Preach! Joan Jett Inducted Into The "Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame"

Trio: Paul McCartney, Joan Jett & Miley Cyrus

Congratulations to Joan Jett & The Blackhearts for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! An honor that is so deserved! She was the founder of The Runaways and the first female owner of a record label. 

One Ms. Miley Cyrus was there to induct her and "Free The Nipple" Joan Jett's cheerleader had a capital "J" and another capital "J" on each of her freed nipples.

“I come from a place where rock and roll means something. it means more than music, more than fashion, more than the pose,”Joan the audience in Cleveland. “Rock and roll is an idea and an ideal. Sometimes, because we love the music and we make the music, we forget the political impact it has around the world.”


Miley and Tommy James performed the thinly veiled sapphic version of "Crimson and Clover" with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts as part of the ceremony.

Yeah, I love Rock -N- Roll!

Put Another Dime In The Jukebox at:
https://www.facebook.com/joanjettandtheblackhearts

Ladies Who Lunch: Lady Gaga & Lisa Vanderpump

Vanderpump Rules & Is Gaga For The Lady
Photo: 17 Online

People were doing double takes this past Friday, April 17th, when Lady Gaga dined with Lisa Vanderpump and the Real Housewives restaurant PUMP in West Hollywood, CA -

Gaga's Mom & manager also joined them.  Fans of Gaga and her music, which apparently Lisa is, will recall that Vanderpump and some of her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-stars appeared in the video for Lady Gaga's song "G.U.Y." from her Art Pop album.

Here is what Lisa V. Tweeted about the evening:

"Cosy dinner @ladygaga ...At PUMP ...woman after my own heart #lgbt #dogcrazy."

Wouldn't you want to be a fly on the wall at that table?

Dine with the women on Twitter at:

Gaga: https://twitter.com/ladygaga
Vanderpump: https://twitter.com/lisavanderpump

Michelle Pfeiffer Fills The AHS: Hotel Vacancy

Bitch, I'm Michelle Pfeiffer

With Jessica Lange out of the picture on the upcoming season of American Horror Story: Hotel I was happy to learn Michelle Pfeiffer is checking in to fill her vacancy.

Michelle, like Lange has always been one of my favorite actresses and like Jessica has earned acclaim for her film work.

The two actually starred together in movie A Thousand Acres which was based on Shakespeare's King Lear. Of course I saw it, duh! Like I would pass up the chance to see two powerhouse actress play off of one another?!

American Horror Story: Hotel centers on what goes on in a shady hotel and is told in three tales

1) Later Hotel Days

2) Present Hotel Days

3) Early Hotel Days 

Pfeiffer plays Martina McBride, the previous hotel owner with many secrets in the segment Early Hotel Days.

I can't wait!

Michelle Pfeiffer on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000201/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

Indigo Girls Out! June 2nd

New Album from the Indigo Girls

Available Now For Pre-Order

Behind the Scenes Look at the First Single
“Happy In the Sorrow Key” 

Alright Indigo Girls fans I know you're out there, the dynamic duo's first album in four years is dropping on June 2nd, but you can pre-order it now, that's correct, buy it and buy it now!!!

ONE LOST DAY, the highly anticipated new album from the Indigo Girls, is now available for 

pre-order 

from iTunes and Amazon. Releasing everywhere on June 2^nd, ONE LOST DAYis the first studio album from the iconic duo in four years.

Last week the Wall Street Journal premiered the album’s first single, “Happy in the Sorrow Key.” Written by Amy Ray, “Happy in the Sorrow Key” was a track Ray previously started writing and revisited after the loss of her father. “It’s not about death, but it’s about impermanence,” Ray explains. “Its kind of the opposite of ignorance is bliss, and me saying I’m happier when I know the facts, and when I know the pain, and I know all the sorrow in life and am faced with things.”

Watch the behind the scenes making of “Happy in the Sorrow Key”

The Indigo Girls will be hitting the road following the release of ONE LOST DAY. Visit www.indigogirls.com for updates. 

Zac Efron Is Your Shirtless Friend

Nipples, Nipples, Nipples: Zac Efron

OK, so you all know I have a Jared Leto thing, running a close second is Zac Efron.

Hey, he came up as my celebrity match when I took a quiz that came through my Facebook news feed. 

Even though Jared & Zac share similar qualities - there are differences, age being one of them. 

Recently it was brought to everyone's attention that Zac would be appearing shirtless, a few gratuitous times in his upcoming movie We Are Your Friends.

While I prefer Zac in his Birthday suit, his upper body is quite the view.

"He's shirtless and you get a good dose of it," states director Max Joseph on the upcoming movie.

So here you go some Tuesday celebrity skin, enjoy my fellow Efron fans!

Zac on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374980/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1 

"Reverie" With Cherie Currie

Cherie Currie
Photo: Patti Ballaz

Cherie Currie, former lead vocalist of the first platinum selling all-girl rock group, The Runaways is back with her first new album in 35 years,  "Reverie."  "Reverie"  features the legendary Kim Fowley  on 4 tracks and The Runaways Lita Ford on 3.

That's right The Runaways fans Ms. Cherie Currie is back & flying solo. Oh, by the way, she has a chainsaw and she knows how to use it!

MS: I listened to your album "Reverie," one of the definitions of that word is: "pleasantly lost in ones thoughts." That is how I think the album played out. 

CC: Oh, I agree. Kind of lost in ones thoughts. Yeah, I completely agree.

MS: Well I saw something recently on your Facebook page that this could be your last album, so you went with your truth on it.

CC: The last five years have been spent on thinking about what could have been, without really seeing what is. I'm very blessed, I'm a chainsaw artist and have been very successful at that. I've just had to let go of everything, all my...you know, of course I was always hoping there would be a Runaways reunion, but I was always the last one believing it could still happen. Letting go of that was really very freeing for me. It also allows me to look at my future as a singer and a chainsaw artist. To be honest I have had people asking me for many years if a reunion was going to happen and my response was always: "anything is possible." Being the one to say: "no, it's not going to happen" really made me feel good. 

MS: We're at the same place in our lives, you get to that point.

CC: Yep, all that energy that you could be thinking about the: "what if's" that goes into the "what if's hole" as I call it, that is an endless well of nothingness. Just bury that hole, it changes your whole outlook on things. You can't control other people and what they want to do. I think that's why I love chainsaw carving so much because I am my own boss and nobody tells me what to do. 

MS: Relying on other people isn't the best thing, but it isn't the worst.

CC: You're always going to be let down, no matter what. Because we have these expectations that we shouldn't have about other people. We should only have expectations of ourselves. It's a painful road to go down if you're constantly waiting for somebody else to do something. For me, now it's very freeing to know exactly what is, instead of what I wished at one point.

MS: With "Reverie" you certainly did put all of this out there.

CC: Well, Thank You.

MS: This is your first album in 35 years. Give me a little background on it.

CC: Of course I did make a record with Matt Sorum back in 2010 for Blackheart and that has been on the shelf for a few years. Which was a very frustrating thing for me, so I put myself out on the road. Without management. We did about four tours and it was really fun, we had a great time. I went out with my son, Jake Hays, as well, he played guitar and drums in the band. Anyway Kim Fowley had heard through the grapevine that I had said I would work with him again. He called me and asked if it was true, and I said: "absolutely!" 

To me it was a way to close a chapter in my life that to me as a kid was very painful for me. Of course I knew he was also very ill, so I was not about to not experience being in the studio with him under a different circumstance with him. That would be me as an adult and not a scared kid, and really be able to appreciate his genius, and that man was genius. I also brought my son in, so here is my kid who's 23 years old at the time, working with Kim Fowley. Ya know that was a first for Kim working with the person he had produced as a kid, and now working with their kid. (laughs) It was really, really cool! 

MS: Your perception of somebody is so much different when you are an adult.

CC: Exactly. Also being a Mom I really realized and came to terms, how difficult managing The Runaways had to have been for Kim, being in his thirties, having a rotten childhood and dealing with five teenage girls who are just becoming women. With all the insecurities, craziness and Tampax...I think he did the best he could to toughen us up for a business he knew was a lot tougher than we were. He apologized to me for it many years ago, we were on the phone for hours talking. He told me he was very sorry and that he could have done a better job. Thinking back, he did the best he knew how. Also it's great in my heart to forgive and what would you expect from a man who didn't have parents really, and dealing with teenage girls? That would be hard for anyone I think.

MS: Teenage girls are difficult, that's just the way they are.

CC: I'm so glad I had a boy. Honest, I am. 

Cherie & Her Son, Jake Hays
Photo: Barbara Porter

MS: Are you ever going to write another book? I liked "Neon Angel."

CC: Well Thank You. I don't know, I have thought about it, of course it would be fiction if I did write another book. I've thought truly about things I would like to write about. Right now I'm just really getting back into my chainsaw carving and that is really neat. So I'm going to let this record do it's thing and hopefully in a few months or so I'll be able to go and hit the road again with my band, we'll see. It's all an open book.

MS: Have you ever experienced ageism with your rock career?

CC: (laughs) I sling a chainsaw all day long, it would be pretty difficult for anyone to turn around and tell me I'm too old to do something. Honestly if I hadn't been carving for the last fifteen years I would feel pretty washed up. It's something I don't really think about because we are all getting old together, aren't we? There will be a day when we decide to say: "Hey, done" But I think that's a personal choice, I don't think people can tell you when you're too old.

MS: What would you like people to take away from this album if you never get to record another?

CC: Wow! Um, to be honest, my fans had waited five years for the Blackheart record. It's like, look Okay, I delivered and it was with Kim Fowley, Lita Ford and my son. You know what? I did the best I could, now I can walk away. I'm very blessed because my son Jake is so talented. He just got a really great record deal and just got off a tour opening for the Bad Sons. People have asked me what is your legacy? You were in a groundbreaking teenage rock-n-roll band. To me that isn't what my legacy is. I think I was born to have Jake. Jake will go on and do things I was never able to do. I can always live vicariously through him. 

MS: Clear up any misconception about your relationship with Joan Jett.

CC: I'm so happy Joan is being inducted into the Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame. I'm so proud of her she deserves it more than anyone! It's so funny how people will accuse me of not being happy for Joan and her honor. I just don't get people, I was one of the very first people to text her screaming, jumping up and down, because I was so happy for her. But people want to believe what they want to believe, and if they think there is this animosity between me and Joan and The Runaways and stuff...they are so mistaken. 

Join in the "Reverie" at: 
https://itunes.apple.com/album/id976269503
https://www.facebook.com/CherieCurrieOfficial?fref=ts
http://www.chainsawchick.com/about.html

Sarah Michelle Gellar Has "Cruel Intentions"

Sarah Michelle Gellar & The Cast Of "Cruel Intentions: The Completely Unauthorized Musical
Photo: Abel Armas 

One of my favorite movies ever is 1999's cult classic Cruel Intentions. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe.

Based on the novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos de Laclos, written and directed by Roger Kumble.

It was the set where Ryan met Reese and they eventually married and got divorced, and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair had one of the hottest girl on girl lip locks ever.

Cut to this past Friday, April 10th 2015 where: 

Cruel Intentions: The Completely Unauthorized Musical parody opened at Rockwell Table & Stage in Los Angeles, CA.

Oh, guess who was front row and center?

Sarah Michelle Gallar herself who was joined by the film's original writer/director Roger Kumble and costar Sean Patrick Thomas. The group laughed, cheered and took photos from their seats, and after, Gellar rushed backstage to meet and praise her counterpart. 

                           
Oh, BTW that famous kiss scene with Selma Blair? In case you had any doubt ... it's part of the show (and they're even singing "Kiss Me" by The Cardigans as they do it). 

"It's so crazy. It was such a flood of memories. I don't necessarily think of it as me," Gellar stated. "But then they started talking, and I could feel the words coming out of my mouth!" 

Want something "Cruel" visit Rockwell at: 
http://rockwell-la.inticketing.com/events/476208/the-unauthorized-musical-parody-of-cruel-intentions-concept-presentation-/