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☆ Taylor Swift's fans-first business strategy all goes back to a childhood interaction with LeAnn Rimes
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

In Rob Sheffield's new book about Taylor Swift, he recounts a story about her meeting LeAnn Rimes. AdvertisementThroughout her career, Taylor Swift has credited many fellow musicians as vital influences, from Joni Mitchell and Stevie Nicks to Kenny Chesney and, of course, Tim McGraw. But perched quietly atop that star-studded list is LeAnn Rimes. LeAnn Rimes performs on August 6, 2016 in London, England. AdvertisementOr, as Sheffield puts it, "LeAnn Rimes created a goddamn monster."

Persons: Rob Sheffield's, Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes, Swift, Rimes, —, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Rolling, Rob Sheffield, — Swift, Rimes superfan, Tim Ellis, Bill Mack, Taylor, Jo Hale, I've, hasn't, Sheffield, Kevin Mazur, Smokey Robinson, who've, Swift's Organizations: Service, NFL, New York Times, Sheffield, MySpace, Poets Department, Forbes Locations: Tennessee, West Reading , Pennsylvania, London, England, Mere, Vienna

☆ Joe Arden's voice made him the hottest narrator in romance. Then, a sexting scandal turned BookTok against him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Anna Merlan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

But there's no denying that a large number of people, mostly women, found Joe Arden's voice to be exceedingly hot: smooth, insistent, husky, occasionally dropping to a seductive growl. Arden's voice made him one of the most popular romance audiobook narrators of his generation. Last year, a promising new romance author reached out to Blue Nose Audio and received a reply from Joe Arden. "My working name of 'Joe Arden,' has always been just that, a professional persona that labeled my career," he added. For good measure, they dug up Cronin's abandoned trademark application for the Joe Arden moniker, first filed in 2020.

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☆ Forget Beatlemania. Taylor Swift fever is sweeping Liverpool
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On Thursday, it expects to welcome Taylor Swift fans heading to Anfield for the first of the superstar’s three “Eras Tour” concerts in Liverpool. Banners outside St George's Hall in Liverpool saying "Liverpool loves Taylor," seen in May 2024. Taylor Swift performs at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on June 7, 2024, in Edinburgh, UK. A fan poses at an art installation representing Taylor Swift's "Lover" album era, in Liverpool in June 2024. People walk past an art installation representing Taylor Swift's album "The Tortured Poets Department" in Liverpool in June 2024.

Persons: Sandon, Taylor Swift, Ceri Smith, It’s, ”, Swift, Smith, Liverpool, Taylor, Phil Noble, Harry Doyle, Gareth Cattermole, Natalia Lechmanova, “, ” Taylor, deconstruct Taylor, Taylor Swift's, Peter Byrne, ’, Doyle, “ She’s, Frankie Goes, Kevin McManus, they’ve, ” McManus Organizations: London CNN, Anfield, Liverpool Football Club, CNN, Reuters, Amion Consulting, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool …, Liverpool ONE, Mastercard, Institute, Fans, Scottish Gas Murrayfield, “, Wembley, Liverpool, University of Liverpool, Cavern, National Museums Liverpool, Beatles, UNESCO, Music, Department Locations: Anfield, Liverpool, Sandon, George's, United Kingdom, English, United States, Edinburgh, London, Taylor

☆ Taylor Swift fans are causing a spike in European air travel, United says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The official kickoff for summer this weekend is going to get even busier, thanks in part to Taylor Swift. Bookings to other European cities where’s she’s performing in the coming weeks, including Madrid, Edinburgh and Dublin, are also surging, a United representative told CNN. United’s flights to Milan and Munich for Swift’s shows in July have captured the biggest increase in demand – upwards of 45% more passengers compared to last year. Delta Air Lines told CNN demand is on the rise for flights to her European tour. Airlines for America, a group representing major US airlines, predicts record numbers of passengers this summer, with carriers expected to fly 270 million passengers — up 6% from last year.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, ”, Chicago’s O’Hare, United, ‘ Swiftonomics ’, “, Elvis, Beatlemania, Dr, Peter Brooks, Anna Cooban Organizations: New, New York CNN, Air, United Airlines, United, CNN, Houston . Delta Air Lines, Airlines for America, Barclays Locations: New York, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, Madrid, Edinburgh, Dublin, Milan, Munich, East, Newark, Dulles, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Delta, United Kingdom

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Persons: Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, ”, Swift, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Drake, Billy Joel, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Kareem, Brady, Marino, Harry Potter, TAYLOR, TAYLOR SWIFT, Swift’s, didn’t, Max Martin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, McCartney, George Harrison, “, Taylor, Jackson, MICHAEL JACKSON, ’, Michael Jackson’s, …, “ Ben ”, —, Jackson’s, Micheal Jackson, It’s, she’s, Department ”, Spears, BRITNEY SPEARS, Spears’s, Madonna, Dick Tracy ”, Evita, I’m, David O, “ Ray, Bob Dylan, John, Springsteen, Elton John Farewell, Bruce Springsteen Springsteen, Elton John’s, Bruce Springsteen’s Springsteen, Madonna’s, it’s, Beyoncé, Georg Solti, Quincy Jones, It's, Madonna didn’t, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Sinatra, — Beyoncé, Sasha Fierce, Carter ’, Carter ”, Cowboy Carter, DRAKE, Kendrick Lamar, they’re, gunning, she’ll Organizations: Poets Department, MetLife, Beatles, “, Marvel, Billboard, TAYLOR SWIFT, U.S, Swift, MTV, Recording Industry Association of America, Department, Vogue, Veterans Touring, Drake, Beyoncé, Beyoncé’s Locations: New Jersey, U.S, Kobe, ”, “, pigtails, Amsterdam, Texas

☆ Taylor Swift's Eras Tour could give the UK economy a $1.2 billion boost
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Vicky Mckeever | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at the National Stadium in Singapore on March 2, 2024. Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is set to provide a £997 million ($1.2 billion) boost to the U.K. economy, according to Barclays, which predicts fans will spend an average £848 to see the singer. Barclays' "Swiftonomics" report said the average amount spent on an Eras Tour ticket is £206. The bank also expects ticket-holders to splash out an average of £79 on official merchandise on the U.K. leg of the Eras Tour, which kicks off in June. Based on that total spend of £848 by nearly 1.2 million ticket-holders, across 15 nights at four stadiums, Barclays predicted that the tour will rake in £997 million.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Taylor, Elvis, Beatlemania, Peter Brooks, Swift, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Filip Andersson, — CNBC's Sophie Kiderlin Organizations: Barclays, Danske Bank, CNBC Locations: Singapore, That's, Stockholm, Sweden

☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ could be worth almost $1 billion to British economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Taylor Swift’s smash-hit “Eras Tour” is set to boost spending in the United Kingdom by nearly $1 billion, according to estimates by Barclays. The concerts sold out within minutes of tickets going on sale, with fans spending £206 ($260) on average on a single ticket, Barclays said. While the price tag may seem hefty, it’s much less than many Americans will pay to see the “Eras Tour” back home. “For ‘Eras Tour’ ticketholders, every pound they spend is an investment in the memories they’ll create,” he added. The European leg of the “Eras Tour” includes concerts in Sweden, Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria this year.

Persons: London CNN — Taylor Swift’s, Swift, Peter Brooks, Taylor Swift, Elvis, Beatlemania, ” Brooks, That’s “ Organizations: London CNN, Barclays, Barclays ’, “ Locations: United Kingdom, United States, England, Wales, Scotland, Europe, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria

☆ Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton and George Harrison ‘love triangle’ letters up for auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Mementoes from the personal collection of British photographer and model Pattie Boyd, who inspired a raft of famous songs by former husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton, are going under the hammer. An anonymous love letter to Boyd from Clapton sent in 1970. Christie’s Images Ltd 2024Among the items on offer is a love letter written by Clapton in 1970, when Boyd was already married to Harrison, one of the songwriter’s close friends. However, Clapton and Boyd would split in 1987 after their relationship was affected by “substance abuse and infidelities,” reads the press release. Items up for sale include photos of Boyd, Harrison and Clapton, as well as postcards, telegrams and letters.

Persons: Pattie Boyd, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Boyd, Christie’s, ” Harrison, “, Clapton, Layla ”, Clapton –, Harrison, ”, ” Boyd, ” Clapton, auctioning, ’ I’ve, It’s Organizations: CNN, Beatles, Christie’s Locations: Clapton, London

☆ 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

LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar. “Paul said to me, ‘Hey, because you’re from Höfner, couldn’t you help find my bass?’” Wass said. The thief didn't set out to steal McCartney's instrument and panicked when he realized what he had, Jones said. Its estimated value is based on the fact that a Gibson acoustic guitar Kurt Cobain played on MTV Unplugged sold for $6 million (4.7 million pounds), Jones said. It’s a red alert because the minute you come forward someone’s going to go, 'That’s Paul McCartney's guitar.

Persons: — Paul McCartney, McCartney, Höfner, Scott Jones, Nick Wass, “ Paul, ” Wass, Paul, ” McCartney, Jones serendipitously, Jones, “, ” Jones, Naomi, Ian Horne, Horne couldn't, Naomi Jones, didn't, Ron Guest, Admiral Blake, McCartney's, Cathy Guest, Haydn Guest, Cathy, Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney's, ” Organizations: Beatles, Glastonbury Festival, Wings, London, British Library, MTV Locations: Höfner, Hamburg, Germany, Wass, Notting, London

“I just can’t think of anyone in our politics, in our culture, in our society who we know across more generations. “I don’t think we, as a country, have ever needed someone as much. At the Grammys, as she often does at awards shows, she stood un-self-consciously and sang along with everyone from Tracy Chapman to Olivia Rodrigo. The world — which may not like our politics, which may not like our foreign policy — still loves our pop culture. "Because these things don’t last and so how does she just become this big commercial success, or does she leave a legacy?”

Persons: —, Taylor, Swift, She’s, ”, Shilpa Davé, She’s Walter Cronkite, John Baick, “, Oprah, “ Taylor Swift, ” Baick, Travis Kelce, ” Swift, I’m, Kelce, didn’t, wasn't, she’s, she's “, Davé, John F, Kennedy, Beatlemania, Tracy Chapman, Olivia Rodrigo, She's, Joe Biden, that’s, Baick Organizations: ANGELES, University of Virginia, Western New England University, Tokyo, South America, Allegiant, Chiefs Locations: Tokyo, America, Los Angeles, Asia, North, South, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Washington, Kelce's

☆ The 75 most impactful TV moments are debuts, farewells and historic firsts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

These and more indelible moments appear on the Television Academy’s new list of the 75 most impactful moments in TV history, spanning introductions, endings and history-making events. MTV premieres with its first music video – “Video Killed the Radio Star,” 198113. “All in the Family” – viewers meet the working-class Bunker family, 197135. 8.” M*A*S*H” series finale, 198326. But these classic TV moments that stirred audiences when they first aired are still resonant and frequently referenced in contemporary culture.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, Mister Rogers, Clemmons, Whitney, George Floyd’s, Lucy ”, Neil Armstrong, O.J, Simpson, Ford Bronco, Walter Cronkite, John F, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr, Nixon, Barack Obama’s, Rodney King’s, Princess Diana’s, Queen Elizabeth II’s, Rodney King, William Shatner’s Captain Kirk, Nichelle Nichols, Uhura, Nichols, Ellen DeGeneres, “ Ellen ”, Sammy Davis , Jr, Archie, “, Lucy ” – Lucy Ricardo, Little Ricky, Lucille Ball, “ Maude ” – Bea Arthur’s Maude, Kelly Clarkson, – Kirk, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, ”, Matt Zoller Seitz, Kunta, Levar Burton, George Carlin, Gordon, Walter White, Bart, Homer, Ted Turner, Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, it’s, hallucinating, King Cole, White Walker, ” – Julia Child, boeuf, “ Julia ” –, Julia, “ Will, Grace ”, James Farley, Tony Soprano, Will Hart, It’s, Hawkeye, “ Newhart, Robert Hartley, Bob Newhart, –, “ Mary Tyler Moore, Mary, Ted Danson’s Sam, Bette Midler, Johnny Carson, weren't, Robb, Catelyn, Ed Sullivan, Elvis, “ Charlie Brown, – Linus, Charlie Brown, Carol Burnett, Lucy ” – Lucy, “ Dallas, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary can’t, Chuckles, “ Seinfeld, Jerry, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Harry Bemis, Kinte, Toby, Elmer Fudd, Siegfried, Bugs Bunny, Michael Jackson’s, Oprah ”, Oprah Winfrey, Robb Stark, Hooper, Big, Mr, offscreen, Bill, Frank, Justin Timberlake, Janet, Luke, Laura get, – Whitney Houston, “ Peter Pan ”, “ Walt, Disney Organizations: CNN, The, Television, “, Space Shuttle, NFL, Ford, Capitol, MTV, Radio Star, ABC, Getty, Variety, Oceanic Airlines, Democratic National, HBO, Super, “ Dallas, Beatles, US, Nazi, Pontiac Locations: Angeles, New York, Southern, Monica, “, Valhalla

☆ 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

☆ The Beatles break UK chart records as ‘Now and Then’ becomes No. 1 single
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

1 on the UK charts with their latest and “last” song “Now and Then” becoming the country’s top single. 1, “From Me To You,” in May 1963, according to Official Charts, beating Elvis Presley’s span of 47 years and six months. Paul McCartney, the band’s bass guitarist, told Official Charts on Friday, “It’s mind boggling. At the ages of 81 and 83 respectively, McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr have made The Beatles the oldest band to claim a UK No.1 single, according to Official Charts. 1 singles in the UK, with 18 – with only Elvis Presley in the US having more (21), according to Official Charts.

Persons: ”, Elvis, John, Yoko, Kate Bush’s, Paul McCartney, “, It’s, John Lennon, George Harrison, Lennon, Yoko Ono, McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elvis Presley Organizations: CNN, Beatles Locations: New York City

☆ Beatlemania is back as chart-topping 'Now And Then' breaks records
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It also features parts recorded by surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as well as the late George Harrison. 1 hit, it brings The Beatles back to the top of the Official Singles Chart 60 years after the group's first No. 1 singles in Official Charts history. 1 single, the Official Charts Company said. "Beatlemania has returned this week," Official Charts Company Chief Executive Officer Martin Talbot said.

Persons: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ed Sullivan, Mario Anzuoni, John Lennon, George Harrison, McCartney, It’s, Starr, Beatlemania, Martin Talbot, “, John, Paul, George, Ringo, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Beatles, Company, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Britain

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison worked on “Now And Then” in the same sessions, but technological limitations stood in the way. Later in the month, expanded versions of the Beatles' compilations “1962-1966” and “1967-1970” will be released. “This is the last track, ever, that you’ll get the four Beatles on the track. John, Paul, George, and Ringo,” Starr said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

Persons: —, John Lennon, ”, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Peter Jackson, McCartney, Starr, Harrison, Giles Martin, George Martin, ” “ Eleanor Rigby ”, ” McCartney, “, Olivia, Paul, Ringo, it's, you’ll, John, George, ” Starr Organizations: Beatles, Associated Press Locations: England

☆ Have You Seen Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar? Tips Welcome.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Before Beatlemania, there was the distinctive Höfner violin bass — the first guitar that Paul McCartney bought after becoming the bassist for the Beatles. That bass can be heard on some of the band’s most famous hits, including “Love Me Do,” “She Loves You,” and “Twist and Shout.”Mr. McCartney picked up the instrument in a Hamburg music store in 1961, and it accompanied the Fab Four as they rocketed to stunning success, becoming the most famous band in the world. But the guitar vanished eight years later. A new campaign is seeking to find the missing instrument, and hundreds of people have responded, hoping to help solve the decades-old mystery: Where is Paul McCartney’s missing bass guitar?

Persons: Paul McCartney, Mr, McCartney, Paul McCartney’s Locations: Hamburg

☆ Global search launched for Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner guitar
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“This is the bass McCartney played … in Hamburg in 1961, at the Cavern in Liverpool and on those first Abbey Road recordings – it powered Beatlemania and shaped the sound of the modern world,” The Lost Bass Project said. All sorts of rumors have emerged about where the bass went and where it could be,” the group said. If you have credible information about the bass, this is your chance to share it and be part of music history,” it added. Heading the Höfner search project is Nick Wass, who worked closely with McCartney’s team and even wrote a book about the missing instrument. “The bass was in need of repairs and so it was sent to a firm in London, early in 1964, who carried these out.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Paul McCartney, McCartney, …, ”, ” “ Paul McCartney, Nick Wass, ” Wass, ” “ Paul, “, Gibson, John Lennon, it’s Organizations: CNN Locations: Hamburg, Liverpool, London

☆ Union Square Melee Shows an Influencer’s Power Unleashed in Real Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Jonah E. Bromwich | More About Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“We’re going to be going crazy,” Mr. Cenat, a social media superstar who has become known for his marathon streaming sessions, said during a Wednesday broadcast on the social media platform Twitch. He announced a gathering in Union Square to tens of thousands of viewers. Two days later, thousands of young people showed up in Union Square, some of them jumping on cars and vans, many with their phones out and filming. Mr. Cenat was arrested — along with at least 65 other people — and charged by the police with inciting a riot. For those unfamiliar with Mr. Cenat — which it’s safe to say includes most over-21 New Yorkers — it was as though full-blown Beatlemania had suddenly materialized for some guy on the Q train.

Persons: Kai Cenat, “ We’re, Mr, Cenat, Beatlemania Organizations: ., Yorkers Locations: Union, York, Union Square, . New York

☆ Analysis: Tony Bennett sang in a key that Jason Aldean’s song can’t reach
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

White jazz artists were antiracists before the term was inventedMany of the tributes to Bennett mentioned his disdain for bigotry. Many White jazz artists were antiracists, long before the word was invented. Frank Sinatra, Bennett’s musical mentor, recorded with and relentlessly championed Black jazz artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie. He hired a Black jazz bassist, Eugene Wright, and refused to play in segregated venues. There are countless photos of a beaming Bennett hanging out with Black jazz artists.

Persons: Tony Bennett, Ed Sullivan’s, Bennett, ”, Duke Ellington, “, ’ ” Bennett, there’s, Jason Aldean, Aldean, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Rick Diamond, Bennett —, ” Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Bennett’s, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck, Eugene Wright, Benny Goodman, Jim Crow, Ellington, Louis Armstrong, don’t, It’s, that’s, Lionel Hampton, Goodman, Michael Ochs, Amy Winehouse, Winehouse, fidgety, “ We’ll, “ You’re, ” Winehouse, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Elvis Costello, Bennett’s unflappability, Bennett wasn’t, Brubeck, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Evans, Mark Allan, Greg Thomas, ” Thomas, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas, Wynton Marsalis, Bennett –, Anthony Dominick Benedetto, –, Thomas, John Blake Organizations: CNN, Toronto Star, MLK, Atlanta Civic Center, US Army, Carnegie Hall, Michael Ochs Archives, Jazz, Studios Locations: New York, Tennessee, America, Atlanta, Nazi, African, British, Turkey, Japan, London, Aldean, American, Europe, United States

☆ ‘1964’ Review: Meet the Beatles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ted Widmer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Paul McCartneyThe Beatles’ first tour of America, in February 1964, was a musical sensation, recalling the rock ’n’ roll energy that Elvis had given the world a decade earlier. It was a cultural watershed, announcing the coming of a new generation. And Beatlemania was a media phenomenon, erupting at exactly the moment the Canadian critic Marshall McLuhan had coined the term “global village.” Telstar had been launched in July 1962, providing instantaneous communications across the Atlantic. As the world shrank, opportunity knocked—precisely when everyone wanted younger heroes. The Beatles happily obliged.

Persons: Paul McCartney, Elvis, Marshall McLuhan, ”, — Organizations: ” Telstar, Beatles Locations: America

☆ Unseen photos taken by Paul McCartney show Beatlemania
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 5, (Reuters) - Personal and previously unseen photographs taken by musician Paul McCartney as 'Beatlemania' was soaring in the 1960s have gone on display at The National Portrait Gallery in London. "They document this period in which they went from sort of Beatlemania in Britain through to global fame - through... their first ever visit to America," exhibition curator Rosie Broadley said. There are over 250 photographs from McCartney's archive on display, which even his team hadn't seen for decades. "A lot of (the photographs are) very intimate and personal....which is why it's called 'The Eyes of the Storm,'" Broadley said. With photographs taken in London, Paris and across America, the exhibition is on until October 2023.

Persons: Paul McCartney, McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Rosie Broadley, Broadley, show's George Harrison, Ed Sullivan, George, it's, Sarah Mills Organizations: Beatles, McCartney, Storm, Thomson Locations: London, America, Miami, New York, Britain, Washington, Paris

☆ She says she was fired in retaliation. Hearst Magazines says she was insubordinate. Here's how Delish's hit YouTube show 'Budget Eats' came crashing down.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Produced by the Hearst-owned food brand Delish, "Budget Eats" was the kind of digital success story that traditional magazine giants crave. As Xie worked her day job developing recipes, "Budget Eats" was morphing from a pandemic experiment to a bonafide hit. A career recipe developer at work, the "Budget Eats" Xie doesn't even measure out ingredients. "It felt like she was afraid that putting 'Budget Eats' from her kitchen onto this cable network might dilute the honesty," Lennon-Simon said. As for "Budget Eats," Delish recently posted what is presumably the last episode.

☆ Bob McGrath, a ‘Sesame Street’ original, dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Bob McGrath, an actor and recording artist who became a generational icon as one of the original human stars of “Sesame Street,” died Sunday. McGrath’s death was confirmed by his family members through a post on his Facebook page: “The McGrath family has some sad news to share. He played the friendly neighbor Bob Johnson, a “Sesame Street” mainstay across five decades and 47 seasons of broadcast television. In 1969, McGrath stepped into his signature role on “Sesame Street,” which was a pop culture force from its debut on the then-fledging PBS network in November 1969. McGrath was indelibly associated with “Sesame Street” for the rest of his career.

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