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Cowell: Houston was the benchmarkupdated: Sun Feb 12 2012 18:10:00

Simon Cowell talks to Piers Morgan about the amazing talent of Whitney Houston.

Explosive show puts fireworks, volcanoes on filmupdated: Fri Apr 22 2011 13:00:00

At a gallery in Spain, an explosive showcase of video artworks and films has gone on show.

From Twitter to 'Quakebook'updated: Sat Apr 02 2011 12:51:00

What started as a tweet has turned into an eBook project to benefit survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that have claimed the lives of more than 11,500 people and left more than 16,500 missing in Japan.

Yoko Ono's surprise rebirth as a dance music iconupdated: Wed Mar 09 2011 09:56:00

A quick glance at Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs chart shows many unsurprising names: Britney Spears, Rihanna, Taio Cruz, Kylie Minogue and Florence + The Machine.

Photos: Remembering moments in John Lennon's lifeupdated: Wed Dec 08 2010 10:27:00

See more photos at LIFE.com: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, LIFE's Best Beatles Photos and The Beatles: Days in the Life.

Remembering the day Lennon diedupdated: Mon Dec 06 2010 07:13:00

Like so many other people of my generation, John Lennon and the Beatles made an indelible stamp on my life. The very first piece of vinyl I actually owned -- and hadn't borrowed from my older brother -- was the album "Help!"

Losing Lennon: Singer's legacy lives onupdated: Mon Dec 06 2010 07:13:00

CNN's John Roberts talks to a reporter who interviewed John Lennon for the last time, and a singer inspired by his work.

Yoko Ono recounts John Lennon on his 70th birthday anniversaryupdated: Sat Oct 23 2010 12:29:00

John Lennon would have turned 70 years old this month, and were the late Beatle alive today, he might be sitting in a rocking chair in Cornwall, England, with wife Yoko Ono waiting for a postcard from their son, Sean, Ono said in an exclusive interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

John and Yoko's bondupdated: Sat Oct 23 2010 12:29:00

CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Yoko Ono about her love for John Lennon and the intense bond that drew them together.

Lennon's birthday marked with movies, reissues, moreupdated: Tue Sep 28 2010 15:19:00

John Lennon would be turning 70 years old on October 9.

John Lennon's killer is denied parole for the 6th timeupdated: Tue Sep 07 2010 15:25:00

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, was denied parole for the sixth time Tuesday, according to the New York State Division of Parole.

John Lennon's killer fights for freedom, againupdated: Tue Aug 10 2010 03:02:00

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is up for parole for the sixth time and may be questioned as early as Tuesday, authorities said.

Man who murdered John Lennon up for parole againupdated: Tue Jul 27 2010 13:23:00

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, is up for parole for the sixth time, just months short of the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death.

World's weirdest hotelsupdated: Thu Sep 17 2009 13:37:00

On your next trip, you could be checking into a wine cask, a salvaged 727 airplane, or a room where the furniture defies the law of gravity.

Beatles rock on in video gameupdated: Tue Jun 02 2009 12:35:00

They've revolutionized music for nearly five decades. Now, some of the Beatles songs are about to hit video-game consoles.

Time.com: Rare Lennon Art on Displayupdated: Wed Aug 13 2008 21:00:00

For the first time the public will get to see 27 pencil and pen drawings along with five lithographs and serigraphs -- all authenticated -- at the Waukesha County Historical Society Museum in suburban Milwaukee

Lennon's killer denied parole againupdated: Tue Aug 12 2008 19:56:00

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, was denied parole for the fifth time Tuesday.

Time.com: Lennon Killer Denied Parole Againupdated: Tue Aug 12 2008 18:30:00

John Lennon's killer was denied parole for a fifth time Tuesday by a board that said he remains a threat to the public

Photographer defends Miley Cyrus photoupdated: Tue Apr 29 2008 08:00:00

Annie Leibovitz on Monday defended her provocative photograph for Vanity Fair magazine of teen heartthrob Miley Cyrus -- aka Hannah Montana -- who has expressed embarrassment about the pose.

People.com: Yoko Ono Advises Heather Mills: 'Try to Survive'updated: Fri Apr 04 2008 15:05:00

"It's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles," she says

Former Lennon hangout closing its doors updated: Fri Feb 22 2008 17:45:00

A coffee shop once frequented by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is closing its doors Sunday, more than 30 years after it began attracting customers in the heart of New York's Upper West Side.

People.com: Stars Donate Eyeglasses to Holocaust Exhibitupdated: Thu Jan 03 2008 12:23:00

Daniel Radcliffe is among several major names donating their old eyeglasses to an exhibit honoring victims of the Holocaust.

People.com: Jessica Gets Ribbed Over Tony Romo's Bad Dayupdated: Tue Dec 18 2007 10:03:00

Sports fans are a notoriously superstitious lot, and down in Dallas, they're beginning to wonder if bad luck has arrived in the form of a certain blonde movie star.

CNNMoney: Apple to sell Lennon solo works on iTunesupdated: Tue Aug 14 2007 05:03:00

Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it would offer the entire solo catalog of John Lennon on iTunes in its second such deal with one of the Beatles, who have been among the highest-profile holdouts to put tunes online.

Surviving Beatles, widows come togetherupdated: Sat Jun 30 2007 00:38:00

Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr clowned around and marveled at their band's amazing impact in an interview Tuesday on CNN's "Larry King Live."

Celebrating the Beatlesupdated: Sat Jun 30 2007 00:38:00

Celebrating the Beatles

Today's Buzz storiesupdated: Mon Nov 27 2006 11:34:00

A movie about the birth of Jesus Christ made its world premiere Sunday at the Vatican, the first time a feature film debuted here.

Liverpool: Insider tipsupdated: Tue Oct 17 2006 10:45:00

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Yoko Ono joins vigil for John Lennonupdated: Fri Dec 09 2005 05:36:00

Yoko Ono paid a rare public homage to her late husband on Thursday as scores of others lit candles, played songs and shared their memories of John Lennon.

NYC, Liverpool remember Lennonupdated: Thu Dec 08 2005 05:50:00

New York and Liverpool -- two cities forever associated with John Lennon -- are the focal points for bittersweet celebrations of the life and death of the former Beatle.

Review: Lennon, 'Revealed' and rememberedupdated: Wed Dec 07 2005 16:07:00

In 1964, a 21-year-old radio reporter bluffed his way into the official entourage of the first U.S. concert tour by the Beatles. Forty years later, he's still talking about it.

Review: Beatles myth, Beatles factsupdated: Wed Dec 07 2005 11:35:00

In the notes to his biography "The Beatles," author Bob Spitz quotes Napoleon: "History is a set of lies agreed upon."

showbuzzupdated: Fri Nov 04 2005 13:41:00

Yoko Ono has apologized to Paul McCartney for insinuating that his songs are trite.

showbuzzupdated: Mon Oct 10 2005 15:12:00

Yoko Ono picked up an award on behalf of John Lennon -- and appeared to take a dig at his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.

Review: Another view of John Lennonupdated: Thu Oct 06 2005 15:13:00

John Lennon would have turned 65 years old Sunday. The occasion -- and the impending 25th anniversary of his death on December 8 -- has unleashed a flood of books about his life and his music.

Jagger: No 'Yoko' girlfriend riftupdated: Wed Oct 05 2005 05:53:00

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger has taken the highly unusual step of releasing a statement rejecting as "nonsense" reports that his girlfriend is causing a rift with the rest of the legendary rock band.

Cynthia Lennon: In her own writeupdated: Wed Sep 28 2005 09:30:00

Long before anyone was called "the fifth Beatle," Cynthia Powell could rightfully have claimed the title for her own.

Lennon items go on display at Liverpool homeupdated: Mon Jul 18 2005 08:42:00

Sixty-five years after John Lennon's birth, items from the late Beatle's childhood will go on display at his former Liverpool home.

EW review: 'Saturday' too ambitiousupdated: Wed Apr 06 2005 10:22:00

In the predawn darkness of a Saturday in 2003, neurosurgeon Henry Perowne looks out the upper-story windows of his enviably grand London home and sees a burning plane streak across the sky: ''Above the usual deep and airy roar is a straining, choking banshee sound growing in volume -- both a scream and a sustained shout, an impure, dirty noise.''

Famous Roostersupdated: Tue Feb 08 2005 21:01:00

The following people were born in the Year of the Rooster:

Strawberry Fields is not foreverupdated: Wed Jan 12 2005 07:00:00

The children's home that inspired the Beatles' hit song "Strawberry Fields Forever" is to close.

Review: 'Incredibles' lives up to billingupdated: Fri Nov 05 2004 09:50:00

"The Incredibles" is -- yes -- incredible.

Lennon killer denied paroleupdated: Tue Oct 05 2004 20:22:00

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, has been denied parole for the third time.

Fortune: June Venture capitalists seem to be everywhere, connoisseurs of office furniture get down, Google's Eric updated: Mon Jun 10 2002 00:01:00

1/2 Oh, the places you'll go! June jump-starts with the unveiling of the Dr. Seuss memorial in Springfield, Mass., Six Feet Under's season finale, and the Tony Awards. In the real world, Bush II we...

Fortune: FUN TIMES IN WONK CITY, U.S.A.updated: Mon Sep 30 1996 00:01:00

I got a call the other day from a fellow at a think tank here in town. He said he had some "good news": His organization was holding a daylong seminar on "free-market-based solutions to the Social ...

Fortune: Washington's phantom reporters, more sex in the office, reconsidering Yoko Ono, and other matters. JUST ASKINGupdated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

In which your correspondent resumes his mysterious five-year-old custom of propounding ornately serpentine and syntactically suspect questions that for some reason generate a paucity of answers. --...

Fortune: Washington's phantom reporters, more sex in the office, reconsidering Yoko Ono, and other matters. ONLY IN AMERICA (Con't)updated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

TYLER, TEXAS: Six fathers . . . filed suit in federal court . . . against the Texas attorney general's advertising campaign against divorced dads who fail to pay child support . . . The six fathers...

Fortune: Washington's phantom reporters, more sex in the office, reconsidering Yoko Ono, and other matters. GREAT MOMENTS IN LAW ENFORCEMupdated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

MINNEAPOLIS -- A sheriff's deputy whose fingernails are a quarter-inch over regulation was suspended . . . Danielle Rogers . . . has nails that are three-eighths of an inch past her fingertips. A g...

Fortune: Washington's phantom reporters, more sex in the office, reconsidering Yoko Ono, and other matters. TRUE ROMANCESupdated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

A mere fortnight has passed since your correspondent last sounded off on sexual harassment, and yet it is already time to retread this fascinating turf and ponder whether a certain decision in the ...

Fortune: Washington's phantom reporters, more sex in the office, reconsidering Yoko Ono, and other matters. THE BYLINE BLUESupdated: Mon Aug 15 1988 00:01:00

Among the sillier happenings in medialand recently was the second annual byline protest at the Washington Post. The protest, on July 12 and 13, was supposed to call attention to the fact that the e...

Fortune: Our Unbiased Markets, The Antler Lobby Strikes Again, Virtue at Chrysler, and Other Matters. Three Little Wordsupdated: Mon Oct 13 1986 00:01:00

We like Nancy Reagan's resonant solution to the drug problem: ''Just say no.'' But how about applying it more broadly? Holding aloft a beacon, here is a random selection of phenomena to which yours...

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