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- Better Off Ted will be back with new episodes starting June 23. — The Futon Critic
- Natalie Portman will star with Danny McBride and James Franco in the comedy Your Highness. — Variety
- Live Nation will eliminate all service fees on its concert tickets for one day only on June 3.
Dakota Fanning to Rock Out in Joan Jett Movie
She's not playing Joan Jett herself — that role has gone to Kristen Stewart — but Dakota Fanning is in talks to join the cast of The Runaways as the lead singer of Jett's all-girl band. Here's more:
At 15, Fanning is the same age [Cherie] Currie was when she made her debut with the Runaways as the lead singer who belted out hard-edged tunes like "Cherry Bomb." Currie became caught up in drugs and a hard-partying lifestyle.
Kristen Stewart to Play Joan Jett in Runaways Biopic
In 2009, Kristen Stewart will shift between playing teen vampire lover Bella in the Twilight sequels and portraying influential rocker Joan Jett in The Runaways. Stewart has been cast as Jett for the rock 'n' roll biopic all about the all-girl band from the '70s. The Hollywood Reporter has more details:
The Runaways were hugely influential as the first successful all-girl hard rock band; its members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox.
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