Jerry Hall to star in TV version of Martin Amis's Money
Martin Amis 's classic novel Money is to be brought to life by the BBC in a new drama starring Jerry Hall. The 1980s exploration of amorality, excess and greed will be televised in a two-part drama following the story of British commercials director John Self, played by Nick Frost, who is thrust into the world of New York movie deals, shark-like agents and impossibly petulant actors. Viewers will see Hall

Jerry Hall to star in Amis' Money
Martin Amis' classic novel Money is to be brought to life by the BBC in a new drama starring Jerry Hall.

ohnotheydidnt: Kirk "Birthday Boy" Hammett is: PHOTO
Current music: Oasis - Acquiesce | Powered by Last.fm Kirk "Birthday Boy" Hammett is a Fanboy Watching Mick Jagger face off with Bono and Bruce Springsteen backing up Billy Joel may have given fans at the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary Concerts a thrill, but the musicians onstage got a jolt from their all-star team-ups, too. Case in point: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, who gushed to Rolling Stone backstage in the On 3 gifting suite that his band’s performance...

Just Call Him “Sir Nick”
I can honestly say this comes as a surprise to me.

“The Who” to What? Super!
With the football season half over (or fully over for teams like the Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams -- oh, snap!), already there is Super Bowl XLIV talk, and equally important, Who will perform the halftime show? So Who will it be?

The Who - The Who Set For Super Bowl Show: PHOTO
THE WHO will perform at next year's (10) Super Bowl half-time show - the biggest event in the U.S. TV calendar. The rockers are slated to headline the gig at the NFL showdown in Tampa Bay, Florida in February, following previous performers U2, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. Janet Jackson famously had a Wardrobe malfunction at the event in 2004 when she bared a breast while singing alongside Justin Timberlake. Last year's (08) match drew in 90 million viewers in America alone.

Johnsons Birthplace Restored: PHOTO
The birthplace of late American blues legend Robert Johnson is to be restored by Mississippi officials - 71 years after his death. Johnson's recently-confirmed birthplace, a 1,500-square foot home built by his stepfather Charles Dodds in the small town of Hazlehurst, is now owned by Copiah County. Johnson's influential guitar style has been hailed by a long list of musicians - including Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton - and the events surrounding his mysterious...

The Associated Press: Review: `Pirate Radio' rolls when it should rock
No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes. The best thing to say about Richard Curtis' "Pirate Radio" is that it's all about the music, man. The Kinks, the Who, The Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix — these are the stars of "Pirate Radio," and the well-chosen songs are the main thing keeping the film afloat. The movie's merry deejays, blasting illicit rock 'n' roll into stodgy mid-1960s Britain from a boat offshore, are mere...

The Who set for Super Bowl show
The Who will perform at next year's (10) Super Bowl half-time show - the biggest event in the U.S. TV calendar. The rockers are slated to headline the gig at the NFL showdown in Tampa Bay, Florida in February, following previous performers U2, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. Janet Jackson famously had a Wardrobe malfunction at the event in 2004 when she bared a breast while singing alongside Justin Timberlake. Last year's (08) match drew in 90 million viewers in America...

Aerosmith reunited? Tyler joins Perry onstage in New York
It seems making up isn't all that hard to do for feuding Aerosmith leaders Joe Perry and Steven Tyler . A day after Perry declared on Twitter the band is "positively looking for a new singer," Tyler, the band's old/current singer, reunited with him onstage in New York, Rollingstone.com reports. "I just want New York to know, I am not leaving Aerosmith ," Tyler told the crowd Tuesday night. Tylerand Perry then launched into the band's hit "Walk This Way."

Jo Wood and Ronnie Wood divorced!: PHOTO
Jo Wood the Strictly Come Dancing Star amd wife to Ronnie Wood, is his wife no more. Jo divorced Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones after 15 months when he decided to leave his wife and go with the now famous Russian cocktail waitress Ektarina Ivanova which got huge coverage by the Tabloids recently. JUNE 08: Jo Wood attends the Lulu Guiness 20th Anniversary Party at Victoria & Albert Museum on June 8, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) The Decree Nisi commonly known...

Johnson's birthplace restored
The birthplace of late American blues legend Robert Johnson is to be restored by Mississippi officials - 71 years after his death. Johnson's recently-confirmed birthplace, a 1,500-square foot home built by his stepfather Charles Dodds in the small town of Hazlehurst, is now owned by Copiah County. Johnson's influential guitar style has been hailed by a long list of musicians - including Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton - and the events surrounding his...

Jo and Ronnie Wood granted quickie divorce: PHOTO
Rolling Stones guitarist admits Adultery Thursday, 12 November 2009 Ronnie Wood and his wife  Jo have had their marriage dissolved. The couple were granted a decree nisi at London's High Court on the grounds of his Adultery. Rolling Stones star Ronnie , 64, and Jo , 54, were married for 24 years. They split last year when he started seeing Ekaterina Ivanova , 20. But the Russian cocktail waitress was not named in the legal papers. Neither Jo or Ronnie were in court yesterday. SEE...

-Glee: The Music, Vol. 2′ track listing revealed!: PHOTO
This week, the first Glee soundtrack debuted at #4 on the charts with a strong 113,000 copies sold

The Who set for Super Bowl show
The rockers are slated to headline the gig at the NFL showdown in Tampa Bay, Florida in February, following previous performers U2, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen.

Grouses on the Holy: Kenny and Spenny argue who's better, The Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin?: PHOTO
Kenny Hotz Originally, we were going to do The Beatles vs. the Stones and I picked The Beatles. Spenny came to me freaking out: "I don't want to do this, this is stupid," because we both love The Beatles. I said, "Fine, let's do something else." I'm the daddy; he's the baby, and when he

Ronnie Wood set for divorce finalisation in London: PHOTO
Aging rocker Ronnie Wood was set to Divorce his estranged wife Jo in London today. The Rolling Stone will be granted a decree nisi in the High Court. Wood, 62, left Jo, 54, after 23 years of marriage when he met a Russian woman, Ekaterina Ivanova, 21. Jo, meanwhile, fell off the rungs of Strictly Come Dancing.

Adam Lambert - Out Magazine -Honoree Of The Year' (Photos)
Adam Lambert got a new honor this week. Out Magazine awarded him the Out 100 Breakout Honoree crown.

Listen to V.V. Brown "Miss You" (Rolling Stones Cover): PHOTO
America, get ready for V.V. Brown! The British soul-pop artist is gearing up to release her debut LP, titled "Traveling Like The Light," in the the U.S. on February 9, 2010 on Capital Record. The album is filled with catchy tunes that hold a steady middle between throwback R&B and contemporary pop - an unexplored muscial territory that VV likes to refer to as "do wop indie." Watch my video interview with V.V. in which talks more about her music, album and coming to...

The Hills Reality Check: 'Can't Always Get What You Want': PHOTO
When episode titles of The Hills reference Rolling Stones lyrics that have never, ever applied to its cast members, it's very clear that Christmas is around the corner, because that level of bullshit is a Gustav Eiffel-sized gift to America....

So That's What a Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Looks Like [Coincidences]
Rolling Stone 's Matt Taibbi famously called Goldman Sachs the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Turns out Nazi cartoonists came up with that image first . ArtsJournal blogger Jan Herman found the cartoon , and joins others in accusing Taibbi of "rank anti-Semitism" for the, um, vivid language he's used to characterize Goldman Sachs . Those charges are ludicrous. There's nothing anti-Semitic in...

Superproducer Hired to Salvage Spider-Man Musical: PHOTO
A rock producer who has worked with The Rolling Stones and U2 has been drafted in to rescue the troubled Spider-Man musical. Work on the multimillion dollar Broadway production - which has been scored by the Irish rock giants - was delayed this year (09), amid rumours of financial difficulties and spiralling costs. very close to having in placethe financing that we need and getting everyone back to work on the musical But Michael Cohl announced over the weekend (07-08Nov09) he had signed up to...

Books: Miss O'Dell: PHOTO
Touring with The Beatles, Stones, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton *** 3 Stars Gabrielle Pantera interviews author Chris O'Dell Miss O'Dell, life with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 11/14/2009 – “I've wanted to write a book for years but there was a loyalty to The Beatles,” says Miss O'Dell author Chris O'Dell. “It was understood that you didn't talk about what you saw and heard, especially to the press. As I got older...

Rolling Stones' Bloody Concert
Thirty years ago, Ethan Russell’s iconic photographs captured Mick and the boys on their 1969 tour and its tragic end at the infamous Altamont Speedway show.

Aerosmith Split Still Happening
Despite an impromptu appearance by Steven Tyler at one of Joe Perry's solo gigs a couple of days ago and the singer's announcement that he wasn't leaving Aerosmith, word form Joe is that the split is still on. The band's guitarist told Rolling Stone magazine that the night of his gig in New York, he had no idea that Steven was at the venue nor did he know that he was going to tell the crowd that he wasn't leaving the band. “There was all this commotion during our encore break and...