nypost.com - 11/13/2008
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CABLE truly is different than broadcast TV. HBO is developing a series with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis "based on his unconventional, rock 'n' roll childhood," Variety reports. But blogger Ron Mwangagu hunga points out that Kiedis'...
variety.com - 11/12/2008
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variety.com —
TV News: Cabler has taste for Red Hot
Chili Peppers -- Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony...
Kiedis is developing a series for HBO based on his unconventional, rock 'n' roll childhood.
Kiedis' rock memoir heading to HBO
variety.com - 11/12/2008
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variety.com —
Cabler has taste for Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is developing...
a series for HBO based on his unconventional, rock 'n' roll childhood. Kiedis has partnered with Catapult 360 partners Marc Abrams and Michael ...
Kiedis' rock story heading to HBO - Entertainment News, ...
nypost.com - 11/14/2008
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nypost.com —
IT might almost be over between former HBO
original programming president Chris Albrecht and his fiancée, Karla...
Jensen. An insider told Page Six, "They broke up like two weeks ago. She moved out of the house and he is already trying to be set...
ROCKY LOVE FOR EX-HBO BOSS
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Kanye West Can't Trust MTV Like He Used To [Gossip Roundup]
Gawker —
... HBO isn't unduly concerned it just signed a deal with a rocker who slept with 14- and 15-year-old groupies and wrote about it in his book. That's now what Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis's show is going to be about, so who cares. [P6] ...
Anthony Kiedis' Life is Basis for New HBO Series
Between Love and Like —
... The NY Post reports today about a series currently in development that is loosely based on Red Hot Chili Peppers' lead singer Anthony Kiedis' adolescence. It's good they already have a title ("Scar Tissue") as ...
Kiedis' New Show to Omit Parts About Sex with Underage Girls
Mollygood —
... Scar Tissue, the upcoming HBO show about Anthony Kiedis' early years in LA, will reportedly not delve into all the intercourse with very young girls the Red Hot Chili Peppers front man wrote about in his 2004 autobiography, also called Scar Tissue. According to the New York Post, in his book, Kiedis shares sexual escapades that include bedding both a 15-year-old Ione Skye (he was 23) and a 14-year-old who liked to dress up as Marilyn Monroe, possibly while on heroin. Yahoo! ...
Flea better make a cameo!
Asshat Hollywood —
... "Scar Tissue," Anthony brags about having sex with underage girls including actress Ione Skye when she was only 15. An HBO spokesman said, "We did not buy the rights to his book, and we are not dramatizing the book. This project is focused on Anthony's life as an adolescent." The show will apparently focus on Kiedis and his drug-dealing and Sunset Strip hangin' father. So basically, it's "Everybody Hates Chris", but with rock stars and heroin. SOURCE
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