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Mick Jagger love letters sell for $300,000
Jumpin' Jack Flash! A batch of love letters written by Mick Jagger to a 1960s muse have sold at auction for 187,250 pounds ($301,472). Sotheby's says ...
Oh, Yoko! Ono's fashion line gropes for Lennon
You remember that Beatles classic "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? Turns out Yoko Ono had other things in mind. Ono's new menswear collection inspired by ...
Rock stars pay costs of tapestry to honor Havel
Rock stars Bono, The Edge, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Yoko Ono Lennon have covered the cost of a tapestry that will be unveiled next month to honor ...
Charlie Chaplin's bowler hat sold at LA auction
The bowler hat and cane that accented Charlie Chaplin's costume in "Little Tramp" has sold for $62,500 at an auction in Los Angeles. Bonhams said the ...
Sotheby's to sell Mick Jagger's love letters
Handwritten letters from Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to his former lover Marsha Hunt will be auctioned in London next month. Hunt is an ...
McGovern candidacy a cultural landmark
Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the downtown Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg.
McGovern anti-war candidacy a US cultural landmark
Abbie Hoffman sobbed that fateful night at the Manhattan apartment of fellow activist Jerry Rubin. So did Rubin and Allen Ginsberg. John Lennon was ...
Lady Gaga wins LennonOno Grant for Peace
Music superstar Lady Gaga will share a peace prize in memory of John Lennon to honor her work campaigning for equality for gay, lesbian and ...
John Lennon drawings coming to NYC gallery
Fans can see another artistic side of John Lennon in New York City this week. An exhibition will feature 100 drawings and sketches by the late Beatle.
NYC club where young Springsteen played is closing
A historic New York City music club that nurtured Bruce Springsteen's early career is closing. Willie Nile and the Smithereens are the headliners ...
Leibovitz's exhibit photos both iconic, personal
It was a job in itself for Annie Leibovitz to cull the first 40 years of her wide-ranging life as a photographer down to a core "master set" to be ...
Yoko Ono bestows peace grant on Pussy Riot
Yoko Ono and Amnesty International awarded the Russian punk band Pussy Riot this year's LennonOno grant for peace. Ono presented the award to Pyotr ...
Lady Gaga gets live tattoo at perfume launch
Lady Gaga launched her debut perfume while being inside a giant-sized perfume bottle. The avant garde pop star was in a large bottle — a replica of ...
Lennon killer wants to live with minister if freed
The man who killed ex-Beatle John Lennon said in his most recent parole bid that he hoped to live and work with an upstate New York minister if ...
Rufus Wainwright weds fiance Jorn Weisbrodt
Musician Rufus Wainwright has tied the knot. Publicist Bianca Bianconi confirmed Wainwright and Jorn Weisbrodt were married in a ceremony Thursday.
Lennon's killer denied parole for 7th time in NY
John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said Thursday.
Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies
The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band are mobilizing this week in at least two dozen cities ...
EYES ON LONDON: London games close, Rio gets ready
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ RIO ...
EYES ON LONDON: Spice Girls, Lennon, hotchpotch
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ GAMES ...
McCartney turns 70, shows no sign of slowing down
Paul McCartney can still rock at 70. What more could a former Beatle want? He celebrated his birthday in private Monday, perhaps resting up between ...