Tag Archives: John Lennon

Roundup: Winslet, Jodie Foster Join Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’

By | Posted on September 23rd, 2010

Deadline.com‘s reporting that Kate Winslet will join Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, and Matt Dillon in director Roman Polanski‘s adaptation of Yasmina Reza‘s God of Carnage.

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Photo: Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon

By | Posted on January 14th, 2010

The BBC has released the first image of Christopher Eccleston as John Lennon: the former Doctor Who star portrays the late Beatle in the upcoming TV movie, Lennon Naked. Can’t wait for the shot of Torchwood‘s Naoko Mori as ...

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Former Doctor Who Star To Play John Lennon

By | Posted on November 30th, 2009

Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will play John Lennon in a new BBC drama, Lennon Naked. As The Stage reports, the one-off movie “looks at Lennon’s life following the death of The Beatles‘ manager Brian ...

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Anglo For Your Ear: John Lennon’s “How Do You Sleep?”

By | Posted on May 21st, 2008

In Tracey Ullman‘s video for “They Don’t Know,” which we posted yesterday, Sir Paul McCartney makes a surprise appearance at the end, looking just as jolly and likable as we’d expect. Today, we post one of ...

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John Lennon, Kate Bush, Moz/Marr Are Best British Songwriters

By | Posted on May 19th, 2008

Clearly, The Daily Telegraph continues to get mileage out of its “50 best” series, and today, they are doing the 50 Best British Songwriters. And, by Jove, I think they get it mostly right.

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Paul McCartney Doesn’t Think John Lennon Was Gay

By | Posted on October 15th, 2007

The Observer Music Monthly has a feature in which they put two music celebs from different generations together and let them just shoot the sh*t. These interviews have often been quite revelatory and headline-making.

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Anglo For Your Ear: Alma Cogan’s “Got’N Idea”

By | Posted on August 21st, 2007

Can you believe this “saucy” English singer of standards, shown here in 1955, allegedly bagged John Lennon?

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Paul McCartney: John Lennon “Spoiled” Me

By | Posted on May 25th, 2007

Paul McCartney says he was “spoiled” by John Lennon and every musician he’s worked with since has been a let-down. From the BBC: “It’s a funny subject the collaboration thing because I collaborated with ...

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