MJ tapes reveal Princess Diana, Brooke Shields as loves of his lifeSeptember 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson interview tapes reveal that the late singer believed Princess Diana, Tatum O'Neal, and Brooke Shields as the loves of his life. The singer made the revelation to confidante Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who taped the interviews between 1999 and 2001.
MJ's tapes on dad Joe's harsh punishment methods revealedSeptember 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson had often spoken about the beatings he received as a child at the hands of his dad Joe, and now newly released taped interviews reveal the harsh punishment he went through. The interviews, recorded with former spiritual advisor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, reveal the sick extremes the Jackson family patriarch went to in order to discipline his kids.
Google confirms: Beatles are 'bigger than Jesus'September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The Beatles have surpassed Jesus in terms of popularity on the Google search engine. An analysis of search terms showed more people searched for the band on Google than the son of God during September.
Lennon's 'Jesus' quote mag sold for $12713September 18th, 2009 LONDON - A magazine in which John Lennon had scribbled that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus has been sold for 12,713 US dollars. In a 17 day online auction run by RR Auction of Amherst, New Hampshire, an orthopaedic surgeon at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Centre made the winning bid.
Magazine signed by John Lennon with Beatles 'more popular than Jesus' quote sells for $12,713September 17th, 2009 Magazine signed by John Lennon sells for $12,713AMHERST, N.H. — A 1966 magazine signed by John Lennon containing his remark that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus has sold for $12,713.
Exclusive Lennon interviews shed new light on The Beatles' splitSeptember 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A series of exclusive interviews with John Lenon have now been published, giving an insight into the star' views on his bandmate Sir Paul McCartney and the Beatles' split. Previously unpublished chats of McCartney and Ringo Starr with British journalist Ray Connolly have also been released.
Lennon's tape reveals Macca was most important person to himSeptember 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - A new tape of late singer John Lennon's interviews has him saying that fellow Beatles member Paul McCartney was the most important person to him apart from his wife. "I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner," the New York Post quoted the Times of London as reporting as to what Lennon said in the tape.
Beatles come alive - in video game avatarSeptember 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The Beatles are back with a bang. The Fab Four will now be seen in a video game titled The Beatles: Rock Band.
Yoko Ono says John Lennon would have loved Beatles Rock Band gameAugust 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has rubbished all criticism heaped on the Beatles Rock Band game, saying her late husband "would have loved it". Ono said the game would introduce the Beatles' music to a new generation of fans.
Macca breaks silence over friendship with LennonAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has broken the silence over his friendship with his 'The Beatles' co-member John Lennon, and denied that they shared a sour relationship. Macca seems considerate about his dead friend's drug use, and believes that the complaints his pal made in interviews that he sabotaged songs in the studio could be excused, as he always expressed his love in the end.
Barbra Streisand's ex to auction tapes of her earliest performancesAugust 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Singer Barbra Streisand's ex-boyfriend will soon have three recordings of her earliest performances auctioned. Barry Dennen, who claims to have convinced her to become a singer, had made the tapes almost 50 years ago.
Unseen B andW pics of The Beatles up for grabsAugust 4th, 2009 LONDON - Previously unseen black and white images of The Beatles taken when the band stayed at a south coast hotel in the mid-60s are up for sale. The unusual photographs, which show John Lennon playing with a Box Brownie camera and him and the other band members in a car, were taken when the Fab Four were at the Askers Road House Hotel in Bridport, Dorset.
Macca, John Lennon 'planned Beatles reunion'July 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon had come very close to reuniting The Beatles, according to a new book. In his new book "Paul McCartney: A Life," Peter Ames Carlin says that Macca missed making music with Lennon so much that he made a surprise midnight visit in the spring of 1974 to the Burbank studio where his former band mate was recording, the New York Daily News reports.
'New Beatles song set for release'July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A lost track of legendary rock band 'The Beatles', written in 1978, is set for release. The song 'Now and Then', written by John Lennon in 1978 and later worked on by Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr when they reunited to work on the Beatles Anthology project in 1995, is set for release.
Yoko Ono wins rights to John Lennon's intimate video footageJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has won a lawsuit in which a group of collectors questioned her rights to video footage capturing intimate moments of the former Beatles singer, who was murdered in 1980. Ono's lawyer Jonathan Albano has said that a federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, last week ruled that his client was the rightful copyright holder of the video clips.