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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
No Rolling Stones tour yet
despite 50th anniversary
The Rolling Stones are staying put
this year, Rolling Stone reported
Wednesday, leaving fans to look
forward instead to a major documentary
marking the rock band’s 50th anniversary.
“Basically, we’re just not ready” for a
fresh concert tour, guitarist Keith
Richards told the pop culture magazine,
adding that 2013 was the group’s “more
realistic” target for hitting the road.
Quoting other, unidentified sources,
Rolling Stone cited worries about
Richards’ health in the wake of a head
injury he sustained in Fiji in 2006 as one
reason for the band to stay close to
home. “They don’t want to do a full
tour,” a concert industry source told the
biweekly magazine. “They don’t want to
travel, and there are concerns about
Keith’s health.” On their website, the
Stones announced Wednesday the
upcoming release of “a groundbreaking
and eye-opening documentary,” directed
by Brett Morgen, covering the history
of the band from its founding in London
in 1962 to today. “The film will be showcased
in September as part of the Rolling
Stones 50th anniversary celebrations,”
said the website, without elaboration.
Rolling Stone said the Stones reassembled
in a London studio in December to
play together for the first time since their
Bigger Bang tour ended in 2007 — with
bassist Bill Wyman sitting in for the first
time since he quit in 1992. “We played a
lot of blues and outtakes of ‘Some Girls’
and things like that,” it quoted lead
singer Mick Jagger as saying. “It went
very well.” Whether Wyman would join
them on the road in 2013 was still not
resolved. “I think he’s up for it,” Richards
said. “We talked about it.”
J-pop star Kimutaku
caught speeding twice
Ageing boyband star and Japanese pop culture icon Takuya
Kimura has been caught speeding twice in four months,
casting a shadow over a sponsorship deal with Toyota,
reports said Tuesday. The heartthrob, whose increasingly middleaged
female fanbase spreads throughout Asia, was caught doing
up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) an hour on a motorway with a
speed limit of 80 kph last September, the weekly Shukan Bunshun
said. The 39-year-old, who shot to fame as a member of fivepiece
SMAP, was with his actress wife Shizuka Kudo in a Chevrolet Astro
on the way to a popular surf spot when he was pulled over, the
magazine said. Kimura, known to his legion fans by the nickname
Kimutaku, was again charged with speeding on a street in Tokyo in
January, his agent said in a statement published in Japanese newspapers.
His driver’s licence was suspended. “He has paid the penalty
in each case,” the statement said, offering “profound apologies”
for his offences. “Kimura himself deeply regrets that he has acted
in a shameful manner... and vows not to repeat such a thing.” SMAP
started out as a fresh-faced boy band some 20 years ago, and
despite sometimes obvious musical shortcomings, they have
remained popular in Japan and across Asia. Kimutaku has starred in
a series of Toyota commercials since last October with popular
Japanese comedian-actor-filmmaker “Beat” Takeshi Kitano, under
the slogan “Fun to Drive Again.” “It was very regrettable,” a Toyota
spokesman said when asked about Kimutaku’s misdeed. “We have
asked him to abide by traffic rules”. He added that the company
had no immediate plan to end the commercials.
Lifestyle
Top CFDA fashion
prizes going to
Depp, Hilfiger
Johnny Depp and his quirky sense of style
caught the eye of the Council of Fashion
Designers of America, and the group will give
him its fashion icon award at its annual gala in
June. CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg and
CEO Steven Kolb announced details of the awards
ceremony Wednesday night. The nominees for
womenswear designer of the year, the biggest
prize, are Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen for The Row,
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for
Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs. “This year, as
we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the CFDA, we
can see what a critical role the CFDA Fashion
Awards continue to play in our efforts to promote
American Fashion,” Kolb said in a news release.
“This year’s nominees truly represent the important
influence of American design. We look forward
to once again honoring the best and brightest
talent working today.” Top contenders in
menswear are Billy Reid, Patrik Ervell and Simon
Spurr, and for the best in accessory design they are
Alexander Wang, Reed Krakoff and McCollough
and Hernandez. Tommy Hilfiger is to receive a lifetime
achievement award. The ceremony will be
held on June 4 at Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts’ Alice Tully Hall. Comedian Seth
Meyers will be the evening’s host. Other honorees:
* Swarovski Award for emerging talent in womenswear:
Chris Peters and Shane Gabier for
Creatures of the Wind, Joseph Altuzarra, and Max
Osterweis and Erin Beatty for Suno.
* Emerging talent in menswear: Antonio Azzuolo,
Phillip Lim and Todd Snyder.
* Emerging talent in accessories: Irene Neuwirth,
Pamela Love and Tabitha Simmons.
* Media award: Scott Schuman and Garance Dore.
* Founders award: Andrew Rosen.
* International award: Rei Kawakubo for Comme
des Garcons.