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Thirty Great Songs About Famous Movie Stars

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) January 28, 2011 1:12 pm
This week's announcement of the 83th Academy Award nominations and an iPod shuffle play of April March's "Stay Way From Robert Mitchum" got me to wondering how many songs there were out there about specific Hollywood movie stars.Turns out there were a lot.For example, in 2008 an electronic band called The Marches released a song named after the...
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When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors Has Genuine Insight

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By Dan Lovranski (CHARTattack) April 15, 2010 2:04 pm
Proving that the best way to have a lengthy career is to live fast, burn bright and and leave a good looking corpse, The Doors are once again up for examination. It happened in the '80s with the book No One Here Gets Out Alive, again in the '90s with Oliver Stone's movie and more recently, with the various multi-set releases highlighting old...
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Shane MacGowan And Friends — "I Put A Spell On You"

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By CHARTattack Staff February 26, 2010 1:36 pm
Shane MacGowan recruited some of his pals like Johnny Depp, Nick Cave, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Mick Jones to help him record a version of Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Here's a video of them all cutting the tune.
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Sunset Rubdown Inspired Johnny Depp's Alice In Wonderland Mad Hatter

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 26, 2010 12:33 pm
Johnny Depp's inspiration for Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean series came from Keith Richards, and he's drawn on music again for his depiction of the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's upcoming Alice In Wonderland. Depp told CBS News' Early Show the music of Montreal's Sunset Rubdown influenced his interpretation of the character. "I...
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Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Primal Scream Frontman On Haiti Single

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 28, 2010 12:27 pm
Shane MacGowan's known for having had (he got new ones last year) extremely bad teeth, Johnny Depp's played a pirate with atrocious dental work and Nick Cave sings about baring one's teeth, so perhaps that's the common bond that brought these three together to record a charity single for Haiti. Of course, all three celebrities also have...
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Depp Does Doors Doc

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) February 12, 2009 3:03 pm
Actor Johnny Depp has signed on to re-narrate When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors. The Doors documentary was initially narrated by writer/director Tom DiCillo when it premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. "Johnny saw the film early on," said producer Peter Jankowski. "We showed him an early cut and he responded...
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