Bonehead Biz: From paramour to pinup Mar 21, 2008
I believe it is as huge and hidden as the underwater part of an iceberg," says Yuri Sorokin, a psychologist running a Moscow rehabilitation center. How much for that bubbly?What recession? Undeterred by the economic downturn, the super-rich are jostling for the latest limited-edition deluxe offering: Champagne that costs more than $6,500 a bottle. At 50,000 euros, or nearly $79,000, for a case of 12, the Perrier-Jouet officially went on sale Thursday.Many of the 100 box sets available have... (MSNBC -- Business)
Champagne selling for $6,300 a bottle Mar 20, 2008
Many of the 100 box sets available have already been snapped up by celebrities including former Bond girl Sophie Marceau, singer Marianne Faithfull and actress Victoria Abril. "We have already seen a huge demand," Olivier Cavil, head of communications at Perrier-Jouet, told The Associated Press. (AZCentral -- Business)
Brandeis festival to fete Tony Goldwyn Mar 9, 2008
On April 13, the series will give "Irina Palm," starring Marianne Faithfull, its New England premiere. The shows take place at the Studio Cinema in Belmont. (Boston Globe)
Carrie Fisher tames her demons in solo show Feb 21, 2008
" Penny Marshall is a longtime buddy. Ditto Richard Dreyfuss, Salman Rushdie, Marianne Faithfull, Irish chat host Graham Norton. Also producer Bruce Cohen, who's in San Francisco making the Harvey Milk bio, "Milk," with Sean Penn. Family, biological or otherwise, is vital to her. Fisher lives next door to her mother ("She's a very dear, dear, dear woman - I admire her") and she's close to Lourd, her second husband and Billie's dad. "We share custody. We take trips together. (San Francisco Chronicle)
CD Reviews: The Trews, Raveonettes, Ray Davies Feb 19, 2008
The former supermodel has the gossamer alto of so many other singing beauties - Bridgette Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Francoise Hardy. But Bruni's source material isn't her own elegant malaise. (Vancouver Sun)
Carla Bruni as member of a dead poets society Feb 12, 2008
" It must be said here that Bruni's good taste was influenced by her good friend Marianne Faithfull (another Jagger alumna), or her "dear professor," as Bruni has referred to her more than once. She told the Italian magazine XL that Faithfull had advised, "Every evening you should read a Shakespeare sonnet," to aid her efforts at songwriting in English. "Instead, I fell in love with the poetry of Yeats and Emily Dickinson," she told the interviewer. Bruni thought to combine her lyrics with the... (International Herald Tribune)
Sixties celebrity labels start afresh Jan 27, 2008
They were the two greatest labels of the Sixties and Seventies, worn by Bianca Jagger, Marianne Faithfull and Jackie Onassis ... He was known as the 'King of the King's Road' in the Sixties and went on to create stagewear for Mick Jagger, the Beatles and Marianne Faithfull. (Guardian Unlimited)
Carla Bruni's Ties With French Leader Jan 25, 2008
In a short online video promoting the new album, Ms. Bruni says she chose to sing poems that were recommended to her by the '60s singer Marianne Faithfull, who is a friend of hers and another of Mr. Jagger's exes. A press release about "No Promises" calls the album a "celebration of the English language.". (Wall Street Journal)
Euro B.O. ends year in style Jan 4, 2008
But the Italo holiday periods real success story is Marianne Faithfull starrer Irina Palm, in which the former rock star plays a widow working in a brothel. Pic is solidly ensconced at number 10 with a $1. (Variety)
Europe extends B.O. festivities Dec 29, 2007
Meanwhile, in the Italian arthouse arena, whats been working over the holidays are Robert Redfords much-maligned Lions For Lambs, currently at number six via 01 Distribuzione, and Marianne Faithfull starrer Irina Palm, ensconced at number 10 via Teodora Film. Both are expected to stay strong. (Variety)
The year that kept us buzzing Dec 29, 2007
Singer Marianne Faithfull is 61. Actor Ted Danson is 60. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Today in History - Dec. 29 Dec 22, 2007
Singer Marianne Faithfull is 61. Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. is 61. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Carla Bruni: the woman romancing President Sarkozy Dec 19, 2007
Full of literary zeal, she spent days studying verse, with Marianne Faithfull an unlikely tutor. Bruni has described herself as manipulative and fiery , but says that her reputation as a strategist is wrong. (Times Online)
'Compass' takes Europe by storm Dec 8, 2007
In the arthouse arena, Lucky Red is releasing Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park" on 70, while Marianne Faithfull starrer "Irina Palm" goes out on 37 via Teodora Film, and Denys Arcand's drama "The Age of Ignorance" bows on 34 via BIM Distribuzione. Additional reporting by Ed Meza (Germany), David Hayhurst (France), John Hopewell (Spain) and Nick Vivarelli (Italy). (Variety)
What (not) to wear in your 50s Dec 3, 2007
The following withering put-down wound up the debate: "I want to be there when these barely hatched fashionistas lay down the law about who can wear leather to Joan Jett, Debbie Harry and Marianne Faithfull . . . [watching] from a safe distance.". I had, it seemed, touched a raw nerve with my unknown readers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Pete Doherty plans solo album Nov 27, 2007
" Foir explained that a large cast of musicians will appear alongside Pete, including his bandmates, who play on the track 'Cuckoo'. South London band The Thirst, who visited Doherty at his Wiltshire home to demo with him, will also contribute, along with London rapper Klashnekoff. Although recording for the album is well underway, ' label, Parlophone, could halt its release. Foir explained that the plan is to finish the album then present it to the label with a view to an official release, but... (NME.com)
Ghosts in the machine Nov 24, 2007
With Eric Clapton, Ron Wood and Marianne Faithfull among those who have recently thrown their hats into the ring, and even Keith Richards now threatening to pen his own memoirs, it seems that the old rockers are finally getting around to doing it for themselves. Or are they. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Ron Wood: 'It is a wonder I'm still alive' Nov 19, 2007
e bassist Nikki Sixx, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd, who was married to both Clapton and the late George Harrison and inspired some of the best-known songs by both. ( Clapton is now No. 2 on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction; Sixx's The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star is No. 12. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Jack Flash Jr may play Jagger in film Nov 11, 2007
Their circle included the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the singer Marianne Faithfull, Jagger s girlfriend until 1970. Have your say. (Times Online)
Queen leads Academy shortlist Nov 6, 2007
Other British talents in contention include singer Marianne Faithfull, up for her role in the comedy Irina Palm. The 20th annual awards will be handed out in Berlin on 1 December. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Three Rivers Film Festival features an exotic mix of movies Oct 18, 2007
"Irina Palm" -- Marianne Faithfull is a desperate widow whose new job as hostess at a London strip bar brings more than she bargained for. "The Island" -- A small Russian Orthodox monastery provides the backdrop for this award-winner about guilt, salvation and divine healing. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Singer Faithfull has hepatitis C Oct 13, 2007
Singer Marianne Faithfull has revealed she was diagnosed with the hepatitis C virus in the 1990s. Faithfull, 60, let slip that she had the virus while discussing her recent treatment for breast cancer on ITV1's This Morning programme. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: Ken Burns delivers his 'War' Oct 5, 2007
That and the warmly droll commentaries by Anger, 80, are priceless, especially his account of being a mother hen over the cigarette habit of Marianne Faithfull from 1972's Lucifer Rising. Anger wanted Mick Jagger for the film but had to settle for brother Chris Jagger (who then left the picture). (USA Today -- Life)
Jimmy Page: Master of excess Sep 15, 2007
Page, whose father worked in personnel and whose mother was a doctor's secretary, had begun playing the guitar at the age of 12, influenced by Elvis's guitarist Scotty Moore, and by his mid-teens was recording with artists who ranged from Marianne Faithfull to the Kinks. He really established himself in the Yardbirds of whom Clapton had recently ceased to be a member before Led Zeppelin were formed in 1968. (Independent)
Still Faithfull to music Sep 7, 2007
As Martin Scorsese plans a documentary on the Rolling Stones and Todd Haynes delivers his riff on Bob Dylan with I'm Not There, it might seem the perfect time for a movie about Marianne Faithfull, who personified the Swinging Sixties and the advent of the rock star lifestyle. Yet the singer, actor and one-time girlfriend of Mick Jagger is having none of it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Wild things - they make our dull lives sing Sep 6, 2007
It doesn't seem to matter if they have the voices and talent of a Mick Jagger and a Marianne Faithfull or if they just have the destructive energy of a Sid Vicious ... If she makes it through, she'll join the truly beautifully ravaged, figures like Marianne Faithfull, not the sad little has-beens like Courtney Love ... Spectrum: Marianne Faithfull on keeping up with old friends. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Police double reward over cold-case murder Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Dan Oakes and Reko RennieSeptember 6, 2007 - 11:19AM. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Second poll likely to choose president Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Jose Ramos-Horta, 57, is mobbed by the press as he arrives at a polling station to cast his vote. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
Check-out cheques' big night out Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Plus a special medal for Michael Evans for having put up with this saga for so long.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Shares sluggish at noon Sep 6, 2007
Shares close lower on weak US outlook - Business - Business - smh. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Primary's tilt for pathology rebuffed Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. THE hospital operator Healthscope, which has offered $2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Woodside signs $45b LNG export deal Sep 6, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. September 6, 2007 - 2:10PM. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mark Ravenhill Sep 3, 2007
It doesn't seem to matter if they have the voices and talent of a Mick Jagger and a Marianne Faithfull or if they just have the destructive energy of a Sid Vicious ... If she makes it through, she'll join the truly beautifully ravaged, figures like Marianne Faithfull, not the sad little has-beens like Courtney Love. (Guardian Unlimited)
Leather forecast Aug 31, 2007
You have an unhealthy obsession with the fact that your father is a Rolling Stone, and it's likely that you've seen Marianne Faithfull in Girl On A Motorcycle hundreds of times. Your default wardrobe setting is bikini and flip flops, but you are keen to prove that you can get a handle on autumn's tough-girl look even so. (Guardian Unlimited)
Something in the way she writes Aug 25, 2007
In May that year, Boyd and Harrison had been smoking dope with Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull and others at Keith Richards' house in Sussex, called Redlands. It was a night that went down in rock mythology. (The Age)
A new twist to the mystery of how Jim Morrison died Jul 15, 2007
Marianne Faithfull and Roman Polanski were regulars. Bernett claims that on the night of his death, Morrison went to the club and was joined by two men who sold him heroin. (Independent)
The Magic Position Jul 14, 2007
Oh yes, and with Marianne Faithfull ... voice of Marianne Faithfull for Magpie, possibly the best Pet Shop Boys song not written by them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Book questions Morrison's death Jul 14, 2007
Morrison spent ``practically every night'' at the Rock and Roll Circus, the hip nightclub Bernett managed, where stars like Roman Polanski and Marianne Faithfull were regulars, Bernett said. At around 1 a.m. on July 3, 1971, Morrison went to the club and was joined by two men -- drug dealers who sold him heroin for Courson, Bernett said. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
New questions about Jim Morrison's death Jul 13, 2007
Morrison spent "practically every night" at the Rock and Roll Circus, the hip Left Bank nightclub that Bernett managed, where stars like Roman Polanski and Marianne Faithfull were regulars, Bernett said. At around 1 a.m. on July 3, 1971, Morrison went to the club and was joined by two men drug dealers who sold him heroin for Courson, Bernett said. (FOX 11, AZ)
A peacenik forever, Yoko Ono's art is coming to UA Jul 3, 2007
The studio audience included pop stars such as the Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull,'' Concannon writes in his catalog essay for the show. Several participants paraded through the studio carrying signs that featured the word `love' in multiple languages, giving the event the flavor of a love-in and launching for many what would be known as the Summer of Love. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Still Playing Jun 10, 2007
Starring Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood, Juliette Binoche, Gerard Depardieu, Marianne Faithfull, Florence Muller, Lela Bekhti, Julie Bataille, Li Xin. Directed by Olivier Assayas, Gurinder Chadha, Ethan Coen, Nobuhiro Suwa, Tom Tykwer, Gus van Sant and others. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Marianne Faithfull, survivor May 29, 2007
Marianne Faithfull, on the other hand, has already lived a life that makes such monumental events seem almost mundane. "I did feel my body had let me down a bit," the former princess of London's Swinging Sixties says of the lump in her breast, discovered last year in the middle of a world concert series. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
If you're a female singer, you'd better be sexy May 20, 2007
True, looks have always been a part of the music business: Diana Ross played a model in the movie "Mahogany," Marianne Faithfull was considered a beauty, Tina Turner's legs were part of her sex appeal, Olivia Newton-John was the lovely girl-next-door and Stevie Nicks rocked teenage boys with more than just her guitar. But there also were stars like wild-haired, pudgy Janis Joplin and Barbra Streisand, who challenged beauty standards with her protruding nose. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Take a listen| May 7, 2007
Lady Day channels her junkie pride into a set of naked torch songs that provides the fucked-over and fucked-up emotional outline for Janis Joplin, Marianne Faithfull, Courtney Love and countless soul-baring psycho-chicks to come. 4. (iAfrica.com)
Jarvis takes over the asylum May 1, 2007
Instead, we've had Cocker hosting documentaries about outsider art, writing music for Harry Potter films, recording documentaries for Radio 4 and writing songs for Nancy Sinatra, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marianne Faithfull. During the long years of obscurity before Pulp's stardom, Cocker probably often fantasised what he might do if he actually ran things instead of the clubbable types who used to hold the keys to the nation's arts houses. (The Observer)
It takes eight to tango Apr 12, 2007
"There is a cosmic tango spirit some artists have, even if they don't come from Buenos Aires. Tom Waits is a tango guy. Marianne Faithfull is kind of a tango girl. There's an immediacy and melancholy implicit in what they do. In certain cases, such as Nick Cave and Morrissey, there is a deep sadness related to the spirit of tango. Nelly Furtado, who is also on the record, could really be a kind of suburban girl in Buenos Aires.". You mess with tango at your peril. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Romantic poetry will never rock the house Apr 12, 2007
Robert Wyatt, Jack Bruce and Marianne Faithfull singing the words. Class stuff. (Guardian Unlimited)
Jarvis Cocker squeezes out of Pulp and churns out a solo album Apr 10, 2007
Over the past few years, Cocker has written precise and acerbic material for singers from Marianne Faithfull and Nancy Sinatra to Air and Charlotte Gainsbourg. "It's like taking a vacation from yourself," he says. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Starting to sound like spring Mar 19, 2007
Bergenfest BERGEN, Norway April 26- May 1 This rainy seaside town, which has spawned its own incredible music scene (think Annie, R yksopp, Kings of Convenience, Sondre Lerche), hosts acts ranging from veterans such as Joe Ely, Los Lobos, Roger Waters, Pet Shop Boys, Gang of Four, and Marianne Faithfull to newer acts like I'm From Barcelona, Datarock, Hackensaw Boys, and Midlake. billettservice. (Boston Globe)
Eric Clapton: The 'Road' less traveled Mar 16, 2007
His other credits include albums with The Who, Spooky Tooth, Marianne Faithfull and jazz organ great Jimmy Smith. Suggested album: Joe Cocker, With a Little Help From My Friends (A&M, 1969). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A revived Sparklehorse is particularly bright Feb 28, 2007
It was perhaps a bit early on a weekday evening for such a devastatingly downcast sound, but the singer-songwriter -- whose dark, wintry tone fell somewhere between Marianne Faithfull and the Cowboy Junkies' Margot Timmins -- cast a captivating spell nonetheless. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
London's `Godfather of Gigs', Vince Power, Has a Taste for the High Life Feb 19, 2007
I saw Brian Auger and Van Morrison were here and Marianne Faithfull will come. Power: Van Morrison came because he knew me. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Scorsese's dear Departed Feb 19, 2007
"It felt like she was a little bird trying to get out of all these restrictions." Co-star Marianne Faithfull says it helped her performance that her mother was "an Austro-Hungarian aristocrat." And Steve Coogan, observing that Marie Antoinette's alleged comment "let them eat cake" was the work of vicious cartoonists rather than the French queen, says she "was the first victim of bad PR." ... Marianne Faithfull's old flame, Mick Jagger, got his first film role in Performance (1970), which starts... (Globe and Mail)
Mongolian herdswomen beat Jolie and Damon Feb 19, 2007
Surprisingly, one of the audience favourites, the British black comedy Irina Palm, starring the singer Marianne Faithfull as a grandmother who becomes a sex worker to pay for her dying grandson's medical treatment, came away empty-handed from Berlin. Special reports. (Guardian Unlimited)
'Tuya's Marriage' wins Golden Bear Feb 18, 2007
"I was sure it was going to go to Marianne Faithfull," Hoss added, paying tribute to the British pop icon who put in a star turn as an unlikely sex worker in Irina Palm. Argentina's Julio Chavez, 50, won the Silver Bear prize for best actor for his role in The Other as a man trying to begin a new life after his father falls ill and his wife becomes pregnant. (iAfrica.com)
Lucinda Williams: West (4 stars out of 5) Feb 16, 2007
Co-producer Hal Willner (Marianne Faithfull, Hole) teamed with Williams to make an album that nudges the singer into some new directions. A stellar studio band that included avant-jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, bassist Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan), violinist Jenny Scheinman and drummer Jim Keltner is flexible enough to add subtle touches to the softer songs and expand them in interesting ways at points. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Faithfull comes to grips with life as a sex worker Feb 15, 2007
A hands-on experience Marianne Faithfull gets to work ... THE singer and actress Marianne Faithfull plays a grandmother in dire straights who becomes a sex worker in London's seedy Soho, in a touching yet hilarious movie that has lit up a hitherto subdued Berlin Film Festival ... A hands-on experience … Marianne Faithfull gets to work. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Faithfull Drawing Raves For 'Irina Palm' Role... Feb 14, 2007
Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull plays a grandmother in dire straights who becomes a sex worker in London's seedy Soho, in a touching yet hilarious movie that has lit up a hitherto subdued Berlin film festival. "Irina Palm" follows Maggie, played by Faithfull, from the side of her sick grandson's hospital bed to a sex shop where, desperate to pay for the boy's medical treatment abroad, she accepts a job where her smooth-skinned hands are a key asset. (Billboard.com)
Singer's back where she was and grateful Feb 13, 2007
Bunyan was only 19 in 1965 when she fell into the path of Andrew Loog Oldham, the Rolling Stones' first manager and the man who had recently created a career for Marianne Faithfull. For all the talk of swinging London, it was a time when a 19-year-old English girl was in most cases really still a girl and Bunyan, though set on becoming a pop star since falling in love with Buddy Holly's music in her London home, was not like everyone else. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chanel show secures couture's future Jan 24, 2007
Meanwhile, stars including Kate Bosworth and Victoria Beckham mingled with musicians Marianne Faithfull and Sean Lennon. Lennon said it was his first time at the couture shows. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
De Niro Film to Be Shown at Berlin Fest Jan 9, 2007
Also selected is Belgian director Sam Gabarski's "Irina Palm," in which singer-actress Marianne Faithfull plays a widow who desperately needs money and unwittingly accepts a job in a sex club. "Goodbye Bafana," from Danish director Bille August, stars Joseph Fiennes as James Gregory, a white South African prison guard whose life is changed by guarding Nelson Mandela for more than 20 years. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
