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Stones Shine in Scorsese's Doc

Berlin Film Festival has satisfying opening

Feb 8, 08 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Martin Scorsese doesn’t spare the wrinkles in his latest rock documentary, Shine a Light, which opened the Berlin Film Festival with a bang yesterday. These are the Rolling Stones, after all, and Scorsese’s big point, is that they’re fundamentally the same rockers at 60-plus that they... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • movie review • Martin Scorsese • Berlin Film Festival

Scorsese's Stones Film to Launch Berlin Film Festival

Rockumentary Shine a Light to be unveiled next month

Jan 17, 08 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The Berlin Film Festival will kick off next month with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's rockumentary about the Rolling Stones, Der Spiegel reports. Scorsese and his team shot over half a million feet of film at two 2006 Rolling Stone gigs in New York. Performances by Jack White and... More »

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Rolling Stones • rock stars • Berlin • rock and roll • Martin Scorsese • Christina Aguilera • Berlin Film Festival • movies

Activision Profits Powered by Guitar Hero

2Q results foreshadow billions in future revenue from game

Nov 5, 07 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Activision turned a $24.3 million loss into a slender quarterly profit of $698,000 in just one year—thanks to its blockbuster musical simulation Guitar Hero. The video game is expected to produce revenue in the billions, the Wall Street Journal reports. Guitar Hero III was launched October 28—... More »

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Rolling Stones • revenue • Guns N' Roses • Activision • Guitar Hero III • Poison • Robert Kotick. • Call of Duty • video games

Still in Love With Jumpin' Jack Flash

Even GOP candidate fawns over rock stars, Washington Post says

Sep 2, 07 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rock stars snort powders and cremated parents, promote thuggish personas, and do it all for a corporate dollar – yet we only love them all the more, says the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan. Even Mike Huckabee revealed his un-GOP admiration for Keith Richards, pardoning his reckless driving charge and... More »

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music • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • Mike Huckabee • 50 Cent • Justin Timberlake • Giorgio Armani • James Brown • Jerry Lee Lewis

Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Reviews of 'superdrunk,' 'confused' performance get guitarist riled up

Aug 29, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,... More »

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Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • Sweden • concert • musician

Put Your Best Line Forward

Attention-grabbing openers stand the test of time

Aug 24, 07 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's good to lead off with a bang, especially if your business is song lyrics. Spinner.com lists the 25 best opening lines:
  1. "She's a very kinky girl" (Rick James, "Superfreak")
  2. "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane" (The Rolling Stones, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
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Rolling Stones • list • Bon Jovi • Beck • celebrity • Rick James • Beatles • LL Cool J • The Carpenters • Carl Perkins • Patti Smith • Ramones

No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

Richards, Wood defy smoking ban at UK show, plan to continue

Aug 22, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Threat of fines appear unlikely to keep the Rolling Stones from smoking onstage, the Times reports. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood lit up during a show yesterday in London despite frantic warnings from venue staff. "You might say that Keith and Ronnie lighting up while they swap licks... More »

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London • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • United Kingdom • smoking • England • smoking ban • concert • musician • Ronnie Wood

Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone
can’t get cocaine
satisfaction

Aug 7, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • cremation • cocaine • guitarist • musician

100 Biggest Celebrities

New Forbes list is full of ‘biggest-ever’s

Jun 15, 07 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous... More »

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Rolling Stones • Tiger Woods • Johnny Depp • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • 50 Cent • Halle Berry • celebrity • Jim Carrey

Keith Richards: "I Snorted
My Dad"

Rolling Stones guitarist is just as weird as we all suspected

Apr 4, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary rock guitarist and professional strange person Keith Richards—still alive against all apparent odds—admitted yesterday to snorting cocaine laced with his own father's ashes. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he... More »

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entertainment • music • drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • rock stars • weird • cremation • cocaine

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