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Beatles News Briefs: 12/31/08: Photographer of Beatles and

others named CBE in UK New Year's Honors

By Steve Marinucci, Examiner.com

31 December, 2008

For this American, it's great when the British New Year's Honours list

comes out every year.

BBC 'pulls Paul McCartney's Michael Jackson impersonation'

By Stephen Adams, Telegraph

31 December, 2008

The BBC has pulled an interview with Sir Paul McCartney in which the

former Beatle did a "trans-racial impression" of Michael Jackson, it has

been claimed.

Also: BBC Deny Pulling Paul McCartney's Michael Jackson Impression

Sir Paul McCartney: sort out Beatles iTunes deal

Liverpool Echo

30 December, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney has called for an end to the deadlock stopping

Beatles fans being able to download their back catalogue.

Also: Interview: Sir Paul McCartney

Director scours city archives in search for truth about Beatles

star George Harrison

By Laura Sharpe, Liverpool Daily Post

27 December, 2008

Film director Martin Scorsese has been digging into Liverpool’s archives

as he prepares to film an authorised documentary on the late George

Harrison.

Hard Day’s Night for Beatles Reissues

By Allan Kozinn, The New York Times (thanks Yardena)

26 December, 2008

If you still believe in Santa Claus, you might also have expected to wake

up on Christmas morning and find an iPod stocked with the long-promised

reissues of all the Beatles albums.

Also: Exclusive: New York Times' Allan Kozinn comments on reaction to

Beatles reissue article

Lennon in TV ad 28 years after his death

Reuters

26 December, 2008

Imagine, John Lennon makes a television commercial for charity -- 28

years after his death.

Also: A message from John Lennon (video - thanks Allan)

Toledo band turned down chance to open for Beatles

By Katherine Timpf, Toledo Free Press

26 December, 2008

Toledo’s ’60s rock ‘n’ roll band The BG Ramblers were like The Beatles

before the British band even became big.

Beatles Violinist Cries for Help as Copyright Ends

By Kristen Schweizer, Bloomberg (thanks Yardena)

24 December, 2008

Patrick Halling is fighting to keep the few pence he earns every time

The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” airs on the radio.

Walk of shame for Sir Paul

The Sun (thanks Yardena)

23 December, 2008

Here’s Paul McCartney doing the walk of shame, yesterday with his

girlfriend Nancy Shevell.

Also: Paul I want for Christmas ...; Paul McCartney autographs Electric

Arguments at London HMV to save the record shops - hints at touring in

2009 (inc. video - thanks Carlos); Sir Paul McCartney: I just make it up

as I go along; A Melodic Tribute to 70s-Era Paul McCartney (inc. audio

- thanks Yardena); Paul McCartney Finds Freedom In His Alter Ego

(inc. audio - thanks Carlos)

'Drunk' Lennon recording sold at auction

By Murray Wardrop, Telegraph

22 December, 2008

A tape recording of John Lennon drunkenly slurring his way through a

rock 'n' roll song has sold at auction for £24,000.

Macca greets fans at album signing

The Press Association

21 December, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney described the making of his new album, saying: "We

just made it up as we went along."

Also: Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney sends GET BACKWARDS message to

Heather?; Sir Paul McCartney's long winding road to his ancestors; pics;

Paul's "Electric Arguments" album is being reissued. Already. Yes, we're

serious. (thanks Yardena); Paul McCartney: a preview (thanks Yardena)

Young 'n old Willis star in ad together

By Nigel Blundell, The Sun

20 December, 2008

Stars including Bruce Willis and Dame Edna Everage appear alongside

their younger selves in an amazing £9million TV ad.

Paul McCartney, the Fireman and the smokescreen

The Times (thanks Yardena)

19 December, 2008

It’s not unreasonable to presume that every Beatles story that lives in the

memory of their two surviving members has been told.

Paul McCartney assistant tears mask off Polina Smolova: the

photo of the two of them together was fake

Charter 97 (thanks Yardena)

18 December, 2008

A spokesman of famous musician Paul McCartney, Stuart Bell called a

photo where the great musician was depicted with Belarusian singer Polina

Smolova “an obvious fake”.

Also: Paul McCartney Wants To Get Barenaked (thanks Yardena)

Beatle associate can sue over 'charlatan' claim, says High Court

Out-Law.com

18 December, 2008

A former associate of The Beatles has won the right to sue in England over

a New York Times article which called him a charlatan.

Former Beatles drummer reveals Liverpool band

By Daniel Masters, Click Liverpool

16 December, 2008

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best has revealed the band once owned

a very strange 'pet' in their early days - a pool of George Harrison's sick,

known as 'The Thing.'

Also: Dhani Harrison Teases About the Beatles Game (inc. video - thanks

Carlos); Welcome to my Beatles corner

Paul McCartney Hides Himself Away (video)

ABC News (thanks Carsten, Ferran and Carlos)

15 December, 2008

The ex-Beatle talks to ABC's Dan Harris about using an alias on his

new album.

Also: Sir Paul McCartney: I was the anti-war Beatle; McCartney lashes

out at 'meat-eating' Dalai Lama; Macca London signing (thanks

Yardena); War Child 'Heroes' album release date confirmed (thanks

Yardena)

Love, peace and a laugh along the way: 50 years of Yoko Ono

the artist

By Mark Brown, The Guardian

15 December, 2008

Yoko Ono brought love, peace and even a glimpse of death to Tyneside

yesterday, with the opening of one of her biggest exhibitions in Europe.

Also: Yoko Ono launches new exhibition at the Baltic

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed, Vol. 2

By Steve LaBate, Paste magazine

12 December, 2008

Today's list is the second installment in a series that will run every

Friday for the next few weeks, in which I'll highlight my favorite

lesser-known Beatles tracks.

Also: The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed

Copyright law 'could be extended'

BBC (thanks Yardena)

11 December, 2008

Culture minister Andy Burnham has said the government has changed

its mind on allowing performers to make money from their music for

70 years.

Bangladesh should thank ex-Beatle Harrison, says lawyer

AFP

11 December, 2008

A Bangladeshi lawyer who wants his country to officially recognise

George Harrison and Ted Kennedy for highlighting its 1971 struggle

for independence has taken his battle to the country's high court.

The fab boar

By John Kay and Gordon Smart, The Sun

10 December, 2008

Neighbours of Sir Paul McCartney are pig sick because he refuses

to cull wild boar on his estate.

Also: Paul McCartney embraces DRM-free MP3 downloads, Apple

Lossless files; McCartney denies stealing song

Lennon license plate coming to more states

Associated Press

9 December, 2008

The state of Florida was the first to have John Lennon "Imagine"

license plates, but now more states could be getting them.

Also: A day in the life of John Lennon, in Ballarat; The Day John

Lennon Died; A real love for his art; Yoko Ono Praises Ben Lee

John Lennon Cover (inc. video)

Book features unpublished photos of Beatles

By David Barron Houston Chronicle

9 December, 2008

It’s the act we’ve known for all these years, and yet the Beatles

remains sufficiently fresh, young and alive in the hearts and minds

of their fans that every snippet of film, every newly discovered

photograph and every unused musical outtake retains the ability

to enrapture.

Imagine the Blues

By Michael-Louis Ingram, BlackAthlete.net

9 December, 2008

A night in December becomes a day of infamy

Hundreds To Mark Anniversary Of John Lennon's Death

(inc. video)

NY1 News

8 December, 2008

Hundreds of fans are expected to gather at Strawberry Fields in

Central Park today to honor John Lennon.

Also: The keeper of Lennon's artistic flame; Interactive John

Lennon Song Title Game: Remembering His Music; John Lennon,

Then And Now; Long-lost Lennon Hilton photos turn up; Japan

keeps Lennon's memory alive; Lennon and Ono's acorn memory

(inc. video); The John Lennon/Yoko Ono Double Fantasy Box Set;

Lennon Fans Flock to the Dakota, Strawberry Fields; Fans to mark

anniversary of John Lennon's death at Strawberry Fields in Central

Park; It was 28 years ago today: John Lennon; December 8 Marks

John Lennon's Death; pics; Lennon's legacy; Hundreds of fans in

New York are remembering the 28th anniversary of John Lennon's

death (inc. video)

Ben Lee’s tribute to Yoko Ono

The West Australian

8 December, 2008

Not many Beatles fans would jump to defend the wife of John Lennon,

but Australian musician Ben Lee has paid tribute to the muse of one

of the greatest performers by penning a song called Yoko Ono.

Beatles fan collects every little thing

By Mary Sanchez, The Kansas City Star

7 December, 2008

You’re not putting the porno in the paper are you?”

Also: The Beatles Bringing In More Money Than Madonna

Lennon Shot Dead 28 Years Ago

Gothamist

6 December, 2008

This coming week, throngs of John Lennon fans will come together

once again to celebrate his life and remember the day that he was

murdered outside of his home at the Dakota.

Paul McCartney Gets Grammy Nod For "I Saw Her

Standing There"

Associated Press (thanks Yardena)

4 December, 2008

"I Saw Her Standing There" never won a Grammy for The Beatles,

but Paul McCartney gets a second chance.

Listen to Lennon’s vision of heaven

By David Charters, Liverpool Daily Post

3 December, 2008

As the world prepares to mark the 28th anniversary of John

Lennon’s death next Monday, fans can hear extracts from his

‘lost’ peace interview.

Also: Yoko Ono dishes out peace in Tokyo

Comparing Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” to the

Bhagavad Gita

By Amit Kshirsagar, Tattva Magazine

1 December, 2008

All saints say more or less the same things: nobody wants wars,

conflicts or aggressions, but still these are the things that go on

everywhere.

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