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OASIS singer Liam Gallagher has launched his new clothing range, Pretty Green, in Selfridges. Is this nominative determinism? Full Article at Anorak
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Proceeds from the song, “LUCY,” will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America and the St. Thomas Lupus Trust Julian Lennon, son of the legendary John Lennon, and James Scott Cook announced today that they will donate a portion of the proceeds from... Full Article at Science Blog
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A peace banner handcrafted by John Lennon in 1969 is pictured at the Idea Generation Gallery in London on October 5, 2009. The banner is expected to reach GBP 20,000 (dollars 32,000 or euro 22,000) when it is auctioned in an online sale from October 14. View Photo »
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There are Beatle bands that travel with a whole string section and everything, but if you don’t sound like Paul McCartney, if you don’t sound like John Lennon, you don’t sound like The Beatles. You have to have the inflections. And the musicality has to be there.
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British thesp Christopher Eccleston ("Heroes," "Doctor Who," "Elizabeth") has signed on to play John Lennon in Blast! Films and BBC Four's biopic "Naked Lennon" reports Variety. Full Article at Original Signal: Movies
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, "Doctor Who") will play John Lennon in BBC Four's upcoming "Naked Lennon," reports Variety. Full Article at Comingsoon.net
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While Nowhere Boy, the account of John Lennon’s teen years, is drawing tepid to good reviews after a recent London festival debut, I’m still seeing voices of dissent and disinterest aimed at the film, which stars Aaron Johnson as the young Lennon. Full Article at Slash Film
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's handwritten draft of his poem 'The National Health Cow,' circa 1965, is displayed at the Gotta Have It! Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction Press Preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC July 27, 2009 in New York City. View Photo »
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Curtis Mayfield is like the Buddha for me ... His orchestral arrangements and use of harp really blow my mind. I think about him and John Lennon all the time; their importance cannot be overstated. We usually try not to copy, so I hope we come through (the music), too.
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LONDON -- The turbulent and often tragic life of John Lennon is to be the subject of another British film. In the latest biopic, commissioned by BBC Four, former "Doctor Who" actor Christopher Eccleston plays the rock star in "Naked Lennon." Full Article at Rotten Tomatoes
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LONDON -- The turbulent and often tragic life of John Lennon is to be the subject of another British film. In the latest biopic, commissioned by BBC Four, former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston plays the rock star in Naked Lennon. Full Article at Variety
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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. Full Article
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A peace banner handcrafted by John Lennon in 1969 is pictured at the Idea Generation Gallery in London on October 5, 2009. The banner is expected to reach GBP 20,000 (dollars 32,000 or euro 22,000) when it is auctioned in an online sale from October 14.
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's handwritten draft of his poem 'The National Health Cow,' circa 1965, is displayed at the Gotta Have It! Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction Press Preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC July 27, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's handwritten draft of his poem 'The National Health Cow,' circa 1965, is displayed at the Gotta Have It! Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction Press Preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC July 27, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's circa early 1970s handwritten letter to Bhaskar Menon, then Chairman of Capitol Records, regarding the promotion of his wife Yoko Ono's new album and The Beatles not reuniting, is displayed at the Gotta Have It!
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's circa early 1970s handwritten letter to Bhaskar Menon, then Chairman of Capitol Records, regarding the promotion of his wife Yoko Ono's new album and The Beatles not reuniting, is displayed at the Gotta Have It!
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's circa early 1970s handwritten letter to Bhaskar Menon, then Chairman of Capitol Records, regarding the promotion of his wife Yoko Ono's new album and The Beatles not reuniting, is displayed at the Gotta Have It!
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FILE - In this January 1977 file photo,Yoko Ono, center, and John Lennon, right, are shown with Allen Klein, president of ABKCO Industries Inc. , and former Beatles manager.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 22: Glasses once worn by John Lennon is up for auction at the Christie's Pop Culture auction on June 22, 2009 in New York City.
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Artist Yoko Ono, widow of the late music legend John Lennon, arrives to pick up the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the MOJO magazine music awards in Central London on June 11, 2009.
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Artist Yoko Ono, widow of the late music legend John Lennon, arrives to pick up the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the MOJO magazine music awards in Central London on June 11, 2009.
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Artist Yoko Ono, wife of the late music legend John Lennon, arrives to pick up the Lifetime Achievement Award, at the MOJO magazine music awards in Central London on June 11, 2009.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Yoko Ono (R), widow of John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, introduce the new video game 'The Beatles: Rock Band' at the Microsoft XBox 360 press conference during E3 2009 gaming expo on June 1, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Yoko Ono (R), widow of John Lennon, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, introduce the new video game 'The Beatles: Rock Band' at the Microsoft XBox 360 press conference during E3 2009 gaming expo on June 1, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
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The legs and feet of John Lennon (L) and Yoko Ono from a movie they filmed are projected on the wall in a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC May 11, 2009 entitiled " John Lennon: The New York City Years."
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Clothing belonging to former Beatles member John Lennon, left, and photographs are displayed at the opening of a new exhibit "John Lennon: The New York City Years" at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC on Monday, May 11, 2009 in New York.
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TOKYO - DECEMBER 08: (L to R) Tamio Okuda, Yoko Ono and Kazuya Yoshii performs during the John Lennon Super Live at Nippon Budokan on December 8, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.
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TOKYO - DECEMBER 08: (L to R) Tamio Okuda, Yoko Ono and Kazuya Yoshii performs during the John Lennon Super Live 2008 at Nippon Budokan on December 8, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Backdropped by a picture of late John Lennon with his wife Yoko Ono, an auction house worker poses for the photographers holding a 1958 Hofner Senator guitar that used to belong to Lennon, that estimates to fetch some 100,000-150,000 British pounds, (US$ 164,000-246,000 euro117,000-17...
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Photographs showing John Lennon and Yoko Ono are displayed at a preview of "Give Peace A Chance: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In For Peace" at The Museum at Bethel Woods in Bethel, N.Y. Thursday, June 11, 2009.
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NEW YORK - MAY 11: Yoko Ono attends the 'John Lennon: The New York City Years' exhibit preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC on May 11, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - MAY 11: Anna Sheffield attends the 'John Lennon: The New York City Years' exhibit preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC on May 11, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - MAY 11: Yoko Ono attends the 'John Lennon: The New York City Years' exhibit preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC on May 11, 2009 in New York City.
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John Lennon's New York City t-shirt on display in a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC May 11, 2009 entitiled " John Lennon: The New York City Years." Lennon, one of the founders of the Beatles, was shot and killed outside his NYC apartment building on December 8, 1980.
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John Lennon's United States immigration card on display in a new exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC May 11, 2009 entitiled " John Lennon: The New York City Years."
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NEW YORK - JULY 27: John Lennon's handwritten draft of his poem 'The National Health Cow,' circa 1965, is displayed at the Gotta Have It! Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction Press Preview at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC July 27, 2009 in New York City.
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There are Beatle bands that travel with a whole string section and everything, but if you don’t sound like Paul McCartney, if you don’t sound like John Lennon, you don’t sound like The Beatles. You have to have the inflections. And the musicality has to be there.
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When John Lennon had his ‘lost weekends’, he’d show up in LA and we’d hang out there
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what if a group of white supremacists want to buy the cover? Or that guy who swears Stephen King helped kill John Lennon? Can Creative Loafing say no if the image suggested isn't definitively offensive?
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I think shows like that are awful. I have no interest - I think it debases music and cheapens everything I care about. I think some great talent has come from them but the musicians I love are people who write their own songs, someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon.
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We've made an agreement with (Lennon's widow) Yoko Ono and John Lennon's sons on November 3
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Apple is [also] expanding catalog of older music-based films with such titles as 'The Song Remains the Same,' 'U2: Rattle and Hum,' 'Buena Vista Social Club,' 'Don't Look Back-Bob Dylan,' John Lennon Imagine,' 'Neil Young: Heart of Gold,' 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Purple Rain,' and 'The Doors.'
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John Lennon was already an artist and a poet
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I think its the same for all desperate people ... The first punks were people like Oscar Wilde, John Lennon or Ian Dury. What they had in common was their openness to other influences.
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I think we were ahead of our time — we became kind of amusing ... I remember John Lennon telling me he thought it was amazing that ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’ was a great song and it doesn’t have a rhyme in it.
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He kissed my feet. I had no idea he was going to do that. My boy was there, Junior. He said, 'Dad, dad, is that John Lennon?' I said, 'Yes it is John Lennon.' He done it, and he said, 'I just wanted you to know you are the man who made it possible for me to be a star in rock 'n' roll music.' I just kind...
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He kissed my feet. I had no idea he was going to do that. My boy was there, Junior. He said, 'Dad, dad, is that John Lennon?' I said, 'Yes it is John Lennon.' He done it, and he said, 'I just wanted you to know you are the man who made it possible for me to be a star in rock 'n' roll music.' I just kind...
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Curtis Mayfield is like the Buddha for me ... His orchestral arrangements and use of harp really blow my mind. I think about him and John Lennon all the time; their importance cannot be overstated. We usually try not to copy, so I hope we come through (the music), too.
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John Lennon is Johnny Depp now
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Well, John Lennon, The Beatles... forget about it! And then George Michael at one time - he was really strong in the neighbourhood, he penetrated urban culture really strong
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I’m in a club of well-known Beatles tribute musicians, so I play ‘Beatles Rock Band’ set on expert ... I am singing ‘I Am the Walrus,’ giving it my best John Lennon. I know I’m on pitch. And ‘Rock Band’ says I’m just OK.
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Apparently John Lennon wrote it as a ballad, so we have a cool version, sort of mid tempo. I do 'I can't help falling in love.' They wanted an Elvis song so we did that one. 'If I can't have you' from 'Saturday Night Fever.'
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It was just getting involved and seeing your heroes on the wall or books about them -- John Lennon or Ghandi or Mother Theresa or Muhammad Ali ... It was an amazing place where I was kind of shaped politically. That's important -- for people to understand and have knowledge. It's important for a kid fro...
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Our goal with The Beatles Rock Band campaign was to create a global celebration of The Beatles by offering fans a new way to interact with the music and to introduce The Beatles to a new generation ... We worked very closely with Apple Corp. to assure the ‘Come Together’ TV commercial was an amazing tri...
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Communication not being like it is today, we just got a phone call from New York ... I didn't know whether someone was making it up because I just could not believe that it had happened. It had been just two or three years before that I had invited John Lennon to our booth in Los Angeles, never dreaming...
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I don’t think we had any idea (how important the series would be at the start) ... If Howard was still around, he’d tell you he did, but I’m certain he didn’t. It didn’t take long, however, in some of the things that happened on ‘Monday Night Football,’ like the death of John Lennon, and all of a sudden...
– Frank Gifford SOURCE: Ventura County Star -
Noel is fantastic, one of Britain’s finest. Liam’s all right if you want a second-rate Rotten. I remember hearing ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Star’ for the first time, and it sounded like John Lennon and John Lydon mixed together.
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Lily's really retro so she says, 'Oh I wish you could work with Joan Crawford or Janice Joplin.' I'm like, 'They're dead now. It's probably not going to happen.' She's into Marilyn Monroe and John Lennon and all these people.
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Between 1969 and 1979, Larry Norman was the Christian rock scene's answer to Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Mick Jagger
SOURCE: Pakistan News.net
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