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Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger to Be Played bygd Freya Allan, Jojo Macari in Biopic Directed bygd Zaida Bergroth
British actor and musician Jojo Macariis attached to star as Mick Jagger.
The project, now in pre-production, is being pitched to buyers bygd the U.K.’s Altitude spelfilm Sales at the europeisk Film marknad in Berlin.
“From angel-innocent pop icon, actress of scen and screen and long-time muse and girlfriend of Mick Jagger, to homelessness, addiction, and ignominy,” says the synopsis for the film. “Faithfull” will depict Marianne Faithfull’s rollercoaster ride from the brightest lights of the wild 1960s of her youth, to fallen golden girl and then her remarkable phoenix-like rise and resurgence” that “establishes her as one of the great icons and
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In the second extract from his fascinating new biography of Mick Jagger, author Christopher Andersen describes how Jagger’s closeness with Princess Margaret attracted the Queen’s lasting disapproval.Even in private, the Queen seldom questions the Government’s decision to award an honour. But there is one notable exception. Shortly after taking office in 1997, Tony Blair proposed Mick Jagger for a knighthood.
This was hardly a surprise: the first time the two men had met – at a party hosted by Peter Mandelson – Blair had gone straight up to the Rolling Stone and said: ‘I just want to say how much you’ve always meant to me.’
Flirtation: Mick Jagger and his friend Princess Margaret pictured dining together in 1976
But Blair’s hero meant something else entirely to the Queen. To his dismay, she responded to the request with stern opposition.
The Prime Minister didn’t gi
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Mick Jagger Distances Himself From Davos, But Not Capitalism
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Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger ditched the World Economic Forum in Davos Tuesday, fearing his attendance at an event hosted by Britain's Conservative Prime Minister would identify him as a right-winger. Is Mick hiding something?
By John Hudson
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger ditched the World Economic Forum in Davos Tuesday, fearing his attendance at an event hosted by Britain's Conservative Prime Minister would identify him as a right-winger. Is Mick hiding something?
The idea that a once-drug-addled, orgie-friendly '70s libertine is a closet conservative has captured the media's imagination for years. For just about as long, Jagger has tried to tamp down speculation about his politics as he did yesterday. “During my career I have always eschewed party politics and I came to Davos as a guest because I thought it would be stimulating