Daily entertainment news covering The Runaways en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/10/why_is_dakota_fanning_thinking_about_bab Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:20:59 EST Entertainment News 143518@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's been fun to watch Dakota Fanning grow up on screen. She always seemed wise beyond her years as the child in I Am Sam and War Of The Worlds. She's blossomed into young womanhood in films like

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/30/joan_jett_gives_kristen_stewart_a_hard_t Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:10:55 EST Entertainment News 128341@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rocker Joan Jett apologized to Kristen Stewart after reportedly reducing her to tears during a heated confrontation on the set of upcoming biopic The Runaways.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/09/lita_ford_role_cast_in_upcoming_runaways Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:40:24 EST Entertainment News 125836@http://www.starpulse.com/news The line-up for music video director Floria Sigismondi's biopic about teenage punk act The Runaways is complete - child star Alessandra Torresani has signed on to play hellraiser Lita Ford.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/05/dakota_fanning_to_join_kristen_stewart_i Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:13:34 EST Entertainment News 112654@http://www.starpulse.com/news Dakota Fanning is in talks to join Twilight star Kristen Stewart in rock 'n' roll biopic Runaways. The 15 year old is slated to play Runaways singer Cheri Currie in the film, in which Stewart will play guitarist Joan Jett.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/03/kristen_stewart_plays_joan_jett_in_new_b Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:12:50 EST Entertainment News 105100@http://www.starpulse.com/news Twilight star Kristen Stewart has been tapped to play rock icon Joan Jett in a forthcoming biopic about the 1980s star.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/02/all_girl_four_piece_the_hedrons_have_cla Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 49743@http://www.starpulse.com/news Granted, Scotland is best known for its bagpipes and teary-eyed sad bastard music. But, let's get one thing straight: Glasgow's The Hedrons don't cry; and the only pipes in this band are on lead-singer Tippi.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/25/starpulse_top_10_of_2006_9_gone_but_not Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24249@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who left us in 2006 to pay our respects... Jazz, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls, lost a two year fight with brain and lung cancer (1/6). He was 72. Prolific film star of the 50s, 60s and 70s and star of such hits as Alfie and The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters at age 85 (1/14). 60s soul star Wilson Pickett, who brought us such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour age 64; of a heart attack (1/19); and actor Anthony Franciosa, 77 (1/19). Country singer Janette Carter, of cuuntry music's founding family, the Carters, 82 (1/22); and actor Chris Penn, 40, brother of actor Sean Penn who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1/24). And Coretta Scott King (76), civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (1/30).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/24/drummer_from_the_runaways_dies_of_cancer Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:06:31 EST Entertainment News 19501@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Runaways rocker Sandy West has lost her battle with lung cancer. She was 47. West formed the all-girl rock group with Joan Jett, Lita Ford and Cherie Currie, paving the way for other girl power acts like The Bangles and the Go Gos.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/27/joan_jett_finds_it_rewarding_to_play_for Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:33:24 EST Entertainment News 16982@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rocker Joan Jett considered joining the military after she was left shaken by the split of her first band The Runaways. Jett regularly plays for soldiers in combat zones and insists she feels a very deep connection with U.S. troops.

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