Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s)	Indie Rock Art punk Dance-punk Post-punk Revival
Years active	2000—present
Label(s)	Polydor Interscope Records Fiction Records Modular Recordings
Associated acts	Native Korean Rock Head Wound City
Website	Website
Members
Karen O
Nick Zinner
Brian Chase

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Jeff Buckley Movie Biopic Still Going Ahead

April 11, 2011

A music biopic about late singer Jeff Buckley is still going ahead, it has been reported.

The as-yet-untitled film will tell the story of Buckley's life. The singer drowned in 1997 in Memphis aged 30.

'Welcome To The Rileys' director Jake Scott will direct the Ryan Jaffe script, best known for the 2008 comedy The Rocker, reports Deadline.

127 Hours star James Franco and James Marsden have been linked to play the lead role.

Also Twilight star Robert Pattinson a keen music fan is said to be "obsessed" with securing the role.

The as-yet-untitled biopic is set to begin production by the end of the year.

(by Holly Frith)

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