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John Lennon's son believes it is his "duty" to "bring attention" to the late star's solo work. The 'Imagine' hitmaker was shot dead in 1980 and while he is best known as a member of the legendary group The Beatles, Sean Ono Lennon - whose mother is artist Yoko Ono - thinks it is important for "the world" to look at the "personal" nature of the music he wrote in his final years. Sean - who has been working on a re-release of John's 1973 album 'Mind Games' - told The Sunday Times newspaper: “One thing that distinguishes my dad’s solo career is how personal his lyrics became. "It is like a diary,...
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Justin Timberlake thinks men don’t express emotions that leave them feeling vulnerable. The ‘SexyBack’ singer, 42, made the admission while discussing his new single ‘Selfish’, which he says was inspired by the late Beatle John Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’, which was about his envious streak that would often result in turmoil between him and his wife Yoko Ono. Justin, who has been married to actress Jessica Biel, 41, since 2012, told Zane Lowe on the DJ’s Apple Music 1 show about the inspiration for the track, from his upcoming sixth studio album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’: “That's the beauty abo...
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John Lennon’s last words were “I’m shot”, according to a new documentary. The Beatles icon was shot dead aged 40 by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman, 68, outside his New York City apartment building the Dakota on December 8, 1980, and a new Apple TV+ documentary contains a claim from a doorman in the building he heard John’s final words as blood poured from the ‘Imagine’ singer’s mouth. Concierge Jay Hastings says in Apple TV+’s three-part documentary ‘Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’: “(John) runs past me. He goes, ‘I’m shot.’ He had blood coming out of his mouth. He just collapsed on the floor...
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Maggie Gyllenhaal feels like Yoko Ono in a pair of grey leather pants by Lafayette 148. The Hollywood actress is the new face of the quirky American fashion house - with A-list clientele including Michelle Obama, Dame Helen Mirren, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Oprah Winfrey - and says she chanelled the 90-year-old widow of the late Beatles legend John Lennon in the "unusual" trousers. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Maggie said: “They’re very kind of ’70s and I almost feel like Yoko Ono wearing it or something really cool. Unusual, beautiful colour, grey." The 'Dark Knight' star loves how the c...
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Sir Paul McCartney says “nothing has been artificially or synthetically created” with his new song featuring the late John Lennon. The Beatles icon tried to soothe fears about the potentially existential threat the tech may bring to the music industry amid the unreleased song's debut - which is believed to be based on a tape once owned by his widow Yoko Ono, 90 - from the four-piece that included himself, John, Sir Ringo Starr,82, and the late George Harrison The 81-year-old rocker told the ‘Today’ on BBC Radio 4: “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI. Then we can ...
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Yoko Ono has reportedly secretly quit New York City to live on a farm 42 years after she watched her late husband John Lennon shot to death outside their home in the city. The singer and artist, who last week celebrated her 90th birthday, has spent decades traumatised by the loss of her Beatles icon partner, but stayed in their nine-room apartment in Manhattan’s exclusive Dakota Building – where gunman Mark David Chapman assassinated him on 8 December 1980. But now, Dailymail.com has reported Yoko has decided to relocate full-time to her 600-acre farm near Franklin, New York. The outlet said o...
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Michael Kors was inspired by feminists like Gloria Steinem in his latest collection. The ex ‘Project Runway’ judge channelled “strong, powerful” feminist icons like the Ms magazine journalist, Jane Fonda, Aretha Franklin, Yoko Ono and Cicely Tyson - who along with changing political and social attitudes made a name for themselves style-wise in the 60s and 70s in his latest collection that was showcased at New York Fashion Week. The 63-year-old fashion designer told reporters before his show: “The women who intrigued me then and still intrigue me today are the women who break the rules. They’re...
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John Lennon’s former personal assistant is convinced the singer’s lack of security led to him being murdered. Actor and mime artist Dan Richter, 83, who lived and worked with John and The Beatles’ icon’s wife Yoko Ono as their PA from 1969 to 1973, said John should never have been using the front door of the New York City apartment building where he was assassinated 42 years ago this month. Dan, who starred as the lead man-ape in the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 epic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, told the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday (28.12.22): “That door was a danger point. You can ide...
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Sir Paul McCartney says he couldn’t bear to talk about John Lennon’s death after the singer was murdered. The 80-year-old’s former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his apartment in New York City more than 42 years ago, on 8 December 1980, leaving behind his wife Yoko Ono, 89, and sons Sean, 47, and Julian, 59. Sir Paul opened up about his devastation over John’s death in an interview for ‘The Beatles Channel’ on SirusXM, saying: “When John died it was so difficult. It had hit me so much so, that I couldn’t really talk about it. I remember getting home from the studio on the day that we...
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David Furnish has dismissed comparisons to Yoko Ono. The 59-year-old producer infuriated his husband Sir Elton John's long-term staff when he took over the management of the 'Rocketman' singer's affairs and fired a number of employees, sparking comparisons with the activist, who was blamed for breaking up The Beatles after she married John Lennon. David is quoted by the Daily Mail newspaper's Eden Confidential column as saying: "That was more when I took over the management role. "Inevitably, when you write a business plan, you look at the team. Do we have the right team to bring this vision t...
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