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NEWS ABOUT: Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono stories: 12 news summaries
OPINION

 Rock's Worst Career Moves 

Bob Dylan's Christmas album is just the latest in a long line

Aug 19, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Dylan’s decision to record a Christmas album is certainly ill-advised—“fans may have stuck by him throughout the musically self-destructive late '60s, the God-bothering late '70s, and the Grateful Dead-collaborating-Madonna-imitating mid '80s, but surely even Bob's fans have a limit,” writes John Matthew Hall for the... More »

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entertainment • music • Paul McCartney • Bob Dylan • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • celebrity • rock and roll • Bruce Springsteen • musician • Eric Clapton • Jerry Lee Lewis • Michael Jackson • David Bowie • Jay-ZTV

NY Exhibit Features
Lennon's Bloody Death Duds

Memorabilia displayed in city he loved

May 13, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new exhibit of John Lennon memorabilia includes a bloodied hospital bag holding the clothes he wore the night he was shot to death, reports the Guardian. The bag is the most jolting display of the new show launched by Lennon's widow at the Manhattan annex of the Rock and... More »

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entertainment • music • New York City • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • rock and roll • Beatles • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • the Dakota

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 A Bundchen in the Oven? 

Plus, Susan Boyle forced to change phone number, more

May 5, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gisele Bundchen visited the OB/GYN yesterday—gasp!—with hubby Tom Brady, thus prompting the requisite pregnancy rumors from the New York Post. Elsewhere:
  • Poor Susan Boyle, inundated by late-night phone calls, was forced to change her number, the Sun reports.
  • Liam Neeson recently called late wife’s
... More »

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entertainment • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • celebrity • gossip • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • celebrity pregnancy • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • Susan Boyle

Lennon's Rejected Royal Medal Found

Cheeky Beatle returned honor to Queen in peace protest

Jan 6, 09 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The symbol of the royal honor John Lennon didn't want has been found forgotten in a royal vault, the Times of London reports. Lennon was awarded the Member of the British Empire honor in 1965—prompting some others to turn in theirs—but sent it back to the palace in... More »

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rock stars • Queen Elizabeth II • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • knighthood • Vietnam War • Beatles

 Paul Wants to Release 
 'Beatles Holy Grail' 

Long-lost experimental track was once vetoed by the other three

Nov 16, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul McCartney says it's time to release an avant-garde Beatles track that features gargles, shouts, and distorted guitar, the Guardian reports. Recorded during Penny Lane sessions in 1967, the 14-minute Carnival of Light was played publicly only once at an electronic music festival. McCartney, who is releasing his third avant-garde... More »

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Paul McCartney • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Beatles • George Harrison • Ringo Starr • 1960s • avant-garde • recording

Lennon Not a Nice Guy, New Bio Says

Tell-all portrays him as callous, abusive; Ono calls it 'too mean'

Oct 12, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not everything John Lennon could Imagine was so nice, the New York Post reports. The ex-Beatle callously cheated on his first wife, groped a girl in front of Yoko Ono, and upset Ono by treating her like a lay du jour when they first met, a new biography says. But... More »

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Yoko Ono • John Lennon • biography • Beatles

 Sean Lennon: 
 Dad Screamed 
 at Me 

Pop never should have left the Beatles: Sean

Sep 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Lennon's son said his give-peace-a-chance pop once screamed at him so loudly that the boy ended up in the hospital with damage to his ear, reports the New York Post. The famous Beatle became enraged when Sean, then 4, failed to heed his lessons on how to cut steak.... More »

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Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Beatles • Sean Lennon • Julian Lennon

Lennon's Killer Denied Parole for Fifth Time

Chapman remains behind bars for 1980 murder of ex-Beatle

Aug 12, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who murdered John Lennon nearly 30 years ago was denied parole for a fifth time today, the Daily News reports. A state parole board panel blocked the release of Mark David Chapman, who shot the former Beatle outside his New York City apartment building in 1980, because of... More »

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murder • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Beatles • Mark David Chapman

 Lennon Lyrics Sell for $833K 

His handwritten sheet for "Give Peace a Chance" fetches a hefty sum

Jul 10, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. Lennon wrote and recorded the lyrics during his 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. A pajamas-clad Lennon gave the handwritten sheet to a Montreal teenager, who's... More »

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Yoko Ono • John Lennon • lyrics

Give Peace a Bid: Lennon
Lyrics Go to Auction

Hand-written memento expected to fetch at least $400K at Christie's sale 

Apr 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to 1960s mantra "Give Peace a Chance" are going up for auction, reports Reuters. A Canadian woman, then 16, acquired them after sneaking into the famous Montreal "Bed-In" staged by Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969—with Lennon predicting, “One day they... More »

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music • Christie's • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • auction • Beatles • Sixties • peace movement

 Yoko Goes to Court 
 Over Lennon Footage 

Will world ever see pot-smoking videos?

Apr 23, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yoko Ono is headed to court to fight for the copyright to 9 hours of raw footage of her late husband shot before the Beatles broke up in 1970. In the videos, John Lennon smokes pot, writes songs—Remember and Mind Games—blow-dries Yoko's hair and contemplates slipping LSD into... More »

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music • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • copyright • lawsuit • Beatles

Pacino, Ono Push for Dead Celeb Bill

NY law would bar unauthorized bobble heads for 70 years

Jun 14, 07 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Al Pacino and Yoko Ono are lobbying the New York legislature to make it a misdemeanor to merchandise unauthorized images of dead celebrities for up to 70 years after their death. The use of sound recordings, or faces and names on anything from T-shirts to bobble heads would require... More »

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New York • Al Pacino • First Amendment • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Babe Ruth • Arthur Ashe • Jimi Hendrix • celebrity • legislature • artistic expression

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