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...best way to catch the Hives is in concert. Pelle, who has the slender androgynous look of the young Mick Jagger, oozes star power, while Nicholaus dances like a madman and plays flawless guitar. Their stage banter is hysterical. Pelle cranks up his Swedish accent to explain to the audience why the Hives' sets are so short: "We have been told by the government of the U.S.A. that we cannot play for more than 45 minutes. It would be dangerous to the youth." After a particularly slick guitar performance, Nicholaus grabs the mike and, in full-on Swedish tourist mode...
...Winners MICK JAGGER Aging rocker finally knighted. Apparently criteria for knighthood has evolved from "honor and valor" to "not dying of a drug overdose" WOODY ALLEN Director wins settlement of lawsuit against former producers. Class action suit against Woody for Small Time Crooks, though, is still on HAMID KARZAI Afghanistan interim PM wins presidency, thus becoming prime candidate for assassination. He says he'll pick a VP "who looks just like me" Losers REGIS PHILBIN ABC cancels U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Wiser but poorer, Regis vows to develop a spinoff, Who Wants Bus Money? ANTONIO...
...blimp is just a blimp, and sometimes it's used by an aging rock band in its 40th year to compensate for fears of seeming to be over the hill. To announce yet another world tour, the ROLLING STONES ruled out issuing a press release. Instead, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards invited journalists to stand in a Bronx, N.Y., park as the band members hovered overhead for 20 minutes in a neon-yellow dirigible before disembarking to hold a press conference. The tour will kick off Sept. 5 in Boston, and the Stones hope...
...When we were kids growing up in Liverpool,” recalls Paul McCartney, “all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.” “No-one, but no-one, is his equal, or ever will be,” says Mick Jagger; “He was, and is supreme.” John Lennon agreed, saying “Before Elvis there was nothing.” Such lofty praise from stars so mythical in their own right speaks for itself. And it hardly stops there...
...morbidity and somberness" creeps into his later work, says De Salvo. Though his paintings preserve the beautiful youth of Mick Jagger and Liza Minelli, in his self-portraits Warhol recorded his own hollow eyes, leathery skin and flagrantly artificial hair. De Salvo sees the preoccupations of someone growing older. She admits, though, that he feared death and was terrified of going back into the hospital, having been seriously injured in 1968 when he was shot by an unbalanced feminist...