Zemeckis Wants Starr And Mccartney For Yellow Submarine RemakeNovember 7th, 2009 Moviemaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS wants surviving BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY and RINGO STARR to play themselves in his planned remake of the Fab Four's animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE. Zemeckis and Disney bosses have brokered a deal that would allow them to rework the 1968 film and create a performance-capture 3-D digital production.
Groupie lifts the lid on Beatles, Rolling Stones' hedonistic lifestylesOctober 30th, 2009 LONDON - A groupie who had flings with Ringo Starr and Sir Mick Jagger has lifted the lid on the wild lives led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in her memoir. Chris O'Dell, who had a chance to take a close peek at the lives of the Fab four, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan has written about their excesses in her book tilted 'Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved'.
Banhart Collaborates With GzaOctober 5th, 2009 NATALIE PORTMAN's musician ex DEVENDRA BANHART has teamed up with rapper GZA to record a new version of his single BABY. The folk singer reveals he was introduced to GZA by the hip-hop star's Wu-Tang Clan bandmate RZA, and the pair got along so well, they decided to hit the studio together.
McCartney inks deal with record company to release live albumOctober 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sir Paul McCartney has singed a contract with Mercury Records for his soon-to-be released live album. The deal will see the Universal-owned Mercury Records release McCartney's Good Evening New York - recorded in a New York baseball stadium earlier this year - in the UK.
Macca voted America's Most Beloved BeatleSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sir Paul McCartney is America's most beloved Beatle, according to a new poll. After surveying over 4,800 American adults, the new Zogby International poll revealed that more than 30 per cent of participants chose McCartney as their favourite Fab Four member.
Beatles were planning reunion before Lennon's deathSeptember 13th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has said that the Beatles were planning to reunite before John Lennon was shot dead in 1980. The singer admitted that though they were set to receive huge offers yet they believed it wouldn't be as big as the 60's.
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.
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.
Bennett And Wonder Unite For Duets DiscAugust 27th, 2009 Music legends TONY BENNETT and STEVIE WONDER are teaming up to record a new album of duets. Bosses at Bennett's record label Columbia have confirmed the iconic pair - who have 36 Grammys between them - will hit the studio soon to begin recording to the disc, although they are keeping tight lipped about song selection, a title, and when the record will be released.
Pete Doherty to release duet album with Dot AllisonJuly 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pete Doherty is all set to release a duet album with Scottish singer Dot Allison. The 'Babyshambles' rocker has recorded several songs with Allison, and she is keen for them to be made into an LP.
How Macca drifted apart from Jackson over Beatles hitsJuly 17th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 'kind of drifted apart' after the King of Pop bought the Beatles back catalogue and refused to sell it. McCartney and Jackson became good pals in the early 1980s when they recorded two duets - 'The Girl Is Mine' and 'Say Say Say'.
'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.
Nelly Furtado is all set to release first Spanish albumJune 4th, 2009 LONDON - Singer Nelly Furtado is to release her first album recorded completely in Spanish, it has emerged. According to US music magazine Billboard, the 30-year-old has already been heard singing in Spanish on duets with Colombian rock star Juanes, and on her 2006 Latin American single, No Hay Igual, reports The BBC.
Remaining Beatles come together to promote 'Rock Band' video gameJune 2nd, 2009 Remaining Beatles come together to promote gameLOS ANGELES — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came together to promote "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game. The two surviving Beatles, along with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, appeared Monday at Microsoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo presentation at the University of Southern California's Galen Center.
Scarlet Johansson's second album, Break Up, set for September releaseMay 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scarlet Johansson's second album has reportedly been slated for a September release. The actress made her debut in the music world with her first album, Anywhere I Lay My Head, with cover versions of Tom Waits songs, last year.
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