John Lennon's killer denied bail

8th December 1980.  Just a normal day for John Lennon, in his adopted home of New York - a morning being photographed by Annie Liebovitz, then the plan of an evening in the recording studio.  A mixing...

Fab four times price for Beatles drumskin

I was a Rolling Stones rather than a Beatles fan so I did not buy any Beatle recordings until Sgt. Peppers was released."The iconic bass drum skin used on the front cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's...

Court Approves Use of 'Imagine' in Ben Stein Film

UPDATE | June 03, 2008 — Yoko Ono's attempt to prevent Ben Stein from using an excerpt of the John Lennon song "Imagine" in a film about intelligent design has been rejected. "A federal judge on Monday freed the...

Lennon's 'Give Peace A Chance' Lyrics To Be Sold

Although I'm not one to criticize the prospect of someone spending £300,000 to own Lennon's indelible image of possible peace, it's still an incredible amount of money to pay for poetry."John Lennon's lyrics for...

Phil Spector Murder Trial: The Body as Witness

UPDATE: The trial of superproducer Phil Spector, accused of murdering actress lana Clarkson, moves inotthe forensics phase, with the first witness, coroner Louis Pena, stating that the injuries found on Ms....

Beatles fans get rare glimpse into backstory

UK media site Wippit is going to be offering footage from interviews and news coverage from Beatlemania-era Britain. This is a very exciting thing for Beatles fans--the band's backstory is an incredible one, and the...

Emma Thomson and Stephen Fry in Iceland

"Hótel Glymur popular among celebrities British actors Emma Thomson and Stephen Fry are planning an extensive screenplay writing course at Hótel Glymur in the Hvalfjördur fjord in southwest Iceland late this...

Invoking Lennon, Ono asks suffering souls to forgive (Reuters)

" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yoko Ono " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Yoko Ono , widow of slain Beatle John Lennon, issued a plea for forgiveness to the world's suffering people in a full page notice in Sunday's New York Times entitled "Forgive us." Noting that...

John Lennon's widow calls for healing (AP)

" 2 hours, 59 minutes ago NEW YORK - John Lennon's widow is calling for the anniversary of his death to become a day of worldwide healing. In a full-page advertisement appearing Sunday in The New York Times, Yoko Ono " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Yoko Ono...

Yoko Ono sues EMI

"Yoko Ono sued music company EMI Group PLC and a subsidiary for $10 million Wednesday, claiming she was cheated out of royalties due from the sale of music recordings by her late husband, John Lennon."

Beatles cleared to sue record companies

"The surviving Beatles were today given the go-ahead to sue EMI and Capitol Records, claiming the music companies had used clandestine schemes in an attempt to "pocket millions of dollars" of royalties due to the band."

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