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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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

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

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

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

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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Mercury News, California — Here's the full transcript of our conversation with master saxophonist Charles Lloyd. The 'Showcase Artist' at this year's Monterey Jazz Festival, he spoke with us for 90 minutes about his remarkable 60 years in music -- growing up in Memphis, retrea... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Joey Luft, son of Judy Garland, will headline a show about his mother at this year's Summer at the Pasadena Playhouse, the company's annual performing arts offerings. The lineup also includes Mary Bridget Davies, who was recently seen on Broadway pla... more info