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Chan Marshall (Cat Power) to narrate Janis Joplin documentary

3819 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — Pretty cool: It was revealed today that musician/singer/songwriter/actor Chan Marshall (also known as Cat Power) will be the voice narrating the upcoming Janis Joplin documentary "Janis" from Academy Award®-nominated director Amy Berg ("Deliver Us F... more info

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Cat Power To Narrate Janis Joplin Documentary

3819 days ago

Stereogum — Janis, Amy Berg’s eponymous documentary about Janis Joplin, is slated for world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in early September. In advance of its screening, it has now be revealed that the documentary will feature narration from Chan Marsh... more info

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Capturing Janis Joplin's intensity onstage takes teamwork - and strong tea

3827 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When Janis Joplin sang "take it, take another little piece of my heart now, baby," it was just a metaphor. more info

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Capturing Janis Joplin's intensity onstage takes teamwork - and strong tea

3827 days ago

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Watch This Man Sing Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" in the Style of the Rolling Stones, TLC, Janis Joplin & 17 More Famous Voices

3842 days ago

E! Online — Have you ever imagined what it would sound like if the Rolling Stones covered a Taylor Swift song? OMG, us too! But you don't have to imagine anymore, Swifties,... more info

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Get It While You Can: Writer of Janis Joplin biopic hits back at options lawsuit

3946 days ago

The Independent — One of the writers of an embattled Janis Joplin biopic has hit back against a legal claim from producers who are alleging a breach of their options agreement. more info

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Janis Joplin's Band Founder Sam Andrew Dead ... Dies at 73

3985 days ago

TMZ — The man who created the band that shot Janis Joplin to superstardom has died. Sam Andrew founded the group, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and recruited Janis in 1966. In 1968 the group had the monster hit, "Piece of My Heart." Sam… more info

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Janis Joplin film bio plans take shape

4044 days ago

Mercury News, California — Ron Terry, a music-producer-turned-screenwriter who knew blues-rock singer Janis Joplin and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, says Amy Adams is onboard to play Joplin and 'Wild' filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée will direct. more info

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A Janis Joplin film finally shakes the kozmic blues

4062 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Hollywood has been trying, fruitlessly, to make a movie about Janis Joplin almost since she let loose that rendition of “Ball and Chain” at Monterey nearly a half-century ago. But Ron Terry, a music-producer-turned-screenwriter who knew and worke... more info

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