Mills: 'I've spent most of my settlement'

Heather Mills has revealed that she has spent most of the £24.3 million divorce settlement she received from Sir Paul McCartney. Speaking to Hello!, Mills claimed that she has given most of the cash away, saying: "A lot of it has gone to charity and I kept some to invest in projects and causes that will make this world a better place." The 40-year-old added that "ridiculous" stories about her in the British tabloids had prompted her to uproot to the US. "It seems like I can really get a lot done in America," she commented. SOURCE

Painters, peaceniks to meet in memory of Lennon

In 1940, before the United States had entered World War II, and when Denver reached to the sky with a scant few buildings, half the world away in the midst of the Battle of Britain, John Lennon was born. At that time, there wasn't a lot connecting Liverpool to Denver, but event planner Dana Cain has her own ideas. On Oct. 9, she'll be putting on the Imagine Peace Paint-In at Civic Center Park -- where artists, students and peace activists will gather for art and expression. [...more...]

Sir Paul McCartney To Release New Album In November

Sir Paul McCartney will release a new album this November under his guide of The Fireman. 'Electronic Arguments' features thirteen tracks written by the former Beatle and is the first Fireman album to feature vocals. A statement said the record, which is released on November 14th, is “set to both surprise and delight the listener.” The identity of the Fireman was unknown when they released their debut album, 'Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’, in 1993. [...more...]

SIR GEORGE HONOURED IN DUBLIN

BEATLES producer SIR GEORGE MARTIN was honoured in Ireland on Saturday (27Sep08) with the James Joyce Award from the University College Dublin's Literary and Historical Society. Martin, who has often been referred to as 'the fifth Beatle', received the accolade for his lifetime contribution to music. In accepting the honour, the 82-year-old recalled fond memories of working with the Fab Four as students as Beatles fans listened intently. [...more...]

My magical mystery tour: Sir Paul McCartney's return to Israel

It started with an act of contrition in January when Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to Britain, apologised for Israel's "missed opportunity" when it banned The Beatles from the country in 1965. It ended in Hayarkon Park on Thursday night with an excited Tel Aviv audience feeling self-evidently better about themselves, thanks to a Paul McCartney trip 43 years late. Sir Paul had prepared for the visit with an attention to detail few other superstars would have matched. It was not just the Hebrew patter he painstakingly learnt; it was also a canny ability to steer his way through the hypersensitivities of a visit that might have gone badly wrong. [...more...]

Being John Lennon

I always knew I was going to make it, but I wasn’t sure in what manifestation,” said John Lennon in a 1980 Playboy interview. “I used to read the reviews of books and art and music before I ever put anything out and I’d half expect to see my name in the review, even though I hadn’t written a book or a song — I was expecting to see myself in newspapers, to be famous. I knew it was just a matter of time.” Conducted months before his December 8 death, the Playboy interview with David Scheff underscored the fact that Lennon’s abbreviated life was a 40-year entanglement with immortality. [...more...]

Paul McCartney rocks Tel Aviv

Despite the threats from extremists groups, Sir Paul McCartney's concert made a deep impact on the Israeli crowd, as they sang along to his song 'Give Peace a Chance'. The concert, held on Thursday night, had a play list of all the Beatles favourites, which included songs like Yesterday, Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band. But the song that really caught the Tel Aviv crowd was the peace anthem, which had a thousand waving cell phones after Sir Paul dedicated the song to his late fellow Beatle, John Lennon, and sang about the folly of war. Among the crowd was 12-year-old Naama Shahaf, who usually listened to the Beatles tracks on MP3 files, but enjoyed the concert just as much, with her mother Dafna, 43, who first listened to the band on vinyl. [...more...]

Evolving John Lennon art show is part of Yoko Ono's mission

When Yoko Ono started showing John Lennon's artwork in the '80s, she was derided as an opportunist and worse. Two decades later she is seen as a keeper of the Lennon legacy, with fans softening on the woman who "broke up the Beatles" as more of the band's history comes to light. The latest exhibit is here through Sunday. You've been on a 20-year mission now to keep John's work in the spotlight. Has it paid off? [...more...]

Israelis flock to McCartney show

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has played his first gig in Israel in front of an estimated 40,000 cheering fans. The 66-year-old singer kicked off the historic concert with the familiar Beatles' song Hello, Goodbye at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park. Some fans turned up wearing "I love Paul" and Beatles T-shirts. Earlier the star said he was "not nervous, but excited" ahead of the gig, which comes 43 years after The Beatles were banned from performing in Israel. Back in 1965 The Beatles were scheduled to perform, but were prevented taking the stage because of fears they could "corrupt the nation's youth". [...more...]

Dhani Harrison Launches Newno2

Dhani Harrison, the son of the late George Harrison, is getting active and following in his father`s footsteps. Dhani has been showcasing his band Newno2 this month at The Key Club in West Hollywood. Every Tuesday of September, Newno2 have been doing free shows. The nucleus of Newno2 is Dhani on lead guitar and vocals and Oli Hecks on drums. The live band features Dhani, Oli plus Jon Sadoff on keyboards and guitars, Jeremy Faccone in guitar and Jason Hiller on bass. [...more...]

MCCARTNEY VISITS JESUS' BIRTHPLACE

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY visited JESUS CHRIST's reported birthplace in a tour of Bethlehem on Wednesday (24Sep08). The former Beatle is in Israel for a peace concert on Thursday night (25Sep08) - and insisted on visiting the Church of the Nativity, which was built over the traditional birthplace of Christ in the fourth century. MCCartney took photos and lit two white candles "for peace." The rocker told reporters that he hoped his visit to the West Bank would appease non-Jewish critics, who have opposed MCCartney's peace concert plans in Tel Aviv. He said, "I'm here to highlight the situation and to say that what we need is peace in this region, a two-state solution. "I get criticised everywhere I go, but I don't listen to them (critics). I'm bringing a message of peace, and I think that's what the region needs." SOURCE

McCartney arrives in the Holy Land

Paul McCartney received a rapturous welcome in the Holy Land on Wednesday, more than four decades after the Beatles were banned from Israel because Golda Meir, prime minister at the time, was said to have regarded Fab Four as a danger to the country's youth. There has been so much publicity about the "Friendship First" concert that McCartney is to give on Thursday in Tel Aviv that one commentator jokingly likened his arrival to the coming of the Messiah. The 66-year-old pop star has accepted an official Israeli apology for snubbing him and the other three Beatles in 1965. [...more...]

Paul McCartney concert in Israel touches a nerve

There's a new Israeli government being formed amid great uncertainty and divisive haggling. On Monday night, a Palestinian plowed his car into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem, injuring at least 13 people. But Israel's popular Army Radio news station is spending much of its airtime playing the Beatles' greatest hits. Callers and local celebrities are being asked to reminisce about their favorite song by the Fab Four or Paul McCartney. [...more...]

CLIFF RICHARD FEARED THE BEATLES

SIR CLIFF RICHARD once feared his career would be ruined by the BEATLES. The Fab Four dominated the music scene in the 1960s and Richard was petrified the band would over take him in the charts. And he admits his concerns were only eased after seeking advice from his manager. He says, "It was alarming only because the media made it alarming. All you ever heard about was The Beatles, every day for two years, almost as though we'd died and gone. "I remember sitting down with my manager and he said, 'Are you still selling records? Are you having number ones? Are you selling out your tours?' The answer to all those questions was yes. So then he said, 'Well, why are you bothered about the Beatles?' That's when the fear left us." SOURCE

MCCARTNEY SENT SPIRITUAL BOOK FROM DALAI LAMA

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has received a book from the DALAI LAMA in a bid to help through his controversial Israel gig. The Hey Jude hitmaker is set to play a concert in Israel's capital Tel Aviv on Thursday (25Sep08) but the planned gig has been dogged with controversy after reports circulated stating suicide bombers were planning to target the event. And the Tibetan spiritual leader sent the former Beatle a copy of The Universe In A Single Atom to help him relate Buddhist philosophy to modern times. MCCartney says, "I think we're at a very interesting stage in human development and I just hope for the best and I'm optimistic about it. I'm not so much religious as someone who likes to think I take the best from many religions: the best of what they all have to say. They obviously have a lot of things in common. "I always think of myself as spiritual rather than religious. But I do feel that the world is a magnificent place and that we are blessed to be on it." SOURCE

TED NUGENT OFFERS SECURITY SERVICES TO MCCARTNEY

Wildman rocker TED NUGENT has offered his services to SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY - as a bodyguard. Nugent has offered to head up the former Beatle's personal security detail when MCCartney performs in Israel on Thursday (25Sep08). And, despite the fact the Cat Scratch Fever hitmaker is an avid hunter and MCCartney an animal rights activist, he urges the Brit to take his offer seriously after learning of death threats from Muslim extremists if the ex-Beatle plays the concert to mark Israel’s 60th birthday. Nugent tells WENN, "Regardless that Paul and I have our obvious social, cultural, and culinary differences outside of music, I will not bend or waiver to voodoo religious whackjobs and neither should Paul." [...more...]

Letter To Sir Paul McCartney From A Jewish Activist in Israel

The below letter is a direct response and an objective, accurate correction to Tony Greenstein's letter to Sir Paul McCartney. I try not to copy each and every word of slanderous distortion, incitement and transparent hate for which Greenstein espouses. As someone who grew up in New York, I read with pleasure that you were to play a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 25th. Your announcement is headed: “My message is a peaceful one” as the very people who are the victims of unrelenting violence, suicide bomb attacks, terror attacks on buses, shopping centers and restaurants embrace you in defying life threats by Islamic clergy and suicide bombers in coming to Israel. I refer to the people of Israel. [...more...]

Is Paul McCartney 'firing' at old label EMI?

The former Beatle left EMI last year, branding the company \"boring\", and it's been suggested that the sleeve for promotional copies will be another comment on the label.The artwork (pictured) shows what seems to be a fragment of the sleeve, spelling out what could be EMI, leading some commentators to believe it will be a further attack. [...more...]

MCCARTNEY LOVES DUFFY COVER

Singer DUFFY has recorded a version of SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY's classic song LIVE AND LET DIE for charity - and the BEATLES legend is astonished with the result. The Welsh songstress tackled the hit Bond theme for her contribution to the upcoming War Child charity album Heroes. And MCCartney is bowled over with the new version of his Oscar-nominated Wings song. The track is among a host of classic cover versions slated for inclusion on the new album, which is due for release in November (08). [...more...]

MCCARTNEY HOPES FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL

BEATLES legend SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY hopes to succeed where world leaders have failed - by bringing peace to Israel. The Hey Jude hitmaker is set to play a concert in Israel's capital Tel Aviv next week (25Sep08) - more than 40 years after the Fab Four were banned from the country amid fears they would corrupt the its youth. The planned gig has been dogged with controversy after reports suicide bombers were planning to target the event. But MCCartney is determined the show will go ahead - and even hopes it will convince the troubled state to work towards a peace deal with Palestine. [...more...]

MILLS: 'I DON'T REGRET MCCARTNEY MARRIAGE'

Former model HEATHER MILLS does not regret her marriage to BEATLES legend SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY - because she fell pregnant after years of heartache. Mills and MCCartney endured a messy public divorce earlier this year (08) after six years of marriage. She claims she became a hate figure in Britain and was seen as a gold digger for marrying MCCartney just four years after the death of his long-term wife Linda. During their divorce battle, court papers leaked in which Mills falsely claimed MCCartney was an abusive husband, a drunk, and a wife-beater. [...more...]

Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team

The man John McCain appointed to head his transition team, William E. Timmons, played a central role in the Nixon Administration's campaign to deport John Lennon in 1972. Timmons is known today mostly as a lobbyist for the oil companies, but in 1972 he worked in the Nixon White House as Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Strom Thurmond, the segregationist senator from South Carolina, sent a letter to Timmons in February, 1972, as the Nixon White House was gearing up for the President's re-election campaign. [...more...]

John Lennon Biographer Defends Personal Revelations In New Book

Noted rock author Phillip Norman is amazed that Yoko Ono has disapproved of his upcoming 800-page biography on John Lennon: The Life, calling the book "too mean" to Lennon's memory. As with Norman's 1981 book, Shout! The Beatles In Their Generation, Yoko worked closely with Norman, and only after reading the finished manuscript has she disowned the project. Norman, who is among the most revered of rock authors, can't believe that Ono is upset over the book contents, when it was the late Beatles'widow who supplied so much of the revealing content: "In the end, it was the spirit of the book, I think, that she didn't like. And it was surprising to me, because the book was written in the way that I'd always written about John (which was) through Yoko talking to me, which is always in this very loving but kind of exasperated sort kind of tone: 'Oh that was so John'kind of thing -- so I was astonished when she just seemed to dislike it in such totality, but I do hope that she's going to change that view." [...more...]

Beatles' first drummer is beyond the 'what ifs'

Pete Best isn't bitter. The former Beatle doesn't ponder what if, doesn't rue what might have been and doesn't begrudge the millions he certainly would have earned. Forty-six years after Beatles' manager Brian Epstein told him he was out of the band, Best is perfectly content to tour the world with his group, the Pete Best Band. He moved on. He let it be. In fact, says Best, should he ever run into Paul McCartney again -- and the two haven't spoken since Best departed in August 1962 -- he wouldn't say, "Tell me why." [...more...]

The Beatles India phase inspires museum show

THE Fab Four’s fascination with India will be told in a new exhibition at the Beatles Story. The Beatles in India festival this weekend details the band’s 1968 visit to the Maharishi’s Meditation Academy in Rishikesh. [...more...]

Phil Redmond unveils art display at John Lennon Airport

THE creative work of five artists and more than 100 children is on display at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Culture boss Phil Redmond was at the airport yesterday to officially unveil the latest artwork which is on show around the terminal building. It includes designs by 119 schoolchildren from three Liverpool schools – Gilmour Junior in Garston and St Ambrose Primary and Parklands at Speke. [...more...]

MILLS SUES FORMER PUBLICIST

HEATHER MILLS is suing her former publicist for more than $460,000 (GBP250,000) for breach of confidence after the ex-employee slammed the one-time glamour model in a revealing newspaper interview. Sir Paul MCCartney's ex-wife launched a High Court action in London against Michele Elyzabeth earlier this month (Sep08) following the representative's claims that Mills was obsessed with money and fame. [...more...]

Get ready to blubber in Whaledreamers

A new documentary takes viewers whale-watching around the world, writes Charles Purcell. We're officially in whale-watching season. From May to November, humpback whales travel to and from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic and can be spotted along the NSW coastline. Last month Sydneysiders demonstrated just how much they love the majestic mammals when baby Collette (initially called Colin) was abandoned by its mother. [...more...]

Beatles Cirque du Soliel Doc Coming In October

"All Together Now," the documentary chronicling the Beatles-based Cirque du Soliel production "Love," has been set for near-simultaneous release on Oct. 20 and 21 in theaters and on DVD. The 84-minute doc, which includes interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison and others, will come to digital theaters one day ahead of EMI Music's release of a bonus feature-laden DVD. The latter will be available only at Best Buy at at the Love Boutique at the Mirage in Las Vegas. [...more...]

Stella McCartney at London Fashion Week: makes going to the gym sexy

Stella McCartney even makes going to the gym sexy. Junking the traditional catwalk motif, McCartney turned an empty hall into a futuristic health club Tuesday and filled it with ace gymnasts wearing her new activewear line for adidas. The young women did somersaults off trampolines, performed Olympic-style feats on the balance beam, and set a fast pace on treadmills to show the clothes in action. The steamy display of athleticism at McCartney's Olympics-themed London Fashion Week show was electrifying, especially to an audience accustomed to a more sedentary approach. [...more...]

Lithograph maker says John Lennon exhibit is a farce

A traveling exhibition of John Lennon’s artwork that stopped in Southampton Village last month is one of the largest art frauds in the last 20 years, according to a Florida lithograph maker who has been publicly questioning the authenticity of the exhibit since the late 1990s. The serigraphs in the “Come Together” art exhibition may be authorized by Mr. Lennon’s estate, but “the dead don’t create art,” Gary Arseneau said last week. [...more...]

Floyd founder Wright dies at 65

Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died, aged 65, from cancer. Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason. Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards. [...more...]

New row between Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney over house

A row has allegedly broken out between Sir Paul McCartney and ex-wife Heather Mills after she heard he wanted to buy her £3million home in Robertsbridge. As reported in the national press this week she banned her ex-husband from buying her home, even though she's put it up for sale. She bought the property in 2006 following her split from the former Beatle. A source told The People newspaper: "She has always felt it wasn't quite right for her. [...more...]

MCCARTNEY DENIES 'GAY LENNON' CLAIMS

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has furiously dismissed claims his former BEATLES bandmate JOHN LENNON wanted a gay relationship with him. Author Philip Norman claims in a new biography, John Lennon: The Life, that the late star lusted over MCCartney. But the singer is adamant Lennon did not have homosexual tendencies- but admits they often shared a bed. MCCartney says, "I don't think (the gay claims) are true. John never ever tried anything, I slept with him a million times. "I've seen him on tour roaring drunk, out of his mind in the early days before he sobered up and went to rehab. Roaring drunk and it was always with a female. If you've got a little gay tendency and your roaring drunk I'd have caught him once." SOURCE

Paul McCartney to be Guarded by Armed Secret Agents During Israel Gig

Paul McCartney will be guarded by armed secret agents during his gig in Israel this month. The $2m security operation was ordered over fears of an attack by suicide bombers. Muslim fanatics are angry that the Beatles legend, 66, agreed to the $8million Friendship First concert, to mark Israel's 60th anniversary. An Israeli source said last night, "Anyone who tries anything will be meeting Allah sooner than they thought." [...more...]

John Lennon's Spirituality

The article notes that while John handed over his business dealings to Yoko in order to care for young Sean on a day to day basis, the famous twosome also became adherents of astrology and numerology. Mintz notes that while he kept his humor about it all, he was also convinced that the family's belief systems and rituals helped transmogrify Lennon. In 1981 he told Rolling Stone "We sometimes joked about the paradox of [Lennon] singing 'God' and 'I don't believe in I Ching and I don't believe in magic and I don't believe in Buddha and I don't believe in Krishna' - but let me tell you, he believed in all of it." [...more...]

Sir Paul: Terror target

SIR Paul McCartney has been threatened that he will be the target of suicide bombers unless he abandons plans to play his first concert in Israel. Self-styled preacher of hate Omar Bakri claimed the former Beatle’s decision to take part in the Jewish state’s 60th anniversary celebrations had made him an enemy of all Muslims. Sources said Sir Paul was shocked but refused to be intimidated. [...more...]

Would The Beatles Have Sounded The Same If Theyd Never Taken Drugs

COULD A drug-free mind ever imagine sailing the oceans in a yellow submarine, or talking to a girl with kaleidoscope eyes? That was the question asked by a Scottish scientist who spoke at Liverpool's famous Cavern Club last week in an attempt to divine whether The Beatles would have been as good if they had not indulged in illegal substances. Professor Judith Pratt, of the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, examined the effects drugs have on the way individuals perceive the world before relating it back to The Beatles's evolution from innocent boy band to spaced-out hippies, a trip that saw their music evolve from pop to Technicolor psychedelia and eventually into heroin-influenced blues. [...more...]

SEPTEMBER THE ELEVENTH by Yoko Ono

9/11 affected me like it affected you. It was frightening. I was in New York and I was frightened. In my life, the most scary thing that had happened was World War II. I was in Tokyo when enemy planes were coming in, bombing the city. So I see it a little differently to the Americans who had never experienced an attack on their homeland. Pearl Harbour was different because it was on an island, further away. I thought of 3 things on September 11th: first was the second World War, second was the day of John's passing - because it happened equally unexpectedly - and third were the people who lost their partner or a family member. [...more...]

Beatles' John Lennon 'Taped Fantasising About His Mother'

An alleged tape of the late John Lennon fantasising about having sex with his mother has been leaked. The audio diary is set to feature in a forthcoming biography about the former Beatle, entitled John Lennon: The Life. Written by respected Beatles writer Philip Norman, the book, which also supposedly claims that Lennon wanted a gay relationship with Sir Paul McCartney, has been criticised by Beatles fans and Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono. [...more...]

Paul McCartney: I was pressured to cancel concert in Israel

Legendary Beatles star Paul McCartney said he was pressed to cancel his upcoming performance in Israel, but reassured Israeli fans in comments published he would go ahead with the planned concert. "I was approached by different groups and political bodies who asked me not to come here. I refused. I do what I think, and I have many friends who support Israel," McCartney said in an interview with Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth. Pro-Palestinian groups have frequently called on international academics and prominent cultural figures to boycott Israel over its occupation of the West Bank and blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. [...more...]

Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Magical Mystery Tour Memories is an ''upbeat rockumentary featuring the vivid memories of those who witnessed the making of the cult Beatle movie, The Magical Mystery Tour, in 1967'' and features a celebrity cast. It includes never seen before footage and rare photograhps. Narrated by Victor Spinetti this DVD is a must have for serious Beatles' fans. A fond look back at the 60s trippy fun, MMT has become a cult film for fans, and this look back through the eyes of those involved is fun and educational. You will appreciate the movie Magical mystery Tour even more and will want to view it right after watching this gem. And what's wrong with that? To be released Sept 30, you can pre-order here: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

Yoko Ono Livid Over ‘Gay’ Claims in Lennon Biography

Sir Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are both said to be livid after a book the both participated in makes claims John Lennon longed to be in a relationship with his fellow Beatle. Both Ono and McCartney agreed to be interviewed for the book John Lennon: The Life, which is due in stores later this year. After reading an early draft, Ono has retracted her endorsement and McCartney is said to be distancing himself from the project, according to Reuters. "Both Sir Paul and Yoko are extremely angry and upset," a source told the news agency. [...more...]

Former Beatle Pete Best leaves the bitterness behind

How would you feel if you were kicked out a band that went on to become the biggest pop band of all time? A little band called The Beatles? Well, if you’re Pete Best, you admit that it used to get under your skin, but now you’ve moved on and are pleased people are asking about the new band, thank you very much. “The great thing about (having been in the Beatles) is that it’s instant recognition, and then people want to know how the band’s doing,” he said during a phone interview. “I’m associated with it (the Beatles), but people know I have a band out there now. They’re concerned about Pete and the band now and that’s the way it should be.” [...more...]

Beatles: You Say You Want a ‘Revolution’?

When the Beatles released “Hey Jude,” the track that would become their most commercially successful single release 40 years ago, its B-side “Revolution” would “only” make it to No. 12 on the charts. Yet John Lennon’s meditation on the turbulent summer of ’68 is every bit as hard-edged and timely as McCartney’s “Hey Jude” was stately and emotionally transcendent. If ever a single disc personified the yin/yang of Lennon and McCartney’s contrasting muses, this was it. [...more...]

40 Years Later: The Story of The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’

Forty years ago this week, the Beatles released arguably the most crucial single of their already unprecedented career ― “Hey Jude,” backed with “Revolution.” The 1968 45 rpm single, packaged in a black, minimalist sleeve, would go on to sell eight million copies worldwide and top the American charts for nine weeks, the biggest commercial success of a single song in a musical career that had long since set the benchmarks for artistic ambition, cultural influence and commercial success. [...more...]

MILLS NOT APPEARING ON CELEBRITY APPRENTICE

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY's ex-wife HEATHER MILLS has reportedly been dropped from the line-up of DONALD TRUMP's hit U.S. reality TV show CELEBRITY APPRENTICE. The business tycoon confirmed in June (08) that Mills was bidding for a role on the series, a spin-off of TV hit The Apprentice, which sees celebrities work under the guidance of mentor Trump. But producers decided against recruiting the 41-year-old after she allegedly demanded a clause in her contract that guaranteed her a place in the show's final. [...more...]

SHEVELL'S EX RUNNING FOR NEW YORK MAYOR

The estranged husband of SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY's girlfriend NANCY SHEVELL is running for New York City mayor. Prompted by reports of her relationship with the former Beatle, Shevell confirmed she had legally separated from Bruce Blakeman last year (07). And now Blakeman - Shevell's husband of 23 years - wants to take charge of the Big Apple. He confirmed the news to the New York Post on Tuesday (09Sep08), saying: "I am going to be running for mayor." And Blakeman insists he aims to follow in the footsteps of the city's current mayor, Michael Bloomberg and his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani, adding: "I think there's a real desire for continuity." Blakeman has formerly held the post of presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature. He last ran, and was defeated, for office in 1998 as the Republican nominee for state controller. SOURCE

Heather Mills to write a novel

Heather Mills (pictured), the ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, has been vilified for various reasons, not least her inability to understand the difference between fantasy and fact. But perhaps this might help her in her latest venture: she has, according to a report in the Daily Mail, begun work on a novel about - wait for it - a model and campaigner who falls in love with a world famous rock star. It appears that she is using the book to get around a gagging order imposed as part of her £24.3m divorce settlement, which stipulated she could not make public any details of her relationship with the former Beatle. [...more...]

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to Premiere Weekly Show Devoted to The Beatles

SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that it will launch 'Breakfast with The Beatles,' a new weekly three-hour show dedicated to the music and legend of The Beatles. The show will air weekly exclusively on Little Steven's Underground Garage SIRIUS channel 25 beginning on Sunday, September 14 at 9:00 am ET. [...more...]

Memories show Beatles changes lives

Memories of the Beatles collected from around the world by scientists have highlighted how the Fab Four changed the lives of millions. People rolled up to take part in The Magical Memory Tour, the biggest online survey of personal memories ever conducted. The aim was to see how Beatles associations shed light on the psychological effect of autobiographical memory. The six month study generated around 3,000 responses from people aged 17 to 87 spanning 69 different [...more...]

MILLS LEAKED MCCARTNEY OPERATION NEWS

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY's ex HEATHER MILLS was responsible for leaking a bogus story about the rocker's heart problems earlier this year (08) in a bid to discredit the star.
The former Beatle was alleged to have undergone a secret coronary angioplasty operation in December 2007, after doctors warned MCCartney that his reported drink and marijuana habits had contributed to the health scare. [...more...]

MILLS ‘CONCOCTED MCCARTNEY ABUSE CLAIMS FOR CASH’

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY's ex-wife HEATHER MILLS made up claims of domestic abuse in a bid to win a big cash payout for family videos, her former publicist has revealed. The ex-glamour model made the damning allegations during the former couple's bitter divorce battle earlier this year (08), accusing McCartney of being abusive towards her throughout their marriage. She claimed she had video evidence to back up her accusations and forced her ex-spokeswoman Michele Elyzabeth to find a willing buyer. American TV moguls expressed an interest in the video footage and offered $1.85 million (£1 million) for the tape. But when they flew over to the U.K. to see what their money would buy them, they reportedly discovered Mills only possessed videos of the family's happy home life - with nothing to suggest McCartney had been violent towards her. Elyzabeth recalls, "Heather told me she'd made this documentary about her relationship with Paul, which showed he was an abusive husband. She said that it was going to be explosive and destroy Paul's world. It would prove to the world he was an abuser... "Heather told me she'd produced the film in England, and asked how much we could get for it... They (U.S. TV executives) were ready to pay a large sum and I told Heather it could fetch a million." But when they viewed the film, Elyzabeth claims the TV bosses realised they had been duped by Mills. She adds, "Heather had manipulated this whole thing just to find out how much money she could get for selling her personal family home videos... The b**ch lied. It was now obvious there was no documentary of any sort." Mills was awarded a $44.9 million (£24.3 million) divorce settlement in March (08). SOURCE

Heather Mills' bugging, lies and latex gloves

ROCK legend Paul McCartney WAS the victim of a vicious SMEAR campaign by scheming ex Heather Mills in her divorce battle for his cash. Last night her closest PR aide Michele Elyzabeth sensationally admitted: “That witch tricked me into spreading LIES about Paul. She’s a bitch!” We expose Mills’ outrageous dirty tricks campaign against rock legend McCartney. [...more/video...]

CTV To Host John Lennon Educational Bus During '08 TIFF

CTV today announced that it is hosting the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The state-of-the-art, non-profit audio and video production facility, sponsored by Maxell, parks at CTV's iconic Queen Street headquarters in downtown Toronto, beginning today through September 9. Aspiring young filmmakers from Toronto's urban neighbourhoods get the unique opportunity to prepare short movies about their experiences at the Festival on the fully loaded bus. [...more...]

Pete Best, Cryers headed to Theatre 145

A former Beatle is headed to Erie. No, not Paul. He's playing Israel. No, not Ringo. He's completed his summer U.S. tour. We mean Pete Best, the original Beatles drummer, who was unceremoniously drummed out for Ringo Starr just before the Beatles blew up huge in England and later conquered the USA and the world. Pete Best Band has toured the U.S. heavily the past few years, with Best concentrating on early Beatles songs that he actually played on, as well R&B covers the band frequently played during its Cavern Club and barn-storming days in Germany. For his upcoming tour, however, Best has something new in the bag -- his first original album. [...more...]

Paul McCartney has a Monopoly on Beatles memorabilia

Sir Paul McCartney looks set for A Hard Day's Night playing a new Beatles Monopoly boardgame. The 66-year-old emerged from his offices in London's Soho Square yesterday with the Fab Four edition of the popular game. McCartney's chauffeur popped the upcoming Beatles Monopoly game on the back seat of his car as the eternally youthful singer bounded outside. [...more...]

MCCARTNEY SEARCHES FOR NEW YORK APARTMENT NEAR SHEVELL

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has taken his relationship with NANCY SHEVELL to the next level after reportedly beginning his hunt for an apartment nearer to her New York home. The former Beatle has been dating American heiress Shevell since last year (07) and is now said to have made moves to purchase a property closer to her Upper East Side residence in the city. MCCartney formerly owned a place in midtown Manhattan with ex-wife Heather Mills - who settled into her own apartment in the city's star-studded downtown West Village earlier this year (08). A source tells the New York Post, "He's been looking at eight-figure apartments. I think he just wants to rid himself of the Heather factor." SOURCE

Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London

The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia. Jim Morrison's last notebook, the last drumkit used by Led Zepplin's John Bonham and an unpublished song called "Mocking Bird" by David Bowie also feature in the sale, entitled "It's More than Rock and Roll" and organised by the Idea Generation Gallery. The top item is the first contract signed by The Beatles on January 24, 1962, which bears the names "John Winston Lennon", "George Harrison", "James Paul McCartney" and "Richard Starkey" (Ringo Starr). [...more...]

Apple to announce something music-related Sept. 9

The Apple invitation is being analyzed and deciphered -- a fuchsia-colored man jumping with white iPod headphones. One point to anyone who guessed it would be music-related. Most likely, the Cupertino, Calif., company will unveil a refreshed line of iPods at the Sept. 9 gathering. Maybe a few bands or musicians will perform, since the event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts theater in San Francisco. Some speculate Apple could announce that the Beatles catalog will join iTunes. One thing the announcement apparently won't be about: a digital music subscription service. Music-industry sources say such a service, which Apple has been discussing for a while, isn't going anywhere at the moment. [...more...]

MCCARTNEY WRITES SONG FOR SHEVELL

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has reportedly written a song about his girlfriend NANCY SHEVELL. The former Beatle has been dating the American heiress since last year (07) and is now said to have expressed his feelings for the 48-year-old in a new track. A source tells British newspaper the Daily Express, "Paul has written a song about his relationship with Nancy, which is expected to be on his new album next year. The title isn't known yet but it's obviously going to be pretty romantic. Paul has long been inspired by the women in his life and Nancy is no different." MCCartney's late wife Linda was said to be the inspiration for his 1970 hit Maybe I'm Amazed, while Heather Mills - who he divorced earlier this year (08) - was reportedly the subject of Your Loving Flame in 2001. SOURCE

Hoax E-Mails Attack Beatles Fans

According to an expert in computer forensics at UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham), dangerous scam e-mails are targeting fans of Beatles. Gary Warner, who operates UAB's Spam Data Mine, said that at least 36% of e-mails came in on August 19, 2008 morning led to malware-infected sites, as reported by what goes on on August 20, 2008. The expert also said that one in every 3 spam e-mails linked to a malicious site. He further warned that the e-mails contain the subject head - "The Beatles - Back Together Again." [...more...]

"Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney" Will Be Released on DVD on Tuesday, September 2

"Desperately Seeking Paul McCartney" will be released by MVD Visual on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. The comedy documentary is the story of Ruth Anson, who interviewed The Beatles at Capitol Records in Hollywood, as a teenage reporter for KABC-TV in 1965. During the interview Ruth asked Paul McCartney if he had any plans for marriage. His on camera response was…"Only if you'll marry me." More than forty years later, now married, a mother and a college professor, Ruth contemplates, "What if I had said, yes?" With a photo in hand of her and McCartney, Ruth goes to a screenwriting pitch session and tells her story to a panel of professionals. Their response is initially mixed, until an opportunistic and nefarious director/producer (Marc Cushman) decides to take on the project. [...more...]

Liverpool hosts The Beatles in India festival

When The Beatles became interested in Indian religion it not only had a profound effect on their music, but influenced both the look, sound and outlook of Western culture as a whole. To celebrate the huge impact the country had on the Fab Four, the Beatles Story, Liverpool will be celebrating all things Indian throughout September during our ‘Beatles in India Month’. A new display, fact sheets and trivia boards will allow visitors to the Beatles Story to learn more about the effect The Beatles’ 1968 visit to the Maharishi’s Meditation Academy in Rishikesh had on both their music and personal lives, as well as such amusing tales as how Ringo coped with India’s spiders and why John went up in a helicopter with the Maharishi. [...more...]