(A picture of mine is on the previous page.) So I'll give them credit for getting one little detail right. Strangely, the pass that Akerman carries is an exact replica of the real Rolling Stone press pass from that era. Nobody ever hung a RS press pass around his or her neck, because it wouldn't have worked.Īlso read: When Tom Cruise's Baboon Ran Amok on 'Rock of Ages' Set (Exclusive)
But small clubs like the Roxy and Whisky didn't use passes - and the bigger shows that did used stick-on passes specific to that show. (And accepting a five-minute interview for a cover story? In those days, a couple of hours was the minimum.)Īnother note of silliness: Akerman waltzes backstage at the Bourbon Room, a club clearly patterned after the Whisky, with a laminated press pass hanging around her neck. I wrote for Rolling Stone both on staff and off during the entire 1980s it was serious about its music journalism, and nobody who acted like that would ever have gotten an assignment. Ever.įirst she comes on like a timid schoolmarm then she berates Tom Cruise's rock god, Stacee Jaxx then she has torrid (albeit PG-13) sex with him. Malin Akerman is nothing like any Rolling Stone reporter.
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The movie version of Tower has way too much space in the aisles, too.Ĥ. If you wanted a used record, you went to Aron's down on Melrose. Sorry, but Tower was where you went for the newest releases and the biggest selection. This is another key plot point, with the characters played by Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta hanging out at the fabled Sunset Strip record mecca, browsing through bin after bin of used LPs. The mayor of Los Angeles can't do a thing about it and never could.Ģ. Until 1984, it was an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County after that, it was incorporated as its own city, controlled by its own city government. (Bryan Cranston) trying to clean up and shut down rock clubs on the Strip with the help of his crusading, rock 'n' roll-hating wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones).īut the area of Sunset depicted in the movie is in West Hollywood, which has never been part of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles mayor has no jurisdiction over the Sunset Strip.Ī key subplot in the movie involves the newly elected mayor of L.A.
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