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Pilton, England — This could be the last time, as Mick Jagger once sang. For the Rolling Stones, it's definitely a first.

The veteran rock rabble-rousers play Britain's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, their debut appearance at the country's most prestigious rock music event.

Many of the 135,000 festival ticket-holders are expected to cram the space in front of the Pyramid Stage for the gig.

Jagger wouldn't reveal details of the set list in a pre-show BBC radio interview, saying "it's nice to have a bit of a surprise."

Jagger, who turns 70 in July, also gave no clue about whether the band he started with Keith Richards in 1962 will ever call it quits. He said, "I've no idea," before telling an interviewer that he'd probably continue as long as he was wanted.

The band recently played a string of North American dates on its "50 and Counting" tour and is due to play two...

Doyenne of counter-culture and the restaurant revolution

Sue Miles, one of the central figures of the London counter-culture of the 1960s and a leading influence on the British "restaurant revolution", has died aged 66. She knew everyone, from the Beatles down, and was involved in such seminal events as the Albert Hall poetry reading of 1965 and the obscenity trial of Oz magazine of 1971, before going on to become a leading figure in the restaurant scene of the 1980s.

Susan Crane was born in Brighton and brought up in Los Angeles, where her journalist father, Lionel Crane, was a Hollywood correspondent for British tabloid newspapers. She attended Beverly Hills high school, where among her gilded classmates were Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Crane (daughter of Lana Turner, who later stabbed her mother's abusive lover to death). The liberal arts college Dalton followed, and in 1961, accompanied by her Yorkshire terrier, a gift from Elizabeth Taylor,...

According to Hollywood Reporter, "Jumping the Broom," which is being distributed by Columbia Pictures, has added more actors to its cast.

Angela Bassett (What's Love Got To Do With It), Laz Alonso (Avatar), Loretta Devine (Death at a Funeral) and Romeo Miller (aka Lil’ Romeo) will join actress Paula Patton in the comedy.

"Jumping The Broom" is a story about what happens when two families from totally different socioeconomic lifestyles meet for the first time at a weekend wedding in Martha's Vineyard.

Bassett will play Patton's mother, an heiress who has is held in high esteem among Washington (D.C.) elite. Miller plays Patton's cousin, a senior at Yale. Alonso will play Patton's love interest. Shooting begins in early summer in Nova Scotia.

Arlene Gibbs wrote the script, which is undergoing a minor rewrite by Elizabeth Hunter. Bishop T.D. Jakes, Curtis Wallace, Tracey Edmonds, Glendon Palmer and Elizabeth Hunter are producing.

Angela Bassett   Angela Bassett will star alongside Paula Patton in Columbia's "Jumping the Broom," a wedding-themed ensemble comedy directed by Salim Akil.

Also joining the cast are Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine and Romeo Miller.

"Broom" revolves around the clash of two black families from opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum meeting for the first time during a weekend wedding in Martha's Vineyard.

Bassett will play Patton's mother, an heiress and a pillar of the Washington elite. Miller plays Patton's cousin, a senior at Yale. Alonso will play Patton's love interest. Shooting begins in early summer in Nova Scotia.

Arlene Gibbs and Elizabeth Hunter wrote the script, based on a story by Hunter. Bishop T.D. Jakes, Curtis Wallace, Tracey Edmonds, Glendon Palmer and Hunter are producing.

Bassett just wrapped shooting on "Green Lantern," playing Dr. Amanda Waller in the Martin Campbell-helmed Warner Bros. tentpole. She is casting her directorial debut,...

Writer-director Rob Hardy has signed on to helm the sequel "Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming" for Rainforest Films.

Columbus Short, who starred in the original Sony Screen Gems release, is in negotiations to reprise his role as DJ, a master street dancer. Other casting is under way. The sequel is set to shoot early next month in Atlanta.

Will Packer ("Obsessed") will produce through his Rainforest banner, along with Short. Hardy was an executive producer on the original "Stomp the Yard," which unspooled in 2007 and rang up $74 million worldwide.

Repped by Gersh and manager Adam Robinson, Hardy is a partner in Rainforest ("Obsessed," "This Christmas") and an exec producer on the comedies "Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man" and "The Black Phantom," both at Screen Gems. He wrote and directed the features "The Gospel" and "Trois" and has directed episodes of "Criminal Minds" and "ER."

Short -- repped...

Undercover Brother helmer Malcolm Lee is in negotiations to direct Roll Bounce for Elizabeth Gabler's Fox 2000 and State Street Pictures. Penned by Norman Vance Jr., the project is described as a coming-of-age comedy set against the backdrop of the roller-skating scene of the early '70s. State Street partners George Tillman Jr. and Bob Teitel are producing. Adam Robinson and Dana Reid are executive producing the project, which is being overseen by Fox 2000's Maria Faillace for Gabler. Poppy Hanks and Heather Courtney are overseeing for State Street. Vance, a supervising producer on UPN's Girlfriends, rewrote Beauty Shop for MGM and State Street. He is repped by Preferred Artists Agency and Principato-Young. Lee is repped by CAA. His other directing credits include The Best Man, starring Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan. State Street is repped by CAA.