ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Now that Orson Welles has been wheeled out of the picture, so to speak, the way has been cleared for thespian Bill Hurt to portray Brian Wilson in the as yet untitled Brian Wilson story. Hey, there’s a title... nah, too confusing. The project, which apparently has full approval from the ex-Beach Boy and Dr. Eugene Landy, could begin filming early next year, with Richard Dreyfuss playing the doc.
ROCK’N’ROLL NEWS
Now that Orson Welles has been wheeled out of the picture, so to speak, the way has been cleared forthespian Bill Hurtto portray Brian Wilson in the as yet untitled Brian Wilson story. Hey, there’s a title... nah, too confusing. The project, which apparently has full approval from the ex-Beach Boy and Dr. Eugene Landy, could begin filming early next year, with Richard Dreyfuss playing the doc.
Paging the He’p Desk ... In an apparent effort to calm, soothe and otherwise sedate inmates, some Pennsylvania prisons are providing 24-hour access to MTV. Hopefully, this service will include the channel’s full line of Satanic numbers as well.
And while we’re checking on long-dormant Desks,
the Hee folks inform us that our colleagues over at Rolling Stone may have had a little, er, help in putting together their top 100 singles list. “Sources” say that publisher Jann Wenner did a little lobbying for such heavies as Foreigner’s “I Wanna Know What Love Is” and “Uptown Girl,” by that short guy married to David Brinkley or somebody. Anyway, Wenner denies any string-pulling, but unnamed staffers confirm the rumor.