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John Lennon

Who Killed John Lennon?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Government Surveillance, Mark David Chapman, John Lennon, Strawberry Fields, Death of John Lennon, Assasination, Anniversary, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

John Lennon had learned early on that rock music could serve a political end by proclaiming a radical message. More importantly, he saw that his music could mobilize the public.

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CEO to Self: "What Do I Do at Work Today? I Dunno."

Jeff "The Dude" Dowd | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Wall Street Crisis, John Lennon, Corporate America, Ceos, Trains, Neil Young, Alan Greenspan, TGV Trains, The Dude, The Big Lebowski, Jeff Dowd, Economy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Jeff

We can't afford CEOs, who may be stars in the Casino Economy, to be failures in our economy. We are the victims of their greedy crimes. And ironically so are they as long as they cling to the past.

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Paul McCartney: iTunes Negotiations For Beatles Music Stall

AP | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, The Beatles, Music, Itunes, Entertainment News

LONDON — Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have ...

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Vatican Officially "Forgives" John Lennon For Jesus Joke

BBC News | David Willey | Posted 12.23.2008 | Entertainment

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A Vatican newspaper has forgiven the late English singer John Lennon for saying four decades ago that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus. In an...

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Vatican Forgives John Lennon For Infamous "We're More Popular Than Jesus" Remark

Daily Telegraph | Nick Squires | Posted 12.22.2008 | Entertainment

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Saturday's edition of the Vatican's official newspaper absolves John Lennon of his notorious remark, saying that "after so many years it sounds merely...

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John Lennon A Cruel, Jealous Fiend, Says New Biography

NY Post | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, Phillip Norman, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Music, John Lennon:the Life, Books, Entertainment News

John Lennon didn't give peace a chance at home - where he callously abused and routinely tormented the women closest to him. The music legend was pro...

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Sean Lennon Opens Up About John Lennon's Temper

NY Post | Posted 10.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Philip Norman, John Lennon, Sean Lennon, Entertainment News

JOHN Lennon is remembered for his soft-spoken messages of peace and love - but the beloved Beatle had a hair-trigger temper so volatile, nearly anyth...

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The Power of Nau

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Reinvent, The Body Shop, Nelson Mandela, John Lennon, Einstein, Apple, Nike, Yoko Ono, Patagonia, Branding, New Radicals, Portland, Think, Reimagine, Nau, Living News
Julia Moulden

Remember Apple's "Think Different" advertising campaign? "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the...

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Talkin' Peace and John With Yoko Ono

Marissa Moss | Posted 09.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, The Beatles, Imagine Peace, John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance, Yoko Ono, Happiness, Entertainment News
Marissa Moss

Ono: I really wanted to [re-release the track, Give Peace a Chance], it was my statement because right now the world is in turmoil and we really need to talk about world peace.

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John Lennon's Rare Art Going On Display

AP | CARRIE ANTLFINGER | Posted 09.13.2008 | Entertainment

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WAUKESHA, Wis. — John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his admirers are so protective of his legacy they don't want any of his original drawings phot...

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And I Quote (Random Quotations for a Mediocre Time)

Richard Laermer | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Laermer.com, Marshall McLuhan, Thomas Jefferson, John Lennon, Warren Zevon, Edgar Allen Poe, Business News
Richard Laermer

I decided to think of every quote worthy to share. Here: ************ I don't know where, but she sends me there. -Brian Wilson [crazy mad genius] ...

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War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

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A 40th Bite of the Apple

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jackie Lomax, Doris Troy, Ronnie Spector, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar, Joe Garagiola, Business, Brian Epstein, Billy Preston, Apple Records, The Beatles, John Lennon, Entertainment, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Mary Hopkin, Elephant's Memory, Neil Aspinall, James Taylor, Twiggy, Badfinger, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the exception of Motown and Atlantic, there is no other catalog with as high a profile or cultural and historical significance as The Beatles' label, Apple Corps.

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Long Lost Beatles Interview Airs On BBC

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment

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LONDON — A Beatles interview from the 1960s in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney discussed the way they composed songs together was broadcast...

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The "N" Word on Network Television

Samara O'Shea | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Meredith Vieira and Cunt, Dick Cavett, John Lennon, The Vagina Monologues, Jesse Joyce, Jane Fonda, The N Word, Bad Words, Freedom of Speech, Language, First Amendment, Censorship, Entertainment News
Samara O'Shea

Thanks to the First Amendment, there's not a single word in the English language that I should be afraid to say. But I am -- and the more afraid we are to use a word the more control that word has.

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Barack and Bobby: Compare and Contrast; and, Obama-Clinton as Lennon-McCartney circa 1970

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Marshall McLuhan, Rfk, Hillary Clinton, Tom Hayden, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Bobby Kennedy was the ultimate insider, the product of wealth and power. Obama's is doing the opposite: He's climbing up the mountain. Where RFK was the ultimate insider, he's the ultimate outsider.

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John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" Lyrics To Be Sold

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.07.2008 | Entertainment

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LONDON — When John Lennon gave Gail Renard the scribbled lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969, he told the teen to hold on to the piece of pa...

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Yoko Ono In Legal Feud Over Lennon Pot-Smoking, Song-Writing Video

Reuters via Yahoo | Jason Szep | Posted 04.30.2008 | Entertainment

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Footage of John Lennon smoking pot, writing songs and discussing putting the hallucinogenic drug LSD in President Richard Nixon's tea is the focus of ...

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Ben Stein: Yoko Ono On Line One (And The Killers Are On Hold)

James Boyce | Posted 04.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ben Stein, Manufactroversy, Expelled, Ben Stein Expelled, Intelligent Design, Expelled Film, Walt Ruloff, Ben Stein Intelligent Design Film, Creationism, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Imagine Yoko Ono, Entertainment News
James Boyce

Ben Stein works in Hollywood. Ben Stein knows the rules. I would like to ask him how he feels about using John Lennon's song without permission.

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Yoko Ono Sells Out John Lennon To Creationist Manufactroversy -- UPDATED AND RETRACTION

James Boyce | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Expelled, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Manufactroversy, Creationist, Creationism, Imagine Expelled, Imagine Yoko Ono, Imagine, Beatles Songs, Entertainment News
James Boyce

What hasn't been discussed about the movie Expelled is the fact that Yoko Ono either sold or gave the rights to "Imagine" to the producers of the film.

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Jared Leto And Lindsay Lohan's Film On Lennon's Assassin Gets One Star

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mark David Chapman, Lindsay Lohan, Chapter 27 Review, John Lennon, Chapter 27, Jared Leto, Entertainment News

Jared Leto put on some 60 pounds to play John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman, a feat that some have likened to Robert De Niro's transformative wei...

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Beatles Sue to Block 1962 Tapes' Release

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 03.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Beatles, Ringo Star, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Echo-Fuego Music Group, Apple Corps, Entertainment News

MIAMI — Lawyers for the Beatles sued Friday to prevent the distribution of unreleased recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first per...

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May Pang Breaks Silence: My Lost Weekend With John Lennon

Mail on Sunday | May Pang | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Lennon, John Lennon May Pang, Yoko Ono, May Pang, Entertainment News

Most people have come to know the time that John Lennon and I spent together as The Lost Weekend. I am always surprised by how many people are under t...

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The Big Business Of Christmas Songs

AFP | Juan Castro Olivera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Johnny Depp, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Mariah Carey, Entertainment News

At the height of their career, the Beatles were not above cashing in on Christmas tunes at the end of the year, a formula that 40 years later still se...

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John Lennon's Hair Sells For $48,000

AP | Kate Schuman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: A Spaniard in the Works, John Lennon, John Lennon's Hair, Entertainment News

A lock of John Lennon's hair fetched 24,000 pounds ($48,000) on Wednesday as part of an auction of Beatles memorabilia collected by the band's hairdre...

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