"Kristen, you are so hot!"
In the appropriately rank alley behind a small Los Angeles club called the Smell, Cherie Currie, former lead singer of the '70s all-girl band the Runaways, yells out to ingénue-of-the-moment Kristen Stewart, standing a few feet away.
As risqué as it is, the upcoming movie The Runaways (in theaters March 19) barely touches on the most harrowing experiences of the band's former lead vocalist Cherie Currie, who joined the all-girl proto-punk group in 1975 and quit two years later.
In Neon Angel, an expanded edition of her 1989 book on which the film is based, the singer/actress-turned-chainsaw artist reveals how the liberated life of a 16-year-old rock star in Los Angeles included many dark moments, among them rape, abortion, and a nearly fatal addiction to freebased cocaine.
Plus: The rocker talks about Kristen Stewart starring in the upcoming movie about the riotous all-girl band.
A band of sexy teen rockers, love via Facebook, a nuclear meltdown, and more goodies from the annual Utah shindig.
In a Sundance interview, the rocker raves about Kristin Stewart and Dakota Fanning's work in the upcoming biopic.
The SPIN-sponsored event brings out the film's actors to hear Jett play her greatest hits prior to the festival premiere.
The actress is in talks to join Twilight's Kristen Stewart in a biopic about Joan Jett's 1970s all-girl band the Runaways.
The vampire flick's leading lady scores the starring role in The Runaways, a forthcoming biopic about Jett's 1970s all-girl rock band.
