What S Love Got To Do With It Movie

Ike Turner is furious. The 61-year-old band leader is bitter about the bad rap he says he's gotten from "What's Love Got to Do With It," the new movie about his turbulent relationship with former wife and musical partner Tina Turner. In the film, based on Tina Turner's 1985 autobiography, "I, Tina," Ike is depicted as an unfaithful and ill-tempered drug addict who beats Tina repeatedly and at one point, even rapes her.

Ike Turner is furious. The 61-year-old band leader is bitter about the bad rap he says he's gotten from "What's Love Got to Do With It," the new movie about his turbulent relationship with former wife and musical partner Tina Turner. In the film, based on Tina Turner's 1985 autobiography, "I, Tina," Ike is depicted as an unfaithful and ill-tempered drug addict who beats Tina repeatedly and at one point, even rapes her.

The Park Plaza hotel in downtown L.A. has seen its share of bad acts since Hollywood discovered that its "Arabian Nights"-style ballroom makes a terrific movie set. It was here, for example, that Whitney Houston flung herself at an overstimulated concert audience while Kevin Costner's crew cut turned white in "The Bodyguard."

The Park Plaza hotel in downtown L.A. has seen its share of bad acts since Hollywood discovered that its "Arabian Nights"-style ballroom makes a terrific movie set. It was here, for example, that Whitney Houston flung herself at an overstimulated concert audience while Kevin Costner's crew cut turned white in "The Bodyguard."