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John Lennon's son believes he'd have embraced AI

Steven Soderbergh has Sean Lennon's blessing to use AI technology in his documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono because he believes his late father would have embraced the tools.

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Why UK voters are impossible to satisfy

Brief letters: The neoliberalism problem | Trump’s hypocrisy | Spurred on | Social media and the over-80s | Beatles’ trademark challenge

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Guns N’ Roses guitar fetches more than £230,000 at auction

A gold microphone presented to rock band Queen and used by frontman Freddie Mercury also sold for £151,200.

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Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC review – fascinating star-studded concert film

Footage from John Lennon’s only full-length performances after the Beatles – at Madison Square Garden, for charity, with the Plastic Ono Band – has been edited and restored

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Steven Soderbergh planning to use 'a lot of AI' in new war film

Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has confessed he's planning to use "a lot of AI" in his new film about the Spanish-American War in 1898.

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“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

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A Yoko Ono biography that avoids John Lennon... Really?

MCCRUM ON BOOKS: Yoko Ono’s art career has seen her wrap orchestras up in gauze and make paintings with numbered instructions – all before she stumbled into Beatlemania. A new book sidelines her partnership with John Lennon, but Robert McCrum argues that her role as the musician’s muse unleashed one…

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Sir Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono questioned if John Lennon was gay

Sir Paul McCartney has claimed Yoko Ono told him she thought John Lennon "might have been gay" in a phone call after the death of her husband.

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“Such A Creep”: Paul McCartney Makes Bombshell Revelation About Bandmate John Lennon In Resurfaced Interview

“Paul McCartney is such a creep. Only a nasty, evil man would sell out his past band-mate who is not around to defend himself.”

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Love Magic Power Danger Bliss by Paul Morley review – Yoko Ono before the Beatles

A vivid celebration of the artist covers her childhood and breakthrough in New York – while sidelining ‘that other business’

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Carolyn Bessette 'Yoko' Fears: Friend Unmasks Real Bond With Caroline Kennedy

A close friend of JFK Jr has rejected long‑standing claims that Carolyn Bessette clashed with Caroline Kennedy at the couple's secret 1996 wedding, challenging the narrative revived by FX's Love Story. Her account paints a warmer, more human picture of the Kennedy–Bessette bond.

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Valerie Bertinelli shares Eddie Van Halen regret

Valerie Bertinelli regrets not being a better friend to the late Eddie Van Halen after their divorce because she understands his struggles more now.

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Yoko Ono’s ’90s Apartment Made Me Renounce Order for a More Personal Book Display – It’s a Classic New York Space That Feels Eclectic and Lived-In

A photo of Yoko's 1992 living room celebrates quintessential NY style with personal pieces that feel uniquely individual to her

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Beatles biopic: Who are the other characters and the real stories behind them

John Lennon’s first and second wife, Paul McCartney’s ex girlfriend and George Harrison’s sitar player are among the additional roles

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Anna Sawai thrilled to play Yoko Ono in The Beatles biopic movies

Anna Sawai will play Yoko Ono, the wife of the late John Lennon, in one of four Beatles biopics, directed by Sam Mendes.

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Anna Sawai finds playing Yoko Ono 'very meaningful'

Anna Sawai has admitted playing Yoko Ono in Sir Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics is "very meaningful" for her.

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Harry Styles to curate 2026 Meltdown festival at London’s Southbank Centre: 'I'm deeply honoured'

Harry Styles follows the likes of David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Chaka Khan, Grace Jones and Patti Smith in arranging the festival’s line-up

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Harry Styles to curate 2026 Meltdown Festival

British pop star joins a long line of prestigious past curators including David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith and Elvis Costello

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Morfydd Clark, Lucy Boynton, Harry Lawtey and Farhan Akhtar join Beatles biopic

The films are due to be released in April 2028.

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20 Famous Songs With Hidden Stories That Will Change The Way You Listen Them

Here are 20 famous songs with hidden stories that will change how you hear them.

The Guardian - UK

‘Not for ogling’: forget Titian, Botticelli and the male fantasists – only women can paint great female nudes

From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot

The Independent UK

Pop provocateur Peaches: ‘People called me a one-trick pony. This isn’t a trick, it’s a way of life’

INTERVIEW: From sex-positive scandal to feminist touchstone, Merrill Nisker has spent decades testing limits and pushing boundaries. In the run-up to the release of her first album in a decade, she sits down with Annabel Nugent to talk power, provocation and watching the mainstream catch up

Guitar World

“He shoved me down to the floor of the car. He was kicking the windows. The whole time he's yelling at the top of his lungs, ‘Yoko! I want Yoko!’” The wild story of John Lennon's rock ’n’ roll covers album

Recorded under threat of a lawsuit, while in the midst of his infamous “Lost Weekend”, Rock 'n' Roll was the craziest ride of the Beatle's career – featuring top players and a gun-wielding Phil Spector

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Devs recall 'sweating bullets' at showing The Beatles Rock Band to the actual Beatles, and 'tough customer' Yoko Ono making sure they made John Lennon a 'balls out rock and roll god not giving a f**k'

"That looks stupid. He doesn't act like that."

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The Beatles: Rock Band devs were "sweating bullets" when they showed their version of John Lennon to Yoko Ono – "She's like, 'That looks stupid. He doesn't act like that'"

"She was a tough customer – as she should have been"

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