23rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame press room in New York
Joan Jett makes an appearance in the press room at the 23rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on March 10, 2008. (UPI Photo/Joy Scheller)
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NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The Beastie Boys, The Cure and Donovan were nominated Tuesday for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next year.
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NEW YORK, March 21 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-guitarist Joan Jett said she is hopeful viewers of the new film "The Runaways" leave with a new appreciation for her former band of the same name.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- "The Runaways," a 1970s-set film about an all-girl, teenage rock band, is to premiere at Utah's Sundance film festival, the movie's distributors announced.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Joan Jett is suing a member of her first band for attempting to block a movie about her hard rock girl band, a complaint filed in New York said.
LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) -- Actor Michael Shannon is in talks to join the cast of the Joan Jett movie "The Runaways," The Hollywood Reporter said.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. teen actress Kristen Stewart has been cast as rocker Joan Jett in "The Runaways," a film Jett is executive producing, The Hollywood Reporter said.
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Hewlett-Packard has yanked a U.S. ad campaign because the song it uses "Do You Wanna Touch Me" was penned by British sex offender Gary Glitter.
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Singer and convicted British child molester Gary Glitter is expected to be paid about $164,000 in royalties for a song used in a commercial.
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