Rolling Stones Women: Anita Pallenberg

Anita Pallenberg

Name: Anita Pallenberg
DOB: Jan. 25, 1944
Where: Rome, Italy
Residence: London, England
Occupation: actress, fashion designer, artist, former model
Partner: Keith Richards
Children: Marlon Richards, Angela Richards, Tara Richards

-Italian born actress, model, fashion designer. She was the romantic partner of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and later on Keith Richards, who treated her like a princess. They dated from 1967-1979, with whom she has 2 surviving kids

Early Life
-Pallenberg was born in German-occupied Rome, the daughter of Armando Pallenberg, an Italian artist and Paula Wiederhold, a German secretary. Anita became fluent in 4 languages at an early age and studied medicine, picture restoration and graphic design.
-Got involved in the Living Theatre, where she would star in the play Paradise Now, which featured on-stage nudity.

Romantic involvements
-Known for her involvement with Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, who she met in 1965 in Munich, and Keith Richards, who she left Jones for in 1967 while in Morocco. She remained in a relationship with Richards until 1980 even though they never married. There were also rumors that her and fellow Stones member Mick Jagger had an affair during the filming of the movie Performance. When Pallenberg found herself pregnant, Keith had the shocking possibility that the father might be Mick, since in the movie Performance, the sex scenes between Mick and Anita were not faked, so they really had sex.

Kids
-They have 3 kids together: son Marlon, daughter Angela, and a 2nd son, Tara who died in his crib 10 weeks after birth

Influence on the Rolling Stones
-She supposedly influenced the Rolling Stones from the late 1960s and through the 1970s.
-Jagger respected her opinion enough that tracks on Beggar's Banquet were remixed when Pallenberg criticised them. Pallenberg is credited with singing backup vocals on Sympathy for the Devil.
-In 1981, after Richards and Pallenberg had split up, Richards said that he still loved her, although he had met future wife Patti Hansen. In a 1985 Rolling Stone interview, Mick Jagger claimed that Pallenberg "nearly killed me" when he was asked whether The Rolling Stones had any responsibility for the drug addictions of people close to the band.

-Singer Marianne Faithfull, Jagger's 1960s girlfriend, remained a friend of Pallenberg's. They both appeared in an episode of the BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, in episode 4 "Donkey". Faithfull played God and Pallenberg played the Devil in a dream sequence that Edina Monsoon(Jennifer Saunders) has after a crash diet.

Filmography

Carrie(1976)

One of my favorite horror movies!

Carrie

-1976 American supernatural horror movie directed by Brian De Palma.
-Based on the novel by Stephen King.
-The movie tells the story of Carrie White, a bullied, social outcast who discovers she has telekinetic powers which arise when she becomes angry or distressed. Her powers become seen by her classmates, teachers and abusively religious mother, which ends in death
-The movie stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie, Piper Laurie as her mother Margaret, Betty Buckley, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen, William Katt, John Travolta, P.J. Soles and Priscilla Pointer.
-Was one of the most watched films during Halloween

Did You Know?
-The blood Sissy Spacek had dumped on her was only corn syrup and food coloring, even though she was fine with real blood being dumped on her
-Sue Snell and her mother are played by real life mother and daughter Amy Irving and Priscilla Pointer
-The fake blood on Sissy Spacek kept drying and adhering to her skin because of the hot lights, so they had to keep hosing her down to keep it from getting gluey
-Many of the girls were hesitant to appear nude in the movie, but when Brian De Palma showed them nude shots Sissy Spacek did, they became more confident
-In real life, Sissy Spacek was named homecoming queen at Quitman High School

Plot
-Carrie White(Sissy Spacek) is a friendless, severely shy teen girl abused by her fanatically Christian fundamentalist mother Margaret(Piper Laurie). The girls at Bates High School also harass Carrie, with Chris Hargensen(Nancy Allen), being the leader and the cruelest

-Carrie gets her first period in the shower after gym class and because she is innocent to the concept of the menstrual cycle, she gets hysterical, thinking she is bleeding to death. Popular girl Sue Snell notices Carrie's horror, leading to all the girls pelting Carrie with tampons and sanitary pads at her before Miss Collins comes in. As Carrie gets more distressed, a light bulb above her bursts. Miss Collins brings Carrie to Principal Morton's office, where he constantly gets Carrie's name wrong by calling her Cassie or Wright instead of White. When she finally has to correct him, the ashtray on his desk flies off. When Carrie is walking home, a neighborhood boy crashes his bike after taunting her

-Her mother Margaret is walking from door to door spreading the word of God, when she gets a call from Miss Collins about the locker room incident and tells Carrie about the "curse of blood" is punishment for sin. She locks Carrie in a closet and forces her to pray. In her room that night, a disheveled Carrie stares at her mirror until it explodes

-The next day, English teacher Mr. Fromm reads a poem to the class, written by Tommy Ross, Sue's boyfriend. Fromm invites the class to comment on it but mocks Carrie when she says it's beautiful. Sue then convinces Tommy to take Carrie to the prom

-Suspecting she is telekinetic, Carrie is in the library one day looking at a book about telekinesis. Tommy confronts her in the library and asks her to the prom, with her fleeing, fearing another trick. After a talk from Miss Collins, Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation when he approaches her at home. When Carrie tells her mother she is going to the prom, her mother declares the prom an occasion of sin, refusing to let her go. However, Carrie causes the windows to break, revealing her telekinesis. Margaret is now convinced that this is Satan's power and hesitantly lets her go.

-Miss Collins berates all the girls responsible for harassing Carrie and subjects them to a week long boot-camp style detention until she can run them ragged. They are threatened with suspension and refusal of prom tickets. All the girls show remorse except Chris, who throws a fit with Miss Collins smacking her in the face and banning her from the prom. Chris tells her jailbird boyfriend Billy Nolan that she wants to get payback on Carrie and Miss Collins. They all go to a local farm to kill a pig. There Billy drains some of the blood into a bucket, which Chris has planned to put above the stage above the king and queen throne

-Chris makes a deal with her friend Norma Watson and Billy's friend Freddy to rig the election of prom king and queen so Tommy and Carrie win. As Carrie gets ready for the prom, her mother tells her that everyone will laugh at her. Carrie angrily tells her that she is going. Though she is at the prom, the people treat her as an actual human being only temporarily. Sue, who was unable to attend due to no date, sneaks in to see to it that everything is going okay for Carrie

-Carrie is shocked when her and Tommy are elected as the king and queen. As they approach the stage, Sue sees Chris hiding behind the stage holding the rope attached to a bucket filled with blood above the stage. Miss Collins sees Sue there, thinking she is there for problems and forces her out. As the crown is placed on Carrie's head, Chris pulls the rope and the blood is dumped on Carrie. As the crowd is shocked, Tommy is knocked out and Carrie sees the whole room laughing at her, when it's only implied that a few of Chris's friends are doing so in reality while everyone else is horrified. Carrie's telekinesis takes over, closing the gym doors and turning on a fire hose. Norma is knocked out by the fire hose along the floor, and Carrie kills Miss Collins with a falling rafter. Principal Morton and Mr. Fromm are electrocuted, which causes a fire in the gym. Leaving her classmates inside as it burns, Carrie walks home, covered in blood. Chris and Billy, who got out of the gym, catch up with her, intending to run  her over, but Carrie uses her powers to flip the car over and explode, killing Chris and Billy

-At home, Carrie breaks down in her mother's arms after taking a bath to remove all the blood. Under the impression the Devil has taken over Carrie, Margaret brings the girl to her knees and stabs Carrie in the back. She falls down the stairs and is cornered in the kitchen by her mom, but sends kitchen knives flying at her mother, killing her with a stigmata pose all too reminiscent of Christ on the cross. Using her powers, Carrie causes the house to collapse upon her and her mother.

-Later on, Sue, being the only survivor of the prom, dreams of visiting the plot where the White bungalow stood and as she places flowers down on the ground, she sees a sign that says "CARRIE WHITE BURNS IN HELL!" Then a bloody hand reaches out, grabbing Sue's wrist. This wakes her up, screaming in her mother's arms.

Cast

• Sissy Spacek as Carrie White
• Amy Irving as Sue Snell
• Piper Laurie as Margaret White
• Betty Buckley as Miss Collins
• William Katt as Tommy Ross
• Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen
• John Travolta as Billy Nolan
• P. J. Soles as Norma Watson
• Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell
• Sydney Lassick as Mr. Fromm
• Stefan Gierasch as Mr. Morton
• Michael Talbott as Freddy
• Doug Cox as The Beak
• Harry Gold as George Dawson
• Edie McClurg as Helen Shyres

Scooby Doo: My Soap Opera, LOL!

That 70s Show

One of fave TV shows EVER!!!

That 70s Show

-American period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teen friends living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin from May 17, 1976-Dec. 31,1979
-First aired on August 23, 1998, running for 8 seasons. Final episode aired on May 18, 2006
-Main cast members were:
  1. Topher Grace
  2. Danny Masterson
  3. Mila Kunis
  4. Ashton Kutcher
  5. Laura Prepon
  6. Wilmer Valderrama
The main adult cast members include:
  1. Debra Jo Rupp
  2. Kurtwood Smith
  3. Don Stark
  4. Tanya Roberts

Did You Know?

-In season 5, all the episode titles are Led Zeppelin song titles, season 6 has all Who songs as episode titles, season 7 has all Rolling Stones songs as episode titles, season 8 has all Queen songs as episode titles

-Fez stands for foreign exchange student

-Mila Kunis was only 14 when she auditioned for the show

-The cars used on the show are:
  1. Eric's: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser
  2. Hyde's: 1967 Chevy El Camino
  3. Red's: 1958 Silver Blue Corvette
  4. Red's and Kitty's: 1976 Toyota Corolla
  5. Bob and Midge's: 1970 Cadillac El Dorado
  6. Kelso: had 3 cars, a Volkswagen Samba bus, MG Convertible, Dodge van
-In Eric's basement, the poster on the wall is depicting Paul McCartney and Wings
-In the 2005 season, Topher Grace was off the show for some time because he was busy filming Spider-Man 3

-Tommy Chong was absent from the show for some time while serving time in prison for selling drug paraphernalia

-On the show, Jackie always makes fun of Fez for being a foreign student while in real life Wilmer Valderrama was born in the US and Mila Kunis was born in the Ukraine

Cast
Topher Grace
-Eric Foreman
-Nice guy, general, all around geek
-Smart aleck, with fast wit
-Convinces his parents to let best friend Hyde move in
-His father, Red, is always hard on Eric
-Is in a relationship with neighbor Donna Pinciotti
-Leaves after season 7 to teach in Africa

Mila Kunis
-Jackie Burkhart
-Youngest member of the group
-Starts the show as a pretty, rich, spoiled, selfish, stuck up, annoying, premature girl
-She gives thoughtless and superficial advice
-As the show progresses, she becomes nicer.
-She and Donna become friends as a result of these changes
-By the end of the show, she has managed to date every guy in the group; Hyde, Fez, Kelso

Ashton Kutcher
-Michael Kelso
-Dim witted pretty boy who thinks he can get through life with his good looks
-Best friend is Fez
-Fathers a baby he names Betsy during season 7
-Attempts to become a police officer but gets kicked out of the academy because he does just everything wrong

Danny Masterson
-Steven Hyde
-Eric's best friend, anti-establishment hippie-like guy
-End of season 1 sees the Foremans allowing Hyde to move in with them
-Has a blunt, and sarcastic sense of humor
-Rebellious, also is smart, and is the source of advice for the group.
-In the final season, marries an exotic dancer named Samantha
-In season 7, Hyde meets his biological father, William Barnett(played by Tim Reid), a wealthy black business man, which makes Hyde biracial.
-Barnett owns a series of record stores and makes Hyde the owner of the Point Place location

Laura Prepon
-Donna Pinciotti
-Eric's girlfriend
-Intelligent, good-looking and a feminist
-Her and Jackie soon become friends

Wilmer Valderrama
-Fez, the foreign exchange student
-His hormones seem out of whack
-Sweet, friendly, sometimes perverted, gullible, and odd
-Enjoys drinking beer, eating candy and looking at porno
-His best friend is Kelso, and shares a "younger brother" kind of relationship with Hyde and Eric.
-Constantly flirts with Jackie and Donna
-During season 8, becomes a real ladies man

Adults
Kurtwood Smith
-Red Foreman
-Father to Eric, husband to Kitty, Hyde's adoptive father
-Navy combat veteran, who served in WWII and the Korean War
-Occasionally shows a soft side despite his mean exterior
-Hobbies include working with power tools, drinking beer, watching TV, reading the newspaper, hunting and fishing

Don Stark
-Bob Pinciotti
-Donna's dad
-Often brags about his service in the National Guard, which annoys Red
-Known for walking around his house in robe wide open and no underwear
-Eats constantly, and is always in a good mood, not to mention also a ladies man
-Red is his best friend, but Red sees him as an annoyance
-Usually takes Red's mean abuse in a happy go lucky way

Debra Jo Rupp
-Kitty Foreman
-Red's wife, Hyde's adoptive mother, and mother to Eric
-Cheerful, doting mother, but can be assertive
-Despite being a nurse, is a smoker and drinks
-Her mood swings are associated with menopause

Tommy Chong
-Leo Chingwake
-Major hippie
-Works at the Foto Hut where Hyde once worked
-Puts play before work
-Has an easy going attitude towards almost everything