Film shows Stones in ’65
NEW YORK Fans celebrating the Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary get a never-before-seen look at the band on tour in 1965 with a new film revealing the young musicians chased by crazed fans, poking fun at musical rivals and playing raw versions of songs that would become legend.
The Rolling Stones Charlie Is My Darling — Ireland 1965, premiered at the New York Film Festival held this week, featuring painstakingly restored footage from a handheld camera of the band’s two-day journey to Belfast and Dublin.
Shot in the wake of the release of A Hard Day’s Night with its close-up look at the Beatles, the filming was an effort to get the Rolling Stones used to being followed around by a camera, said producer Robin Klein. It was shot by filmmaker Peter Whitehead.
Charlie Is My Darling, will be released in DVD and Blu-ray formats as part of a box set on sale worldwide on Nov. 6.
Tycoon’s dowry offer inspires film
LOS ANGELES Paramount Pictures has tapped Sacha Baron Cohen and his Four By Two production company to develop The Lesbian, the studio announced Thursday.
The project was inspired by Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao’s $65-million dowry offer last week to any man who successfully woos his lesbian daughter, Gigi Chao, into a heterosexual marriage. Chao’s bid, made on the heels of his daughter’s elopement in Paris with her longtime girlfriend, made international headlines.
‘Take a Letter, Maria’ singer dies at 68
LOS ANGELES R. B. Greaves, a pop singer whose Take a Letter, Maria was a 1969 hit, has died in Los Angeles. He was 68.
Ronald Bertram Greaves died of prostate cancer on Sept. 27 at his home, said Craig Harvey, Los Angeles County coroner’s chief of operations. Greaves also broke into the Top 40 in 1970 with his version of the Burt Bacharach- Hal David tune, (There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me.
Jay-Z to stream concerts on YouTube
NEW YORK Jay-Z is live-streaming the last of his eight concerts at New York City’s Barclays Center for the launch of his new YouTube channel.
The rapper announced Thursday his performance at the new Brooklyn sports arena will be live-streamed on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
He says it’ll air on his new Life and Times channel.