My Little ‘Runaways’

The TV Guide
Friday, March 19th, 2010

After many months of talking about it, the biopic The Runaways opens in theaters today. To celebrate, David and I are meeting up with my Valley Girls Angie and Justine tonight so that we can all see the movie together:


Unfortch, we’re still shy a 5th person so we can’t actually pretend that we are The Runaways (even tho I think I’d make a fab Lita Ford) but we’ll just have to have as much fun as we can regardless ;) It’ll be great to hang out with Ang and Justine … I haven’t seen the ladies for a while … we’re gonna have FUN!!!

And, as you should know by now, Spring officially arrives TOMORROW (at 10:32 AM PT/ 1:32 PM ET exactly). I hope you have an an amazing SPRINGy weekend!!

UPDATE: Yay!! Our dear friend Kay is IN for tonight so we’ll be 5 strong!! Woot!! I’m gonna be Lita after all!!

‘The Runaways’ Premieres In Hollywood

Grrrl Power
Friday, March 12th, 2010

Last night the ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome hosted the Hollywood premiere of the much-anticipated biopic The Runaways which features Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as the leading ladies of the 70’s rock group of the same name. Joining Stewart and Fanning at last night’s premiere was Joan Jett, Cherie Curie and a host of other folks who either appear in the film or just wanted to lend some support at the premiere. Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals and some deets about last night’s event:

She’s famous for her role in the fantasy Twilight films. But for her latest movie Kristen Stewart, 19, has taken a reality check and plays iconic rock star Joan Jett of the Seventies band The Runaways. The pair posed together on the red carpet of the film’s Hollywood premiere, but Joan, 51, threatened to almost upstage the young ingenue as she showed off an amazing youthful look. The pair posed together on the red carpet alongside Dakota Fanning, 16, who wore a strapless silver sequinned dress, and her real-life counterpart Cherie Currie, the group’s former lead singer. And Kristen looked rather more cheerful than usual in a coral pink dress as she arrived at the Cinerama Dome Arclight Theatre. Her Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner also came along to the event … Jett, 51, who founded The Runaways along with drummer Sandy West, has been a huge help to Kristen throughout the filming of the biopic. While on US TV’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week, Kristen said of the role: ‘I was really lucky to have her [Jett] be so into the project and so open about it, because not a lot of people my age know about The Runaways. It was the most important part of her life and kick-started her career. And also, they were the first girl band. They were the first girls to ever play aggressive, sexual assertive rock and roll.’ The Runaways were an American all-girl teenage rock band, on the music scene between 1975 to 1979. The band is best known for the songs Cherry Bomb, Queens of Noise, Rock n Roll, Neon Angels (On the Road to Ruin) and Born to Be Bad.

The film doesn’t open in theaters until next Friday (the 19th) but we are deffo in the homestretch. It’s a bit unusual for a movie premiere to be held this early before the film opens but, in all liklihood, there will be other premieres in other cities next week leading up to the film’s opening. As the article says, Taylor Lautner was in the hiz at last night’s premiere — after the jump, find out who else attended last night’s event …

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Watch: Dakota Fanning Featuring Kristen Stewart, ‘Cherry Bomb’

The Real Deal
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Last week we got our first listen to the Runaways song Cherry Bomb as performed by Dakota Fanning featuring Kristen Stewart, stars of the upcoming biopic The Runaways. Today we get our first look at the official new Cherry Bomb music video … here are a few screencaps:


At last … in this music video we get to see the other young actress who play the other members of The Runaways in the film! It’s not a bad video but I like the song so … that’s to be expected. After the jump, check out the video and judge for yourselves …

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‘The Runaways’ Releases A Final Movie Trailer

"That looks terrible!" "Good."
Friday, March 5th, 2010

Last Thursday we got our first look at the newly released TV commercial for The Runaways and earlier this week we got our first listen to Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart performing the Runaways hit song Cherry Bomb. Today we get our first look at the FINAL movie trailer to be released for The Runaways before the film opens on March 19:


By far, this is the best preview trailer yet. I love it. The focus is more on Dakota Fanning’s Cherie Currie character … and I think that is where the strength of the film will lie. I’m excited for this film, that’s for sure. After the jump, check out this new trailer for The Runways in full …

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Listen: Dakota Fanning Featuring Kristen Stewart, ‘Cherry Bomb’

"Hello daddy, Hello mom"
Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The biopic The Runaways won’t hit theaters for a couple of weeks but right now we get to hear actresses Kristen Stewart (who plays Joan Jett) and Dakota Fanning (who plays Cherie Currie) singing the Runaways hit song Cherry Bomb!


I gotta admit … they sound pretty damn good. I’m guessing their vocals were autotuned to perfection for the soundtrack but still … they sound like the real Runaways. After the jump, check out a couple new promo photos from the film and listen to the song Cherry Bomb, as sung by Fanning and Stewart, in full …

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‘The Runaways’ Releases A New TV Commercial

"In Rock & Roll there's a first time for everything"
Thursday, February 25th, 2010

We are mere weeks away from the theatrical release of The Runaways and today we get to see the first TV commercial for the film that will be hitting the airwaves this week … here are a few caps:


This commercial is similar in theme to the movie trailer we saw in December but there are a couple new scenes from the movie to see. Check it out in full after the jump …

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‘The Runaways’ Film Releases A Batch Of ‘Old Skool’ Promo Pics

Get real
Monday, February 15th, 2010

We are just about 1 month away from the theatrical release of the biopic The Runways, based on the 70’s rock band of the same name, and today we get see an even newer batch of promo photos from the film. This new batch is not made up of movie stills (like THIS batch of promos), this new batch is meant to look like promo materials from the late 70’s/early 80’s … check it out:


These pics are fun. They are meant to look like teen mags from the late 70’s/early 80’s that were happy to splash photos of The Runaways on their covers. What I like most about these pics is that the other members of the band are featured, it’s not merely all about Kristen Stewart (as Joan Jett) and Dakota Fanning (as Cherie Currie). After the jump, check out a few more of these fun Runaways promo pics …

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