Posts Tagged ‘Mick Jagger’
Hot Shots!
September 8th, 2008
Brad & Angie’s Dinner Date with Clint
May 19th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Forget about the awards, the press conferences, the wheeling and dealing — the real reason the world’s biggest stars like coming to the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France is to hobnob with each other and enjoy some fine dining.
Take Brad Pitt and very-pregnant gal-pal Angelina Jolie, who left their four children at home for the night while they joined Oscar-winning film legend Clint Eastwood, who recently directed Angelina in the film, Changeling, for a delicious dinner at the trendy Tetou restaurant.
And according to witnesses at the restaurant, the trio were also joined by another A-lister — Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger.
Earlier in the day on Monday, the couple went shopping with two of their children, six-year-old Maddox and little Shiloh, who turns 2 on May 27. The family handpicked loads of all-white outfits at local baby boutique Bonpoint for the in-utero Jolie-Pitt twins.
Part Two: J.Lo Shines a Light on Rolling Stones
April 4th, 2008
It’s sheer pandemonium when the Rolling Stones descend on NYC’s Ziegfeld Theatre for the premiere of their concert documentary Shine a Light. Fans sneak in the line to the press line hoping to score face time with their idols — a cameraman attempts to bring his mom! Of course, it’s air tight as always and no one is getting through.
Surprise: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are on their way. Really!
Mick Jagger is very kind, but the publicist goes ape after a financial reporter asks the Rolling Stone how the recession affects him.
“You invest in different things,” Mick says. “You have to watch out and you don’t spend too much on drinks. And you only go out twice a week.”
The publicist roars, “You know what guys?! We’re here talking about the movie. If you want to ask about the recession, don’t come.”
And there goes my chance to talk to Mick, as she says it’s ruined for the group of reporters in which I stand. The woman threatens to kick my well-meaning pal out. Whoa!
There’s also high drama when I ask Charlie Watts about whether he supports Hillary Clinton, who appears in the first half-hour of the film. “Yeah, I think so,” he says. Bam! “Ask him questions about the movie,” she says, cutting him off. “She was in the movie!” I protest.
Luckily, reps cool their heels by the time the other Stones make their way.
Ron Wood, who smells of alcohol, says, “Is there any water or anything?” when he steps up. Voila — a bottle of Poland Spring appears.
“You’ve done everything,” a reporter begins. “I haven’t done everything… you’re gorgeous,” he says.
Ron tells me the group will never again perform their first single "Come On." “They absolutely refuse to play it. I go, ‘Come On,’ it’s a great song, let’s go.’ I try to get them to play it but they won’t.”
What’s his favorite thing to do in NYC? “Try and get out on my own. It’s impossible.”
Although Keith Richards says he’ll never retire from touring, he confesses to taking more naps. “Now and again, yes,” he says. He cackles when asked the secret to a happy marriage, and says his favorite place in New York is “my bedroom.”
Jerry Bruckheimer, Vanessa Carlton, Michelle Yeoh, Tommy Hilfiger and Gina Gershon give love to the Rolling Stones on their way into the venue as stunning Theodora Richards waits for a friend. Stephen Bing — the billionaire who fathered Liz Hurley’s son Damian — produced the film, but he’s dressed way down in faded jeans and white gym shoes.
The movie starts, but reporters wait because reps say tickets are being saved for J.Lo and Marc. Thirty minutes after the screening begins, the glam couple arrive, smiling and waving regally. How are the twins? “Thank you,” she tells me.
Pick up the OK! out now to find out how Keith feels about this concert documentary competing with Miley Cyrus’s record-breaking concert documentary Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds. “Britney Lost 15 Lbs. in Just 4 Weeks" is the cover line. And, don’t miss Part One: My Day With the Rolling Stones.
Shine a Light is in theaters now.
Rolling Stones Make Love, Life Work
April 3rd, 2008
The Rolling Stones are blessed with loving long and aging healthfully.
Ron Wood describes his bandmates. “Mick never stops moving. Charlie is a mischievous schoolboy, and Keith is a devious schoolboy.”
What’s the pecking order in the posh accommodations category?
“Mick on the top bunk, then me, then Charlie.”
On the lucky-in-love front, Keith Richards, 64, will celebrate 25 years with wife Patti Hansen in December.
“There is no secret to it,” the father of two says. “It’s another love. It’s a matter of protection. Sometimes we fight, sometimes we don’t.”
Also, Ron, 61, has been married to wife Jo for – well, a long time.
What’s his magic potion?
“Remain friends,” the father of four says. “We’ve been together over 23, 27 years. I’ve got no idea. If you’re friends with someone, you can hang with them, you know?”
Since Ron says the Stones will never retire, these ladies are giving their husbands away to the road.
“We’re like the old blues boys,” Ron says. “I think we’re going to rock till we drop. I have an uncontrollable energy. I can’t stop. It’s so funny. I can’t sleep. I enjoy myself all the time.”
Part One: My Day With the Rolling Stones
April 3rd, 2008
The Rolling Stones greet reporters at NYC’s Palace Hotel with a luncheon spread that includes arugula salad, turkey sandwiches, chicken wraps, mozzarella pearls and pineapple carrot cake.
The guys get a standing ovation when they enter the room to chat about their Martin Scorsese-directed concert documentary Shine a Light.
“Good afternoon,” Mick Jagger says politely.
What’s his secret to boundless energy at the age of 64?
“No gym, no vitamins,” he says. “That should do it. Just get out there.”
Does the band plan to retire at 70?
“That’s only five years away!” Keith Richards laughs.
Shockingly, I notice Ron Wood making eyes at me while he lets his bandmates answer all questions. What?!
A fellow reporter offers me $5 if I ask a question addressed to “Marty.” We quietly chuckle when someone else goes there. The Oscar-winning director says he uses Rolling Stones songs in all his films.
“Shine a Light is the only film that Gimme Shelter is not played in,” Martin says. “When I use Gimme Shelter in a film, I don’t remember I’ve used it before. Someone will say, ‘You’ve used that before,’ and I say, ‘That’s all right, let’s use it again.’ I keep forgetting. The music has been very important to me over these years. The music is in my DNA.”
The documentary includes performances with Christina Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy — and features a giddy Hillary Clinton.
“I like all of the duets very much,” Mick says. “I think they really work, because they don’t always work, those duets. I think everyone liked all the duets. I think they really come off.”
Will the band do any tribute albums?
“I often do tributes to Martha and the Vandellas in front of my mirror,” Mick laughs.
How much fun was it shooting this for two days at NYC’s Beacon Theatre?
“Careerwise, you see these things as great fun but they’re also challenges to do these things that are slightly different from what you do normally,” Mick admits. “It was fantastically enjoyable but it was nerve-wracking.”
When a reporter from Argentina double-teams questions, Mick gets confused. “I’m lost now. Next time I come to Argentina, we’ll go to the bar and talk about it.”
What was Martin like as a director?
“He’s the best one around,” Mick says. “I’m going to embarrass him now. He’s not part of the furniture. He’s actually sitting here. He’s a fantastic director and he assembled a wonderful crew.”
Whoops — time’s up.
“Thank you very much indeed,” Mick says.
Wait, there’s more!
Check back tomorrow to find out out about my super-juicy night with the Rolling Stones in Part Two: J.Lo Shines a Light on Rolling Stones.
And pick up the OK! out now to find out how Keith feels about this concert documentary competing with Miley Cyrus’s record-breaking concert documentary Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds. “Britney Lost 15 Lbs. in Just 4 Weeks" is the cover line.
While You Were Sleeping
April 1st, 2008
Uh oh, it’s another actor-turned-musician. Ed Westwick, who plays Gossip Girl smarm-master Chuck Bass, and his band the Filthy Youth played at New York City’s the Annex this past weekend. In the audience—fellow Gossip Girls Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr, reports Rush & Molloy. Westwick lived up to his band’s name when later that night, after allegedly imbibing plenty of drinks onstage, stumbled outside and yelled, “I’m so f—ed up!” What a rebel soul!
The love between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will forever endure—right? “He’s full of piss; someone has to extract it,” said Richards to describe his relationship with the Rolling Stones lead singer. But they really do love each other. “Sometimes [Mick] gets heated at me…but it never really lasts because he knows he’s full of it,” the hard-living craggy-faced Stones guitarist told Rush & Molloy at the premiere for the Martin Scorcese documentary on the Stones, Shine a Light.
One woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure. Just ask Stavros Niarchos—vaunted ex of both Mary-Kate Olsen and Paris Hilton. The Greek shipping heir was seen on Saturday night leaving a party with not one, but three, women. Niarchos patted each on the head and counted them as they walked out, reports Page Six. Proving his stellar mathematical skills, the young Niarchos then counted out loud, “one, two, three,” before hopping into a waiting Escalade with his bevy of beauties.
