- ScreenDaily
Wikipedia
Sometimes, the universe seems to be giving you everything you want, and then cruelly yanks it all away. Rock stars aren’t immune to such cosmic whims either – if anything, they seem especially susceptible to them. So pervasive is the trend of musicians dying young that there’s even an unofficial “27 Club” for them. That club contains such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison, whose death effectively spelled the end of The Doors and – just maybe – the 60s in general.
Dozens of famous bands have seen pillars of their lineup wrested away from them at crucial moments in their careers. Some performers succumb to the pressures of success and the lure of drugs and alcohol, but others have been lost in accidents that were no fault of their own, or have even been murdered.
This list contains ten bands that lost members at critical stages of their careers.
Sometimes, the universe seems to be giving you everything you want, and then cruelly yanks it all away. Rock stars aren’t immune to such cosmic whims either – if anything, they seem especially susceptible to them. So pervasive is the trend of musicians dying young that there’s even an unofficial “27 Club” for them. That club contains such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison, whose death effectively spelled the end of The Doors and – just maybe – the 60s in general.
Dozens of famous bands have seen pillars of their lineup wrested away from them at crucial moments in their careers. Some performers succumb to the pressures of success and the lure of drugs and alcohol, but others have been lost in accidents that were no fault of their own, or have even been murdered.
This list contains ten bands that lost members at critical stages of their careers.
- 5/6/2014
- by Kyle Schmidlin
- Obsessed with Film
Adding another year to her age, Lady Gaga is celebrating her 28th birthday today (March 28) and she’s relieved 27 came and went.
This morning, Gaga hit up a yoga studio in New York City in yet another strange getup and received a birthday gift from a fan along the way.
During an interview with Z100, the “Just Dance” singer referenced the dreaded 27 club as she declared, “I made it past 27!”
Last year, Mother Monster discussed the strange phenomenon that Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Brian Jones all died at 27 years of age, and guaranteed her fans she wouldn’t follow suit.
"I want to show people that I will last past 27, and I will last longer, and so will you. I want to change this code in the atmosphere that in order to be remembered, I must die young. In order to be remembered as a legend,...
This morning, Gaga hit up a yoga studio in New York City in yet another strange getup and received a birthday gift from a fan along the way.
During an interview with Z100, the “Just Dance” singer referenced the dreaded 27 club as she declared, “I made it past 27!”
Last year, Mother Monster discussed the strange phenomenon that Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Brian Jones all died at 27 years of age, and guaranteed her fans she wouldn’t follow suit.
"I want to show people that I will last past 27, and I will last longer, and so will you. I want to change this code in the atmosphere that in order to be remembered, I must die young. In order to be remembered as a legend,...
- 3/28/2014
- GossipCenter
Happy 28th birthday, Lady Gaga! The "G.U.Y." singer's actual b-day is today, but she kicked off celebrations Thursday night in New York City, even cracking a macabre joke about hitting the big 2-8, telling fans, "I made it past 27!" Gaga is well aware of the tragic "27 Club"—the nickname given to the group of performers who died just three years before turning 30—and she made it clear she didn't want to be a "member." The list of "members" includes Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones. But in a Z100 radio interview last year, a 26-year-old Gaga made her intentions of growing older very clear. "I...
- 3/28/2014
- E! Online
I always warn my students* to avoid listening to veteran hacks who talk about the golden age of journalism. But I admit I'm not immune to doing it myself and I also enjoy reading old friends' reminiscences - some of which I even recognise to have been true.
The latest example is an interview on The Surrey Edit site with the former Daily Mirror show business writer, Don Short, renowned for his story-getting abilities.
The piece began badly by wrongly stating that the Mirror's 5m circulation in the 1960s was "more than all the other newspapers put together." How ridiculous.
Fortunately, after that glitch - which was surely not Don's fault - it got much better.
Don told of coining the term "Beatlemania" (it certainly made its first appearance in the Mirror in 1963) though I didn't realise he was the author.
Anyway, here's a glimpse into Don's past (and the...
The latest example is an interview on The Surrey Edit site with the former Daily Mirror show business writer, Don Short, renowned for his story-getting abilities.
The piece began badly by wrongly stating that the Mirror's 5m circulation in the 1960s was "more than all the other newspapers put together." How ridiculous.
Fortunately, after that glitch - which was surely not Don's fault - it got much better.
Don told of coining the term "Beatlemania" (it certainly made its first appearance in the Mirror in 1963) though I didn't realise he was the author.
Anyway, here's a glimpse into Don's past (and the...
- 3/26/2014
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
New York, December 22: There are many music legends like Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse and Janis Joplin, who ended their lives at 27.
Author Howard Sounes has tried to permeate this mystery by seeking the similarities in these great talents which would explain why they all joined the '27 Club', the New York Post reported.
In his book, '27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse', the writer says that none of the rockers wanted to live.
Sounes asserted that though the cause of death for.
Author Howard Sounes has tried to permeate this mystery by seeking the similarities in these great talents which would explain why they all joined the '27 Club', the New York Post reported.
In his book, '27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse', the writer says that none of the rockers wanted to live.
Sounes asserted that though the cause of death for.
- 12/22/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
There's a menswear store on a quaint cobblestone street in my suburban New Jersey town whose Christmas window display each year includes a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a fishnet stocking. That no one thinks this is tacky or even unusual is a tribute to how remarkably pervasive "A Christmas Story" has become over the past three decades.
At the time of its release 30 years ago this week (November 18, 1983), the movie was a cult favorite at best. Since then, however, it's become the indispensable Christmas movie for a couple of generations of viewers, as essential a holiday staple as "It's a Wonderful Life." Tens of millions are expected to watch at least some part of the film when it airs 12 times in a row during the annual TBS "24 Hours of 'A Christmas Story'" marathon on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
How did the movie go from...
At the time of its release 30 years ago this week (November 18, 1983), the movie was a cult favorite at best. Since then, however, it's become the indispensable Christmas movie for a couple of generations of viewers, as essential a holiday staple as "It's a Wonderful Life." Tens of millions are expected to watch at least some part of the film when it airs 12 times in a row during the annual TBS "24 Hours of 'A Christmas Story'" marathon on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
How did the movie go from...
- 11/18/2013
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Lady Gaga doesn't believe she'll suffer the same fate as fellow musical great Amy Winehouse. During a Z100 radio interview on Friday, Nov. 8, the "Dope" singer said she won't be joining the 27 Club—the nickname given to the group of performers who died just three years shy of turning 30. Other "members" included Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. The "Do What U Want" singer—who has spoken regularly and candidly about her drug use—said she relies on drugs to feel imaginative. "I do put that pressure on myself; I have to be high to be creative. I need that. That's an error in my life that happened for over 10 years," Gaga...
- 11/15/2013
- E! Online
The actress and model has lived a life of unparalleled excess: heroin addiction, alcoholism and affairs with Brian Jones and Keith Richards during her time on the road with the Stones. Now, as a recovering addict, and keen allotment holder, she reflects on the lost years and her journey back from the brink. By Lynn Barber
Context is all. If you saw Anita Pallenberg dressed in her glad-rags at, say, a Stones first-night party with her friend Marianne Faithfull, you might just recognise her as one of the great Sixties rock princesses, star of Performance, mother of two of Keith Richards's children. But these days, you'd be more likely to see her cycling to her allotment in Chiswick or attending a botanical drawing class at the Chelsea Physic Garden, in which case you wouldn't recognise her at all. She walks with a slight limp from repeated hip replacements and looks,...
Context is all. If you saw Anita Pallenberg dressed in her glad-rags at, say, a Stones first-night party with her friend Marianne Faithfull, you might just recognise her as one of the great Sixties rock princesses, star of Performance, mother of two of Keith Richards's children. But these days, you'd be more likely to see her cycling to her allotment in Chiswick or attending a botanical drawing class at the Chelsea Physic Garden, in which case you wouldn't recognise her at all. She walks with a slight limp from repeated hip replacements and looks,...
- 2/24/2008
- by Lynn Barber
- The Guardian - Film News
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