News for Aug. 28, 2005

Tilda Swinton to star as Velvet Underground icon in new movie

8/28/05, 9:16 pm EST - Xoanon

Tilda Swinton is to play Andy Warhol's muse Nico in a blockbuster film written by the creators of Bladerunner. Nico was part of the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. But the price of her fame was heroin addiction and a turbulent private life. Now the story of the German supermodel and singer, whose lovers included a pantheon of rock greats - among them Mick Jagger and Jimmy Hendrix - is to be told on film. [More]