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    • Unknown Actress Nina Arianda Cast as Janis Joplin in Biopic

    Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:32:09

    Unknown Actress Nina Arianda Cast as Janis Joplin in Biopic - She has won a Tony, tho!

    Janis Joplin Photos

    • Janis Joplin - A view of the front of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.
    • Janis Joplin - A view of the art-decorated stairway at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.
    • Janis Joplin - A sign at the entrance at the entrance of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.

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    Janis Joplin Videos

    • Janis Joplin - "Get It While You Can" (Lyric Video)
    • Janis Joplin - To Love Somebody

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    Nina Arianda has been cast as Janis Joplin in the Joplin biopic. She is a relative unknown in the film world, but she won a Tony for her work in Venus In Fur. We're psyched for this flick.

    What is your favorite Janis Joplin song?

    —Amy Sciarretto
    07.16.12



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