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Keith Richards Wins Distinguished Memoir Prize

Rob Quinn — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:14:00 CST

In a scene that would have made a lot of people in the '60s think they were tripping, Keith Richards stood before a highbrow crowd at a Manhattan hotel last night to accept the Mailer Prize for Distinguished Biography. The Rolling Stones guitarist joked, chuckled, and swore as he accepted...

McCartney: Rolling Stones Envied Us

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:56:05 CDT

Who’s on top in the epic Rolling Stones-Beatles rivalry? According to possibly-biased Paul McCartney, even the Stones agreed that the Beatles were better in at least one way. “I talked to Keith Richards recently … well, a couple of years ago, and his take on it was: ‘Man, you were...

Keith Richards' Kid Busted for Drugs, Graffiti

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:42:14 CST

Theodora Richards is in trouble with the law, although she's got a long way to go before she can match her dad's arrest record. The 25-year-old daughter of Keith Richards and Patti Hansen appeared in court in New York City yesterday on drug and graffiti charges, reports the BBC . The...

Chivalry Isn't Dead: It Lives in ... Keith Richards

John Johnson — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:37:36 CDT

In the midst of what she sees as a lousy—in fact, downright misogynistic—year for women, Maureen Dowd finds salvation in an unlikely source: Keith Richards. His "chivalrous voice" comes through in his new autobiography, in which he recalls the teenage groupies who threw themselves at the group not...

Keith Richards Belittles Jagger's ... Manhood

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:39:49 CDT

Size does matter ... as evidenced by the ever-larger rift cracking open between Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Richards claims in his new autobiography, Life, that the strutting Stone isn't the most well endowed guy on the block. But what he lacks downstairs he makes up for in ego, claims Richards,...

50th-Anniversary Tour Will Be Rolling Stones' Last

M. Morris — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:55:00 CDT

The Rolling Stones are planning a 50th-anniversary tour that will also serve as a farewell tour, the Daily Mail reports. "They want to bow out on top of their game, and not short-change their fans," a source says of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood—whose combined...

Rolling Stones Issue Unheard Exile Track

John Johnson — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:53:51 CDT

The Speakeasy blog at the Wall Street Journal is pretty excited about the Rolling Stones' release of an unheard track from the 1970s. "Plundered My Soul" didn't make the cut for the seminal Exile on Main Street album of 1972, but it will be part of the reissue next month....

Get Your Own Keith Richards Skull Ring

Nick McMaster — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:45:13 CDT

Keith Richards' skull ring has become synonymous with the rock legend, often imitated but never duplicated. Courts and Hackett, the company that made the original, is finally offering a new line of rings based on the same skull used as a model for Richards' ring—that's right, folks, a real...

Celebrity Body Parts and Other Wacky Insurance Policies

Harry Kimball — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:08:48 CDT

Health insurance may be the topic of the day, but it's so boring . The Business Insider takes a look at the wacky side of the industry, which mainly includes celebs insuring their body parts for millions of dollars. And some extraterrestrial stuff. Here goes: Heidi Klum's legs: The model's right...