Scorsese film to open fest

January 17, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

BERLIN — “Shine a Light,” Martin Scorsese’s documentary on the Rolling Stones, will open the Berlin film festival next month. Scorsese and the band will attend the Feb. 7 screening, organizers said Tuesday. The annual event, the first of the year’s major European film festivals, ends Feb. 17. “We are extremely excited to have the world premiere of this magnificent film as our opening gala,” festival director Dieter Kosslick said. “Shine a Light” documents two concerts by the Stones at New York’s Beacon Theatre, on Oct. 29 and Nov. 1, 2006. It also includes rarely seen archive and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as interviews, the festival said. Today’s birthdays

Actress Betty White is 86. Singer-actress Eartha Kitt is 81. Actor James Earl Jones is 77. Talk show host Maury Povich is 69. Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is 66. Rock musician Mick Taylor is 60. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sheila Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 55. Singer Steve Earle is 53. Actor-comedian Steve Harvey is 51. Singer Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles) is 49. Actor-comedian Jim Carrey is 46. Rapper Kid Rock is 37. Actress Zooey Deschanel is 28. Country singer Amanda Wilkinson is 26.