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Palm Springs International Film Festival To Honor Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

British actor Gary Oldman is to be honored for his career with the International Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival next month. Oldman started out working in theatre in 1978 before movi...


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Gary Oldman Sad To See Sid Vicious Hotel Close

Gary Oldman

Actor Gary Oldman is sad to hear New York's fabled Chelsea Hotel is closing, even though his experiences there were far from pleasant.


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Frank Sinatra Blocked 'My Way' From 'Goodfellas'

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra refused to allow Martin Scorsese to use his version of My Way for the closing scene of gangster classic Goodfellas, because he didn't want to be linked to the Mafia. Sinatra was do...


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Drew Barrymore: 'My Real Life Is A Disaster'

Drew Barrymore

Scruffy Drew Barrymore wants to hire an aide during her promotional trips for "Going The Distance" - to keep her hotel suite clean and tidy. The actress, who took on directing duties for the new ...


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PiL Return To U.S. After 18 Years

John Lydon of PiL

John Lydon's punk collective Public Image Limited (PiL) will make their first U.S. TV appearance in 18 years when they perform on late night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on April 7. The former Sex Pi...


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Review: 500 Days Of Summer

500 Days of Summer

At some point most guys have had at least one Summer Finn in their lives. Someone who was in every way perfect and for a short period of time, she reciprocates those feelings. Then, with no warning...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 10

Bono

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Traf...


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Sid Vicious Tops Controversial Rocker Poll

Sex Pistols

Hell raising Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious has been voted the most controversial rocker of all time. Vicious - real name John Ritchie - died of a heroin overdose in 1979, months after he was ac...


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Music Biopics: What's Been Done, What's In The Works, & What We Want

Walk the Line

The biopic is a longstanding Hollywood tradition. There are the big budget epics like the now infamous Elizabeth Taylor vehicle "Cleopatra," David Lean's masterpiece, "Lawrence of Arabia," or Richa...


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Hotel Documentary Recreates Nancy Spungen's Murder

Sid Vicious

The fatal stabbing of Sex Pistols rocker Sid Vicious' American girlfriend has been recreated in a new documentary about New York's famed Chelsea Hotel. Vicious and Nancy Spungen endured a tum...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 10

Bono

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Tra...


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A Guide To Spotting Celebrities In New York City

Sarah Jessica Parker

Imagine carrying loads of shopping bags while pushing aside walls of doe-eyed tourists, teenage Elle Woods' carrying baby Bruisers, and cell phone yelling brokers in Armani power suits. When three ...


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Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles Release Sophomore CD

Sarah Borges

Following 2007's critically acclaimed hit "The Day We Met," roots-punk-rock songstress Sarah Borges and her band The Broken Singles will release a new video for the second single, "Stop And Think I...


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Biographer To Make 'Ultimate' Sex Pistols Movie

Sex Pistols

Writer Alan Parker has been recruited to make a new movie about notorious late Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious. The 42-year-old has written three books on the life of the punk legend - real name John ...


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The Sex Pistols To Reunite For Anniversary Gig

Sex Pistols

Punk icons The Sex Pistols are set to play a one-off gig in London to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Surviving members Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock will reunite for the...


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Notable Quotables

Amy Winehouse

"We are not going to end up like them (Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen). We're in love and have everything to live for." Troubled soul star Amy Winehouse is adamant she and husband Blake Fielder-Civi...


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Marc Anthony Blasts Critics Saying Hector Lavoe is Undeserving Of A Biopic

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony has hit out at claims Latin music legend Hector Lavoe is undeserving of a biopic. Anthony plays Lavoe, one of the most famous Spanish-language singers of the 1970s, in El Cantante - al...


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Notable Quotables

Victoria Beckham

"I love America. What better place to bring up children?" Posh Spice Victoria Beckham can't wait to start her new life in Los Angeles. "It'll be sent to me the night it's released, so I won't ...


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Johnny Rotten's Drugs Rant

Johnny Rotten

Former hell raiser John Lydon has begged his rock colleagues to stop glamorizing drugs, recalling how they destroyed his Sex Pistols band mate Sid Vicious in 1979. Lydon - better known as Johnny Ro...


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The Ramones Join Advertisement Hullabaloo

Joey Ramone

The Ramones have waded into the dispute over footwear giant Dr. Martens' controversial advertisement which uses dead rock stars in heaven to promote boots. The company has already apologized to Co...


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Shoe Boss Apologizes To Courtney Love For Offensive Ad

Courtney Love

The boss of footwear giant Dr. Martens has apologized to Courtney Love for featuring her late husband Kurt Cobain and other dead rockers in an advertisement. David Suddens is unreservedly sorry fo...


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Courtney Love Blasts Dr. Martens Over Kurt's Shoes

Courtney Love

Courtney Love has blasted footwear giants Dr. Martens for featuring her late husband Kurt Cobain in a recent advertisement. The campaign, which only appears in the U.K., shows the Nirvana legend s...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 10

Bono

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Tra...


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Celebrity Birthdays, May 10

Bono

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Tra...


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Rotten Blames Himself For Sid Vicious' Death

Sex Pistols

Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon blames himself for the problems leading up to the death of band member Sid Vicious because he had no chance to overcome his drug addiction. Lydon, AKA Johnny ...


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2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Black Sabbath

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced its 2006 Inductees. This year's class includes Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Sex Pistols, plus the Lifetime A...


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