Last year, when the huge-on-arrival teenage pop star Olivia Rodrigo released her second single “Deja Vu,” Rodrigo’s lyrics included a kind of unexpected shoutout. In an accusatory address to an ex who’s already moved on, Rodrigo say, “I bet that she knows Billy Joel because you played her &#8...

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A Billy Joel biopic — Piano Man — has been greenlit by Michael Jai White’s Jaigantic Studios, with Adam Ripp on board to write and direct. The catch? According to Variety, Joel is not involved in the project and will not grant rights to his name, likeness, life story, or music.