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☆ Taylor Swift's 15 best breakup songs, ranked
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesWhen "Speak Now" was released, Swift wasn't shy about framing the album as a diary set to music. "Every single song is like a roadmap to what that relationship stood for, with little markers that maybe everyone won't know, but there are things that were little nuances of the relationship, little hints. And every single song is like that." "Dear John" is the most obvious example, likely owing its title to Swift's ex John Mayer (though it also doubles as a reference to a wartime breakup letter, historically sent from a woman to a soldier). Indeed, the tabloid fodder attached to "Dear John" may have threatened to eclipse the song's power, had 20-year-old Swift been a less capable songwriter.

Persons: John, Larry Busacca, Swift, Chris Willman, John Mayer, Willman, John Lennon's Organizations: Yahoo

☆ Guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison on ‘Help!’ to be auctioned
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years is going up for auction. The acoustic Framus “Hootenanny” was used by the band in 1965, featuring in recordings, sessions and performances of songs including “Help!” “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” and “It’s Only Love,” according to California-based auction house Julien’s Auctions. After that, Lennon gave the guitar to a friend, who passed it on to someone “who took the guitar home, tossed it in the attic, and gave it nary a thought for decades,” the auction house said in a statement published Wednesday. “It has some distinctive markings which made it easily identifiable,” said the auction house, but “the real proof is in the sound.”Lennon pictured in December 1963. It is expected to set a world record for the most expensive Beatles guitar, the auction house said.

Persons: John Lennon, George Harrison, Lennon, “, Andy Babiuk, ”, ” Lennon, Julien’s, Ryan Schuermann, Gibson Organizations: CNN, Beatles, ITV, Julien’s Locations: California, Germany, New York City

☆ Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson can’t ‘fathom’ people’s fascination over their age gap
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Filmmaker and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson has said that she and her husband Aaron “couldn’t really fathom the fascination” with the age gap between them. The movie, in which Aaron Taylor-Johnson portrays John Lennon during his early years, was released in the United Kingdom in 2009. He was 19 and Sam Taylor-Johnson was 42 at the time. “I guess that interest was more when we got together – which is now 14 years – at the beginning, was quite intense,” said Taylor-Johnson. Fergus McDonald/Getty Images“And that sort of fascination, because he’s younger than me, which you know, we couldn’t really fathom the fascination.”“But I guess it’s sort of gone away a little bit,” she added.

Persons: Sam Taylor, Johnson, Aaron “ couldn’t, Taylor, Aaron Taylor, John Lennon, ”, Fergus McDonald, I’m, Wylda Rae, Romy Hero, Samantha Taylor, Jay Jopling, James Bond, Bond Organizations: CNN Locations: United Kingdom

☆ Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons have released a single together
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Yet fans of the Beatles have been taken by surprise by a new single released by the sons of two of the Fab Four - James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, who are both musicians themselves. The new single, entitled “Primrose Hill” after a park in north London that offers a panoramic view of the city, was announced by McCartney, son of Paul and his late wife Linda, on Instagram four days ago. Former Beatle John Lennon is photographed with his wife Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon in New York three years before he was killed. Vinnie Zuffante/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesTogether with a picture of the pair - who look startlingly like their famous fathers - he wrote: “‘Primrose Hill’ is here! And lots of love to Sean Ono Lennon who co-wrote the song.”The picture of the pair used to promote the song is not new.

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☆ Peter Jackson restores classic 1970 Beatles documentary ‘Let It Be’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A rarely seen 1970 film following the Beatles just before the band’s breakup will be released on Disney+ after being restored by Hollywood director Peter Jackson, the streaming service announced Tuesday. Jackson, who also made the award-winning 2021 docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” for Disney+, has carried out a “meticulous restoration” of the film as well as “lovingly remastering the sound,” according to the statement. “One month before its release, The Beatles officially broke up. And so the people went to see ‘Let It Be’ with sadness in their hearts, thinking, ‘I’ll never see The Beatles together again. I will never have that joy again,’ and it very much darkened the perception of the film,” he said in the statement.

Persons: Peter Jackson, ”, Michael Lindsay, Hogg, Jackson, docuseries, Lindsay, ‘ I’ll, I’ve, ” Jackson, Oscar, Sam Mendes, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison Organizations: London CNN, Disney, Beatles, Sony Pictures Entertainment Locations: Hollywood, London

☆ A complete timeline of Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director Sam Taylor-Johnson have been married since 2012. AdvertisementActor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 33, and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, 57, have been together for more than a decade. 2009: Aaron proposes to Sam after wrapping the filmSam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in September 2009. February 2017: Aaron says that the public's fixation on their relationship is 'intrusive'Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in April 2014. March 2021: It's reported that Sam and Aaron will team up for another film togetherSam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in February 2019.

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☆ John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Michael S. Rosenwald | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Sinclair, a counterculture activist whose nearly 10-year prison sentence for sharing joints with an undercover police officer was cut short after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about his plight at a protest rally, died on Tuesday in Detroit. His publicist, Matt Lee, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was congestive heart failure. As the leader of the White Panther Party in the late 1960s, Mr. Sinclair spoke of assembling a “guitar army” to wage “total assault” on racists, capitalism and the criminalization of marijuana. “We are a whole new people with a whole new vision of the world,” he wrote in his book “Guitar Army” (1972), “a vision which is diametrically opposed to the blind greed and control which have driven our immediate predecessors in Euro-Amerika to try to gobble up the whole planet and turn it into one big supermarket.”He also managed the incendiary Detroit rock band the MC5. Their lyrics — “I’m sick and tired of paying these dues/And I’m finally getting hip to the American ruse” — were a kind of ballad for the cause.

Persons: John Sinclair, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Matt Lee, Sinclair, ”, Army ”, “, I’m Organizations: White Panther Party, Army Locations: Detroit

As well as celebrating the year in movies, the annual extravaganza has long been the red carpet event of the year. Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesTeo Yoo. Alberto Rodriguez/Variety/Getty ImagesJamie Lee Curtis looked elegant in a flowing black gown by Dolce & Gabbana. Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesLeah Lewis, star of Best Animated Feature “Elemental,” looked dreamy in a layered Lever Couture gown featuring a whimsical train. Marleen Moise/Getty ImagesTaylor Zakhar Perez popped on the red carpet with a blue Prada suit styled by leading celebrity stylist Jason Bolden.

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☆ The deep Biblical spirituality of Bob Marley’s music is being overlooked
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

They hiked, jet-skied and spent much of the time listening to Scott’s favorite musician, reggae superstar Bob Marley. He found refuge, though, in Marley’s music. “But Bob Marley’s music is what got us through. These Marley fans and scholars say it’s time to stop glossing over or editing out Marley’s “subversive spirituality.”“The Bible was as important to Marley’s music as his guitar,” MacNeil says. Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Marley in "Bob Marley: One Love," attends the movie's premiere on January 23, 2024, in Kingston, Jamaica.

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☆ How Sean Ono Lennon Helped His Parents Send a Message
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That “felt unnecessary” for such a well-known track, he said in a recent interview. What intrigued him more was the possibility of expanding the song’s message through a narrative film. After about two years of work, that project became “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,” directed by Dave Mullins, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated short film. In the story’s climax, both armies are ordered into bloody hand-to-hand combat while the opening lines of John and Yoko’s song ring out: “So this is Christmas/And what have you done?”

Persons: Sean Ono Lennon, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Lennon, Yoko, ”, Dave Mullins Organizations: Music, John

☆ How Rick Beato struck YouTube gold with his ‘Everything Music’ channel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

I first heard about Beato after stumbling onto his YouTube channel. During the pandemic, for example, many music fans migrated to the internet to watch various forms of music because live music was off-limits. “I still feel at 60 the same way I did when I was 14,” he said recently in a YouTube video. His face lights up when he talks about his family on his YouTube channel. “My YouTube Channel was a way to honor my parents and leave something for my kids.

Persons: Rick Beato, Instagram, Beato, ”, Pat Metheny, Sting, Jimi Hendrix, he’s, it’s, “, you’re, He’s, Rick, —, Mike Rowe, Jobs, ” Rowe, I’ve, I’m, “ Woo, Bach, Brad Mehldau, Keith Williams, Williams, ” Beato, Dick Cavett, Keith Jarrett, Jarrett, John Coltrane, Beato regaled Jarrett, awestruck, ” Jarrett, Steve Gadd, Chuck Mangione, Oscar Peterson, Music —, Nina, Dylan, Lennon, Layla, Eric Clapton, polychords, Taylor Swift’s “, Paul Allen, Everybody, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Rick Beato's, Melissa Golden, John Blake Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Costco, Twitter, Facebook, Berklee College of Music, Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College, New, Conservatory, Music, Ithaca, Microsoft, Intelligence Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, London, Berlin, New Jersey, Fairport, Rochester , New York, Italian, New York, Ithaca, Atlanta, Silicon Valley

☆ Christian Horner: Mercedes’ Toto Wolff says investigation into Red Bull boss is ‘an issue for all Formula One’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Sammy Mncwabe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for transparency around the investigation into allegations of misconduct leveled against Red Bull boss Christian Horner. An independent investigation was launched by Red Bull in February after Horner was accused of engaging in inappropriate behavior towards a member of the racing team. The Red Bull parent company in Austria has declined to comment on the investigation or provide a timeline for the outcome despite the season starting in Bahrain on March 2. At a press conference on Wednesday, Wolff was reportedly the only one out of five team principals who addressed the Horner investigation. Earlier this month, Dutch news outlet De Telegraaf reported that Horner had been accused of inappropriate behavior towards a member of Red Bull Racing, according to several unnamed sources.

Persons: CNN — Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Red, Christian Horner, Red Bull, Horner, Bull, ” Wolff, “, ” Horner, Wolff, Bryn Lennon Organizations: CNN, Red Bull, One, Bull, CNN Sport, BBC, Red Locations: Austria, Bahrain

☆ Everything we know about four The Beatles biopics from director Sam Mendes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"No Time To Die" director Sam Mendes is working on four biopics about The Beatles. Here's everything we know about The Beatles movies. Advertisement“No Time To Die” director Sam Mendes is working on four biopics about The Beatles. We all support the Sam Mendes movie project. peace and love.😎🎶🌈✌️🌟❤️☮️ pic.twitter.com/byhnmVqsHY — #RingoStarr (@ringostarrmusic) February 20, 2024Nobody has been cast yet, but The Beatles movies should be released in 2027The Beatles photographed in 1966.

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☆ Paul McCartney reunited with stolen guitar ‘that kicked off Beatlemania’ after 50 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Paul McCartney’s legendary lost guitar will gently weep no more as it was reunited with its owner more than 50 years after it was stolen. He continued to play it once The Beatles had split up but it was stolen in 1972 from the back of a van in Notting Hill, London. “The search for the bass wasn’t just for Paul McCartney, it was for all the fans,” Wass told CNN on Friday. “The evidence along the way would suggest that the thief didn’t know what he was stealing that night,” Scott Jones said. “In a sense it has no value except to Paul McCartney and to every Beatles fan in the world … it’s priceless.”

Persons: CNN — Paul McCartney’s, McCartney, Nick Wass, Scott, Naomi Jones, Paul McCartney, ” Wass, “, ” Scott Jones, Wass, ”, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Ronald Guest, Admiral Blake, Naomi Jones trawled, Paul McCartney’s, ” Jones Organizations: CNN, Central Press, Getty, Beatles Locations: Notting Hill, London, Hastings, Glastonbury, Ladbroke Grove

☆ Following Yoko Ono’s Anarchic Instructions
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Emily Labarge | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To a man who had trouble locating the show, the interviewer conceded, “It’s here, it’s just mostly in people’s minds.”The man nodded. “Yes,” he said, “I thought that might be the case.”These were some of the reactions to Ono’s “Museum of Modern (F)art,” a self-appointed MoMA debut, staged without the museum’s permission. It was up to visitors to find them, the notice said, perhaps by following the errant wafts of fragrance drifting past the Pollocks, Picassos or Van Goghs. The show, “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” contains more than 200 works spanning seven decades. Like “Museum of Modern (F)art,” which is part of the retrospective, most of those works are in people’s minds.

Persons: Yoko Ono, “, it’s, ”, Van Goghs, John Lennon Organizations: Museum of Modern, “, of, MoMA, Tate Modern Locations: Tokyo, London

LONDON (AP) — Before there was John and Yoko — and after — there was just Yoko Ono. Yet that period forms just a small part of an exhibition opening this week at the Tate Modern gallery in London. One of the largest shows of Ono’s work ever mounted, it includes seven decades of work by the artist, who turns 91 on Sunday. In her landmark 1964 performance “Cut Piece,” she gave gallery visitors scissors and invited them to snip away at her clothes. For an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in the 1970s, Ono falsely claimed to have released hundreds of flies soaked in perfume for gallery visitors to find.

Persons: Yoko —, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Ono, Lennon, London —, ”, Juliet Bingham, ” Bingham, It’s, Bingham, “ Organizations: Ono, Tate, ”, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern Locations: American, London, New York, Japan, Britain, Montreal

☆ For $350, you too can have glasses with 'AI superpowers' (and look like a modern-day Gandhi)
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Brilliant Labs — a Singapore-based startup funded by the creator of Pokemon Go — just released Frame, a $350 pair of non-prescription glasses powered by a multimodal AI assistant called Noa. The glasses project visuals and information directly onto the lenses, so wearers can prompt them with requests for information about almost everything they see or hear. Frame projects visuals and information directly onto the lenses of the glasses. Similarly, the glasses can query both available live web sources and GPT-4 for nutritional information, Tavangar said. The AI startup Humane launched a nearly $700 Ai Pin in November that combines voice command with AI to answer questions, summarize texts, translate languages, and play music.

Persons: —, Noa, they’re, John Lennon, Steve Jobs, Gandhi, Justin Sullivan, OpenAI’s, Bobak Tavangar, Tavangar, ” Tavangar, Pin Organizations: Service, Business, Staff, Labs, buzzy Locations: Singapore

We have people that are willing and able to work, but finding child care was an obstacle.”Republicans historically have been lukewarm about using taxpayer money for child care, even as they have embraced prekindergarten. Nebraska and Indiana have both pitched programs to make child care free for child care workers. Child care advocates say the investments are not enough and called on Congress to authorize a new round of money to keep the child care industry afloat. GOP resistance to child care spending dates to the 1970s, when President Richard Nixon vetoed a bill to establish a national child care system, invoking fears of communism and saying it had “family-weakening implications.” Many of those arguments persist. But during the pandemic, many child care workers left the industry for better-paying jobs, and some child care centers closed for good, exacerbating the problem.

Persons: Emily O'Brien, Lennon, O'Brien, Jolene, Doug Burgum's, ” O'Brien, —, Mike Parson, Brenda Shields, ” Shields, Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, Glenn Youngkin, Richard Nixon, “, Kristi Noem, ” Noem Organizations: Republican, Gov, Republicans, Democratic, Republican Gov, Pro, Virginia Gov, U.S . Chamber of Commerce Foundation, KWAT, Associated Press Locations: North Dakota, Forks, Bismarck, New Mexico, Vermont, Missouri, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Nebraska, Indiana, Idaho, U.S, South Dakota, Watertown , South Dakota, AP.org

☆ Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari from Mercedes is a gamble but it could be a masterstroke
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

For Mercedes, it is a devastating loss, unable to retain a generational talent and the face of its entire motorsport brand. He has been so successful with Mercedes that it’s almost hard to imagine the 39-year-old Briton racing for any other team. Hamilton holds the all-time record for F1 wins (103), achieving 82 of those with Mercedes and 21 with McLaren. It also reunites him with Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur, who Hamilton raced for at junior level. Last season, a Mercedes driver failed to win a race across a whole season for the first time since 2011.

Persons: CNN —, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Will Buxton, Hamilton, “, ” Hamilton, ” Ferrari, ”, Red, Bryn Lennon, it’s, Mercedes, McLaren, McLaren –, –, Clive Mason, Ferrari, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Leclerc, Nico Rosberg, Leonhard Foeger, ” Phil Duncan, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jack Brabham, CNN’s Coy, Tom Brady’s, Tampa Bay Buccaneers “, Hamilton’s, Fred Vasseur, Aston Martin, John Thys, Toto Wolff, “ Lewis, Duncan Organizations: CNN, Mercedes, Ferrari, Arrows, Hamilton, Constructors, Scuderia, Reuters, CNN Sport, NFL, New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Red, McLaren, Getty Locations: Hamilton, Bull’s, AFP, Austria

Stella is reintroducing herself in her first film role after taking a few years off to just be a normal teen. Maisy has that perfect mix … she is one in a million.”Park met Stella through their mutual friend Maddie Ziegler, who plays one of Elliott’s friends in “My Old Ass.” Ziegler and Stella have been close since they were children. “It literally made the biggest difference.”Both Park and Stella have been overwhelmed by the response to the film at Sundance. As of the writing of this article, “My Old Ass,” produced by Margot Robbie's Lucky Chap Entertainment, has not yet been acquired for distribution. Park: I’m your hype woman.

Persons: ”, Maisy Stella, Daphne Conrad, Robyn’s, Lennon Stella, Billie Eilish, Stella, “, ” Stella, Megan Park, Aubrey Plaza, Elliott, Elliot, Maisy, Maddie Ziegler, ” Ziegler, Maddie, I’m, ” Stella downplays, Eilish, Ziegler, Sia, don’t, Kerrice Brooks, Justin Bieber’s, Bieber, Percy Hynes White, I’ve, Margot Robbie's Lucky, wouldn’t, she’s, “ She’s, you’ve, Finneas Organizations: Sundance Film, Nashville, Sundance Locations: CITY , Utah, Park City , Utah, “

☆ In Praise of Whistling in Pop Music
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Monday, Joel announced he’ll be releasing his first new pop single in nearly two decades next week. While listening to “The Stranger” over the weekend, I found myself considering the pop musical whistle. It’s such a simple expression, but in a song it can convey a wide range of feelings and tones. While we await Joel’s latest, “Turn the Lights Back On” (which may or may not feature a whistle break), today’s playlist is a homage to the pop musical whistle, in all its glory and multitudes. And if you don’t know how to whistle along, you can always consult Lauren Bacall.

Persons: Billy Joel, ”, Phil Ramone, ” Ramone, “, Joel, he’ll, Paul Simon’s, Julio Down, John Lennon musters, Guy ”, it’s, Lauren Bacall

The hyper-competitive original song and original score categories include nominees from the films “Barbie'' to ”Oppenheimer'' and beyond. Diane Warren, original song nomination for “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot.”Warren describes the song as bringing “a little reggaeton to the Oscars.”"I’m thrilled. Mark Ronson, original song nomination for “I'm Just Ken” from “Barbie”Ronson wrote “I'm Just Ken” with Andrew Wyatt. Thank you.”Academy-award winner Ludwig Göransson, original score nomination for “Oppenheimer”This is Göransson's third nomination. And everyone’s really proud of one another.”Laura Karpman, original score nomination for “American Fiction”This is Karpman's first Oscar nomination.

Persons: Diane Warren, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Billie Eilish, Barbie, ” Oppenheimer, Warren, Ronson, Wyatt, “ I’m, Ken ”, “ Barbie, ” Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson, Scott George, “ Wahzhazhe, Eilish, O’Connell, James Bond, ” Mark Ronson, Lady Gaga, Anthony Rossomando, ” Laura Karpman, Indiana Jones, ” John Williams, ” Robbie Robertson, “ Oppenheimer, ” Ludwig Göransson, Jerskin Fendrix, Karpman, It's, Fendrix —, he's, ”, Dave Mullins, Brad Booker, John, Yoko, ” Warren, I’m, I’ve, It’s, There’s, “ I'm, “ Barbie ” Ronson, “, Ken ’, Greta, Ryan, Gosling, Ken, —, Batiste, Suleika, Finneas O'Connell, Finneas, Ludwig Göransson, Oscar, Chris Nolan, Nolan, Laura Karpman, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, Mullins, Booker's, MULLINS, BOOKER, Sean, Lennon Organizations: ANGELES, ”, Music, Academy, ” Academy Locations: “

☆ Leon Wildes, Immigration Lawyer Who Defended John Lennon, Dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Adam Nossiter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Leon Wildes, a New York immigration lawyer who successfully fought the United States government’s attempt to deport John Lennon, died on Monday in Manhattan. His death, at Lenox Hill Hospital, was confirmed by his son Michael. For more than three years, from early 1972 to the fall of 1975, Mr. Wildes (pronounced WY-ulds) doggedly battled the targeting by the Nixon administration and immigration officials of Mr. Lennon, the former Beatle, and his wife, Yoko Ono, marshaling a series of legal arguments that exposed both political chicanery and a hidden U.S. immigration policy. Uncovering secret records through the Freedom of Information Act, he showed that immigration officials, in practice, can exercise wide discretion in whom they choose to deport, a revelation that continues to resonate in immigration law. And he revealed that Mr. Lennon, an antiwar activist and a vocal critic of President Richard M. Nixon, had been singled out by the White House for political reasons.

Persons: Leon Wildes, John Lennon, Michael, Wildes, doggedly, Nixon, Lennon, Yoko Ono, marshaling, Richard M Organizations: Lenox Hill Hospital, White House Locations: New York, United States, Manhattan, Lenox

Leon Wildes, a prominent immigration lawyer best known for his landmark, yearslong fight in the 1970s to prevent John Lennon from being deported and enable the former Beatle to receive permanent residency in the U.S., has died at age 90. Thanks to Wildes' ingenuity and the shocking twists of politics in the 1970s, Lennon's deportation was delayed and ultimately revoked. His honors included the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law and the Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award. He attended Yeshiva College as an undergraduate and became interested in immigration law after working with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in the late 1950s. Wildes published articles in the Cardozo Law Review among other journals and wrote a book on the Lennon case, “John Lennon Vs. the USA,” that came out in 2016.

Persons: Leon Wildes, yearslong, John Lennon, Wildes, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor Michael Wildes —, Dad, Michael Wildes, Weinberg, “, ” Leon Wildes, Alan Kahn, Lennon, Yoko Ono, ”, Kahn, Jack Lemmon, Yoko Moto, Ono, Kyoko Chan Cox, John, Yoko, Richard Nixon, Lennon's, Nixon, Sen, Strom Thurmond, Thurmond, John Mitchell, Richard Kleindienst, J, Edgar Hoover, Fred Astaire, Dick Cavett, Saul Bellow, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, “ Leon, ” Lennon, Nixon's, Mitchell, Sean, Norman Mailer, Gloria Swanson, Barack Obama, Mick Jagger, ” Jagger, ” Wildes, Benjamin N, Edith Lowenstein, Elmer Fried, Alice Goldberg Wildes, “ John Lennon Vs, John Lennon ”, Pennyblackmusic.co.uk Organizations: Lenox Hill Hospital, Englewood , New Jersey Mayor, Wildes, New York University School of Law, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Apple Records, Beatles, South Carolina Republican, Naturalization Service, Los, Nixon, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva College, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Cardozo Law, Beatles Fans Locations: U.S, Manhattan, Englewood , New Jersey, Olyphant, England, New York City, Vietnam, Tokyo, British, London, Los Angeles, New York, Norman, Pennsylvania, Chicago

☆ The Beatles created a painting together while on tour in Japan. It sold at auction for $1.7 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-21 | by ( Radhika Marya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Beatles arrive at Tokyo's airport for their brief tour of Japan in 1966. Each corner of the painting reflects a personal touch, with plenty of variety in shapes, colors and even the paints used. Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images/FileAfter its completion, the painting was acquired by Tetsusaburo Shimoyama, an entertainment industry executive who was then the chairman of Tokyo’s Beatles fan club. “Images of a Woman” was part of Christie’s “Exceptional Sale,” a yearly auction event held in New York, London and Paris. The Beatles perform during a concert at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in 1966.

Persons: ”, Casey Rogers, ” Rogers, “, it’s, …, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Beatle, Robert Whitaker, Brian Epstein, Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Christie’s, Harrison, Starr, Rogers, Jiji Press, Tetsusaburo Shimoyama, Takao Nishino, Nishino, Beatlemania, “ they’re, ’ Organizations: CNN, Beatles, Japan’s, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo Hilton, Keystone, Jiji, Getty, ”, Budokan Locations: Tokyo, New York, Japan, France, London, Paris, San

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