After decades of creating subversive art and music, Yoko Ono will receive a lifetime achievement award. MacDowell, an organization that offers artists residencies, will honor the artist with its Edward MacDowell Medal at an event in Peterborough, New Hampshire, this summer.
Ono, 91, is not expected to attend the ceremony, though. Her longtime manager, David Newgarden, will accept the award on her behalf during the presentation on July 21. The event will include an opening of MacDowell’s studios.
“It’s an incredible honor that my mother, Yoko Ono, will be awarded the MacDowell Medal,...
Ono, 91, is not expected to attend the ceremony, though. Her longtime manager, David Newgarden, will accept the award on her behalf during the presentation on July 21. The event will include an opening of MacDowell’s studios.
“It’s an incredible honor that my mother, Yoko Ono, will be awarded the MacDowell Medal,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Decades after their fathers last collaborated, John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons have put out a new song. James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon have brought back the famous Lennon-McCartney songwriting credit on “Primrose Hill,” their new single. Here’s what James McCartney — and his father — have said about the song.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons have a new song
In 2024, James McCartney released “Primrose Hill,” a song he co-wrote with Sean Ono Lennon.
“I had a vision as a child in Scotland, on what was a lovely summer’s day,” he wrote in a post on Instagram. “Letting go, I saw my true love and saviour in my mind’s eye. ‘Primrose Hill’ is about getting the ball rolling with me & finding this person.”
James McCartney and Paul McCartney | Donna Ward/Getty Images
Both Sean and James have worked as solo artists for years, but “Primrose Hill” is their first collaboration.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons have a new song
In 2024, James McCartney released “Primrose Hill,” a song he co-wrote with Sean Ono Lennon.
“I had a vision as a child in Scotland, on what was a lovely summer’s day,” he wrote in a post on Instagram. “Letting go, I saw my true love and saviour in my mind’s eye. ‘Primrose Hill’ is about getting the ball rolling with me & finding this person.”
James McCartney and Paul McCartney | Donna Ward/Getty Images
Both Sean and James have worked as solo artists for years, but “Primrose Hill” is their first collaboration.
- 4/17/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The songwriting duo of Lennon-McCartney — that is, Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the sons of The Beatles’ John Lennon and Paul McCartney — have unveiled a new song called “Primose Hill.”
“Primrose Hill,” released as a single by McCartney, marks the first time he has collaborated with his “good friend,” Lennon (who served as a co-writer on the track). Take a listen below.
“I had a vision as a child in Scotland, on what was a lovely summers day,” McCartney said of the song. “Letting go, I saw my true love and saviour in my mind’s eye. ‘Primrose Hill’ is about getting the ball rolling with me & finding this person.”
“Primrose Hill” is only the second new song released by McCartney since 2016. Back in February, he put out a comeback single called “Beautiful.”
As for Lennon, he recently released his own new solo album Asterisms. He also received an...
“Primrose Hill,” released as a single by McCartney, marks the first time he has collaborated with his “good friend,” Lennon (who served as a co-writer on the track). Take a listen below.
“I had a vision as a child in Scotland, on what was a lovely summers day,” McCartney said of the song. “Letting go, I saw my true love and saviour in my mind’s eye. ‘Primrose Hill’ is about getting the ball rolling with me & finding this person.”
“Primrose Hill” is only the second new song released by McCartney since 2016. Back in February, he put out a comeback single called “Beautiful.”
As for Lennon, he recently released his own new solo album Asterisms. He also received an...
- 4/15/2024
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
It was a good night for the UK at the 96th Oscars. Brits won in seven separate categories at the Dolby Theatre, with Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Glazer’s wins the highest profile.
Nolan scooped Best Director and Best Picture, the latter alongside his wife, Emma Thomas, for the night’s standout winner, Oppenheimer. Universal’s film about J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project took home seven statuettes, having been widely tipped for glory after a stellar awards season and handed Nolan his first Best Director win.
After thanking his wife and production partner, Emma Thomas, and others such as brother and Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan, Nolan added a sprinkle of hope to the sauce in a message to the Academy.
“Movies are just a little bit over 100 years old — I mean imagine being there 100 years into painting or theatre. We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here,...
Nolan scooped Best Director and Best Picture, the latter alongside his wife, Emma Thomas, for the night’s standout winner, Oppenheimer. Universal’s film about J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project took home seven statuettes, having been widely tipped for glory after a stellar awards season and handed Nolan his first Best Director win.
After thanking his wife and production partner, Emma Thomas, and others such as brother and Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan, Nolan added a sprinkle of hope to the sauce in a message to the Academy.
“Movies are just a little bit over 100 years old — I mean imagine being there 100 years into painting or theatre. We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Christopher Nolan can hear the music: Oppenheimer had a huge night at the 2024 Oscars, earning seven awards at the ceremony in Hollywood – including Best Picture, Directing for filmmaker Christopher Nolan, Actor In A Leading Role for Cillian Murphy, and Actor In A Supporting Role for Robert Downey Jr. It marks Nolan’s first Oscar win, for a three-hour bomb-based biopic that swept multiplexes through last summer.
Speaking on stage for his Directing win, Nolan noted how young an artform cinema remains, with so much potential for the future. “Movies are just over 100 years old. Imagine being 100 years into painting,” he said. “We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here.” He also hailed Emma Thomas, “producer of all our films, and all our children. I love you.” Shortly after, Thomas repaid the favour as Oppenheimer won Best Picture. “The reason this movie was the movie it was,...
Speaking on stage for his Directing win, Nolan noted how young an artform cinema remains, with so much potential for the future. “Movies are just over 100 years old. Imagine being 100 years into painting,” he said. “We don’t know where this incredible journey is going from here.” He also hailed Emma Thomas, “producer of all our films, and all our children. I love you.” Shortly after, Thomas repaid the favour as Oppenheimer won Best Picture. “The reason this movie was the movie it was,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Chicago – In a breezy and memorable 96th Oscars … which took place on March 10th, 2024 … the Best Picture was “Oppenheimer,” with Cillian Murphy taking Best Actor and Robert Downey, Jr. for Best Supporting Actor from the same film. Emma Stone was the surprising Best Actress for “Poor Things” and Da’Vine Joy Randolph was Best Supporting Actress for “The Holdovers.”
The introduction of the major acting awards from former winners to the current nominees was an emotional addition to the ceremony, and should be included as tradition every year. The comedy bits worked (thanks Guillermo) and Jimmy Kimmel handled the hosting duties with panache and a serious burn on a former one term president. Add Ryan Gosling’s spectacular “I’m Just Ken” live performance, and the the Best Oscar ceremony in years was the result.
Best Director Christopher Nolan of ‘Oppenheimer’ Accepts His Honor
Photo credit: Screenshot, ABC-tv
Oppenheimer took seven Oscars on 13 nominations.
The introduction of the major acting awards from former winners to the current nominees was an emotional addition to the ceremony, and should be included as tradition every year. The comedy bits worked (thanks Guillermo) and Jimmy Kimmel handled the hosting duties with panache and a serious burn on a former one term president. Add Ryan Gosling’s spectacular “I’m Just Ken” live performance, and the the Best Oscar ceremony in years was the result.
Best Director Christopher Nolan of ‘Oppenheimer’ Accepts His Honor
Photo credit: Screenshot, ABC-tv
Oppenheimer took seven Oscars on 13 nominations.
- 3/11/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Now that’s how you do an Oscar Night right.
The 96th Academy Awards show felt like a real celebration, in a great year for movies — nearly all 10 of the Best Picture nominees were keepers. This was an Oscars bash full of classic moments: Da’Vine Joy Randolph bringing everyone to tears. Ryan Gosling rocking “I’m Just Ken” with Slash on guitar. Rita Moreno singing “America” to America Ferrera. The orchestra trying to play off Sean Ono Lennon as he had the crowd say, “Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!
The 96th Academy Awards show felt like a real celebration, in a great year for movies — nearly all 10 of the Best Picture nominees were keepers. This was an Oscars bash full of classic moments: Da’Vine Joy Randolph bringing everyone to tears. Ryan Gosling rocking “I’m Just Ken” with Slash on guitar. Rita Moreno singing “America” to America Ferrera. The orchestra trying to play off Sean Ono Lennon as he had the crowd say, “Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!
- 3/11/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
The 2024 Oscars proved that no awards ceremony is predictable, with many surprises in store. However, it was not much of a shock that Christopher Nolan’s J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic was the top winner of the night, taking home seven Oscars — including best picture.
Poor Things wasn’t far behind Oppenheimer throughout the night, winning four Academy Awards, including Emma Stone securing her second win for best actress.
Here’s the breakdown of Oscar wins by film.
Oppenheimer — seven wins
Christopher Nolan’s film was the biggest winner of the night, receiving awards for best picture, best directing, best actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), best cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema) and best original score (Ludwig Göransson).
Poor Things — four wins
Poor Things received the second most wins of the night. Stone won her second Oscar for best actress, while the film also achieved craft awards for best costume design,...
Poor Things wasn’t far behind Oppenheimer throughout the night, winning four Academy Awards, including Emma Stone securing her second win for best actress.
Here’s the breakdown of Oscar wins by film.
Oppenheimer — seven wins
Christopher Nolan’s film was the biggest winner of the night, receiving awards for best picture, best directing, best actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), best cinematography (Hoyte van Hoytema) and best original score (Ludwig Göransson).
Poor Things — four wins
Poor Things received the second most wins of the night. Stone won her second Oscar for best actress, while the film also achieved craft awards for best costume design,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Looks like fourth time is truly a charm for Jimmy Kimmel and the Academy Awards.
Back hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row and the fourth time overall, the ABC Late Night front man took a show where most of the big winners were pretty predictable and gave it some much needed bite. “See kids, sometimes smoking is fine,” Kimmel quipped after Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her cigarette imbibing role in The Holdovers.
Sometimes kids, it’s worth packing a punch — as the Academy Awards proved Sunday.
Related: Robert Downey Jr. Thanks “Terrible Childhood And The Academy — In That Order” As He Takes Supporting Actor Oscar For ‘Oppenheimer’
Bringing the great David Alan Grier in as the voice of God and picking up on what the Grammys and many other award shows have been put down for in recent months,...
Back hosting the Oscars for the second year in a row and the fourth time overall, the ABC Late Night front man took a show where most of the big winners were pretty predictable and gave it some much needed bite. “See kids, sometimes smoking is fine,” Kimmel quipped after Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her cigarette imbibing role in The Holdovers.
Sometimes kids, it’s worth packing a punch — as the Academy Awards proved Sunday.
Related: Robert Downey Jr. Thanks “Terrible Childhood And The Academy — In That Order” As He Takes Supporting Actor Oscar For ‘Oppenheimer’
Bringing the great David Alan Grier in as the voice of God and picking up on what the Grammys and many other award shows have been put down for in recent months,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Oppenheimer capped a big night at the 96th Academy Awards with a Best Picture win.
The film closed the show by collecting its seventh and final win of the night just after Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy captured Oscars for Best Director and Best Actor, respectively.
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
Nolan declined to give another speech on stage, instead deferring to his producing team, Emma Thomas and Charles Roven. This marked the producing trio’s first Best Picture triumph.
Related: The Oscars: Best Looks From The Red Carpet
“I think any of us who make movies know that you kind of dream of this moment,” Thomas admitted as she clutched her golden statuette. “I could deny it but I have been dreaming about this moment for so long. But it seems so unlikely that it would ever actually happen.
The film closed the show by collecting its seventh and final win of the night just after Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy captured Oscars for Best Director and Best Actor, respectively.
Related: ‘Oppenheimer’ Director Christopher Nolan Takes Home Directing Prize And Thanks Academy For Cementing His Legacy
Nolan declined to give another speech on stage, instead deferring to his producing team, Emma Thomas and Charles Roven. This marked the producing trio’s first Best Picture triumph.
Related: The Oscars: Best Looks From The Red Carpet
“I think any of us who make movies know that you kind of dream of this moment,” Thomas admitted as she clutched her golden statuette. “I could deny it but I have been dreaming about this moment for so long. But it seems so unlikely that it would ever actually happen.
- 3/11/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Best Picture winner “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” were the big Oscar craft winners March 10, each winning three awards. Christopher Nolan’s historical thriller about the atomic bomb grabbed cinematography, editing, and original score, while Yargos Lanthimos’ surreal “Frankenstein” gender-bender snagged costume design, production design, and makeup and hairstyling.
The rest went to “Godzilla Minus One” (visual effects), “The Zone of Interest” (sound), and “Barbie”. The lone “Barbie” win was a major disappointment for Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar blockbuster, which was expected to also take costume design and/or production design for the inventive Mattel-inspired fashion and world-building.
The wins for “Godzilla Minus One” and “The Zone of Interest” were both upsets: Takashi Yamazaki’s Kaiju actioner bested Gareth Edwards’ AI-themed “The Creator,” which won the Ves prize, and Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama about the banality of evil (the international feature film Oscar winner) overtook “Oppenheimer,” which won the...
The rest went to “Godzilla Minus One” (visual effects), “The Zone of Interest” (sound), and “Barbie”. The lone “Barbie” win was a major disappointment for Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar blockbuster, which was expected to also take costume design and/or production design for the inventive Mattel-inspired fashion and world-building.
The wins for “Godzilla Minus One” and “The Zone of Interest” were both upsets: Takashi Yamazaki’s Kaiju actioner bested Gareth Edwards’ AI-themed “The Creator,” which won the Ves prize, and Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama about the banality of evil (the international feature film Oscar winner) overtook “Oppenheimer,” which won the...
- 3/11/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
From Billie Eilish’s heartrending performance to John Cena’s beefcake cameo, the 96th Academy Awards served up some pretty terrific moments and more than a few surprises.
Here were the highlights — and lowlights — from Sunday’s telecast on ABC.
Great Moment when members of Osage Nation walked the red carpet. Like the costumes we saw in Killers of the Flower Moon, their Indigenous attire was both extravagant and gorgeous.
Surprise how the show started five minutes late because some attendees still hadn’t made it into the theater. Arrivals has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance, and that led to “hundreds of people” getting stuck outside the entrance.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Hollywood, CA ahead of 96th Oscars
Snub delayed for Greta Gerwig and how she didn’t get a nomination for Best Director.
Here were the highlights — and lowlights — from Sunday’s telecast on ABC.
Great Moment when members of Osage Nation walked the red carpet. Like the costumes we saw in Killers of the Flower Moon, their Indigenous attire was both extravagant and gorgeous.
Surprise how the show started five minutes late because some attendees still hadn’t made it into the theater. Arrivals has been complicated by the security measures meant to keep pro-Palestinian protesters at a distance, and that led to “hundreds of people” getting stuck outside the entrance.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Hollywood, CA ahead of 96th Oscars
Snub delayed for Greta Gerwig and how she didn’t get a nomination for Best Director.
- 3/11/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonathan Glazer’s landmark Holocaust film The Zone of Interest, as widely expected, has just scooped the International Feature Oscar. The British film is the 20th that the UK has submitted to the category, and the first to win the race.
Inspired loosely by Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name and set outside the walls of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, the German-language Zone of Interest stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller (also a Best Actress nominee tonight for Anatomy of a Fall) as Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden separated from the Nazi concentration and extermination camp by a only a short wall. What is happening on the other side is rarely hinted at.
Glazer said upon accepting the International prize, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,...
Inspired loosely by Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name and set outside the walls of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, the German-language Zone of Interest stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller (also a Best Actress nominee tonight for Anatomy of a Fall) as Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden separated from the Nazi concentration and extermination camp by a only a short wall. What is happening on the other side is rarely hinted at.
Glazer said upon accepting the International prize, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Waves of joy were interrupted by a brief struggle with the English language as the euphoric group behind Japan’s Godzilla Minus One accepted the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
As soon as the film’s name was announced as the winner, a large flock of representatives from it jumped in the air from several rows in the back of the Dolby Theatre orchestra, many of them waving miniature monsters in the air in celebration.
Related: Cillian Murphy Dedicates ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Actor Oscar To “Peacemakers Everywhere”
Reading carefully from a piece of paper, Takashi Yamazaki spoke for the group after they took a while to organize themselves onstage. He recalled the “shock” of seeing the first Star Wars film more than 40 years ago and how it started him on his professional path. “The possibility of standing on this stage seemed out of reach,” he said. “But here we stand!”
As...
As soon as the film’s name was announced as the winner, a large flock of representatives from it jumped in the air from several rows in the back of the Dolby Theatre orchestra, many of them waving miniature monsters in the air in celebration.
Related: Cillian Murphy Dedicates ‘Oppenheimer’ Best Actor Oscar To “Peacemakers Everywhere”
Reading carefully from a piece of paper, Takashi Yamazaki spoke for the group after they took a while to organize themselves onstage. He recalled the “shock” of seeing the first Star Wars film more than 40 years ago and how it started him on his professional path. “The possibility of standing on this stage seemed out of reach,” he said. “But here we stand!”
As...
- 3/11/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
It was a summer 2024 clash of the titans when Barbie and Oppenheimer were scheduled to open on the same day. There were reported overtures from the two producing teams but no one blinked, each film staking its claim on the July 21 release date.
What followed was nothing short of extraordinary, with Barbie and Oppenheimer ranking as the No. 1 and No. 3 highest grossing movies of 2023, amassing $1.4B and $958M worldwide, respectively. The blockbusters also carried their friendly rivalry over to awards season, landing 13 (Oppenheimer) and 8 (Barbie) Oscar nominations, including a slot in the Best Picture category for each.
Academy Award-nominated stars from each movie, Oppenheiner‘s Emily Blunt and Barbie‘s Ryan Gosling, took the friendly rivalry to the Oscar stage. The “Kitty and Ken” banter, in which Blunt and Gosling looked to clear the air and squash the beef between the two hit movies, got a little too intense.
Related:...
What followed was nothing short of extraordinary, with Barbie and Oppenheimer ranking as the No. 1 and No. 3 highest grossing movies of 2023, amassing $1.4B and $958M worldwide, respectively. The blockbusters also carried their friendly rivalry over to awards season, landing 13 (Oppenheimer) and 8 (Barbie) Oscar nominations, including a slot in the Best Picture category for each.
Academy Award-nominated stars from each movie, Oppenheiner‘s Emily Blunt and Barbie‘s Ryan Gosling, took the friendly rivalry to the Oscar stage. The “Kitty and Ken” banter, in which Blunt and Gosling looked to clear the air and squash the beef between the two hit movies, got a little too intense.
Related:...
- 3/11/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Sean Lennon is showing love to his mom Yoko Ono from the stage at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The son of Yoko and the late John Lennon hopped onstage at the Dolby Theatre with War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker to accept the Oscar for Best Animated Short on Sunday night (March 10).
While delivering a brief acceptance speech, Sean, who executive produced the project, showed love to his mom on what is Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom.
Keep reading to find out more…
Sean only had a brief moment, but he celebrated his mom’s recent 91st birthday before asking the crowd to joining him in wishing her a happy day.
Congratulations to the team on their big win!
Keep an eye peeled for all of our Oscars coverage! You can also find out the highest rated Best Picture...
The son of Yoko and the late John Lennon hopped onstage at the Dolby Theatre with War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker to accept the Oscar for Best Animated Short on Sunday night (March 10).
While delivering a brief acceptance speech, Sean, who executive produced the project, showed love to his mom on what is Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom.
Keep reading to find out more…
Sean only had a brief moment, but he celebrated his mom’s recent 91st birthday before asking the crowd to joining him in wishing her a happy day.
Congratulations to the team on their big win!
Keep an eye peeled for all of our Oscars coverage! You can also find out the highest rated Best Picture...
- 3/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film tonight, marking the first Oscar win for filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker.
Set to the anti-war Christmas classic song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, the animated short follows two soldiers at the frontline of World War I as they play a chess game through carrier pigeon, unaware they are on opposing sides of the battle.
Related: ‘American Fiction’: Cord Jefferson Pleas With Hollywood To Give New Creatives A Shot While Accepting Award At 2024 Oscars
The filmmaking pair was joined on stage by executive producer Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who led the crowd in wishing his absent mom a happy (UK) Mother’s Day.
Related: Deadline’s Reviews Of All The Oscar Best Picture Nominees
“John Lennon and Yoko...
Set to the anti-war Christmas classic song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, the animated short follows two soldiers at the frontline of World War I as they play a chess game through carrier pigeon, unaware they are on opposing sides of the battle.
Related: ‘American Fiction’: Cord Jefferson Pleas With Hollywood To Give New Creatives A Shot While Accepting Award At 2024 Oscars
The filmmaking pair was joined on stage by executive producer Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who led the crowd in wishing his absent mom a happy (UK) Mother’s Day.
Related: Deadline’s Reviews Of All The Oscar Best Picture Nominees
“John Lennon and Yoko...
- 3/11/2024
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari recalled how very different their lives were a few years ago, stuck at home in the midst of Covid, when they first started to write.
“This is a crazy year, in contrast with what it started out as, before. Stuck in the house with two kids. It was lockdown, and we hooked them up to cartoons to have peace. And there was no line, I think, between work and diapers,” said an emotional Triet.
Related: Sean Ono Lennon Wishes Mom Yoko Ono “Happy Mother’s Day!” In Speech For ‘War Is Over!’ Best Animated Short Film Oscar
Then, said co-writer Arthur Harari, “the producers came along, and that’s when things got a little crazy.”
Related: ‘American Fiction’: Cord Jefferson Pleas With Hollywood To Give New Creatives A Shot While Accepting Award At 2024 Oscars
“This will help me through my midlife crisis I think,...
“This is a crazy year, in contrast with what it started out as, before. Stuck in the house with two kids. It was lockdown, and we hooked them up to cartoons to have peace. And there was no line, I think, between work and diapers,” said an emotional Triet.
Related: Sean Ono Lennon Wishes Mom Yoko Ono “Happy Mother’s Day!” In Speech For ‘War Is Over!’ Best Animated Short Film Oscar
Then, said co-writer Arthur Harari, “the producers came along, and that’s when things got a little crazy.”
Related: ‘American Fiction’: Cord Jefferson Pleas With Hollywood To Give New Creatives A Shot While Accepting Award At 2024 Oscars
“This will help me through my midlife crisis I think,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the Oscar for Best Animated Short and Sean Lennon took the opportunity to celebrate his mom, Yoko Ono. Filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker took the stage alongside Lennon, who capped off the acceptance speeches by calling out, “Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!”
(For those confused by the shout out, today marks Mother’s Day in the U.K. while the U.S. traditionally celebrates in May).
“John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song, anti-war message we tried to honor with this film,...
(For those confused by the shout out, today marks Mother’s Day in the U.K. while the U.S. traditionally celebrates in May).
“John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a song, anti-war message we tried to honor with this film,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Emily Zemler and Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Sean Ono Lennon gave his thoughts on Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles movies while chatting with Variety’s Marc Malkin at the Oscars during Variety On the Carpet presented by Directv.
Mendes plans to make four films, with each one told from a different member’s point of view. “That’s the minimum you need to cover the epic story of The Beatles. You need four films,” Ono Lennon said.
As for who he hopes will play John Lennon, Ono Lennon had a very specific (and surprising) actor in mind.
“I’m hoping that Emma Stone might consider it because she did such a good job in ‘Poor Things.’ I think if you’re gonna reach that as an actor, the next obvious step is to really go for it and be John Lennon,” he quipped.
On a more serious note, Ono Lennon reflected on the difficulty of pulling off a...
Mendes plans to make four films, with each one told from a different member’s point of view. “That’s the minimum you need to cover the epic story of The Beatles. You need four films,” Ono Lennon said.
As for who he hopes will play John Lennon, Ono Lennon had a very specific (and surprising) actor in mind.
“I’m hoping that Emma Stone might consider it because she did such a good job in ‘Poor Things.’ I think if you’re gonna reach that as an actor, the next obvious step is to really go for it and be John Lennon,” he quipped.
On a more serious note, Ono Lennon reflected on the difficulty of pulling off a...
- 3/10/2024
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
The cover of John Lennon‘s Double Fantasy depicts him kissing Yoko Ono. The record’s title is not simply a reference to the two of them working together. John revealed the name has a spiritual meaning.
John Lennon’s ‘Double Fantasy’ was inspired by John’s view of prayer
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John revealed his opinions about prayer. “The consciousness is, ‘Let’s see what we shall pray for together. Let’s make it stronger by picturing the same image, projecting the same image,'” he said. “And that is the secret. That is the secret. Because you can be together but projecting different things.”
Yoko said these dual projections were “double fantasies,” alluding to the title of their newest record. “Double fantasies at the same time,” John replied. “And...
John Lennon’s ‘Double Fantasy’ was inspired by John’s view of prayer
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John revealed his opinions about prayer. “The consciousness is, ‘Let’s see what we shall pray for together. Let’s make it stronger by picturing the same image, projecting the same image,'” he said. “And that is the secret. That is the secret. Because you can be together but projecting different things.”
Yoko said these dual projections were “double fantasies,” alluding to the title of their newest record. “Double fantasies at the same time,” John replied. “And...
- 3/6/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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Best Animated Short
Weekly Commentary: In the realm of animated shorts, the title can be as captivating as the storyline itself.
This year, Dave Mullins’ “War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,” which is co-writes with Sean Lennon, the son of Beatles band member John Lennon,...
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Best Animated Short
Weekly Commentary: In the realm of animated shorts, the title can be as captivating as the storyline itself.
This year, Dave Mullins’ “War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,” which is co-writes with Sean Lennon, the son of Beatles band member John Lennon,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Short subjects willing to tackle tough subjects made the final cut with the Academy this year. That means audiences buying tickets to the “2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation” program should brace for poetic treatments of uncomfortable topics, ranging from incest to the Holocaust. Since the toon shorts tend to run short (just an hour to get through the noms), ShortsTV’s theatrical roster includes two additional “highly commended” titles, ending on a musical up note with “The Little Mermaid” co-director John Musker’s “I’m Hip.”
Hailing from Iran, Yegane Moghaddam’s “Our Uniform” finds a fitting style for a sartorial commentary: Using clothing as her canvas, the young director recalls how it felt to grow up in a country where girls were required to wear the hijab, or headscarf. She creatively experiments with various techniques, manipulating garments to suggest motion and drawing directly onto different fabrics (as when...
Hailing from Iran, Yegane Moghaddam’s “Our Uniform” finds a fitting style for a sartorial commentary: Using clothing as her canvas, the young director recalls how it felt to grow up in a country where girls were required to wear the hijab, or headscarf. She creatively experiments with various techniques, manipulating garments to suggest motion and drawing directly onto different fabrics (as when...
- 3/4/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The new Academy realignment that splits the Short Films and Feature Animation branch into separate Animation and Short Films branches has been met primarily with enthusiasm. According to animation and live-action short Academy members and other industry insiders, this change was long overdue. Both animation and live-action shorts deserve their own dedicated branches after experiencing tremendous growth, box office success, and prestige in recent years.
Last year, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” were number two and three at the domestic box office, and the 2024 Oscar Shorts releases have already broken $2 million globally since the ShortsTV presentation February 16.
“As both the Academy’s shorts and animation communities have grown, and to ensure they continue to thrive, the need for two individual branches became increasingly apparent,” Academy Short Films and Feature Animation branch governors Bonnie Arnold, Jinko Gotoh, and Marlon West said in a joint statement on...
Last year, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” were number two and three at the domestic box office, and the 2024 Oscar Shorts releases have already broken $2 million globally since the ShortsTV presentation February 16.
“As both the Academy’s shorts and animation communities have grown, and to ensure they continue to thrive, the need for two individual branches became increasingly apparent,” Academy Short Films and Feature Animation branch governors Bonnie Arnold, Jinko Gotoh, and Marlon West said in a joint statement on...
- 2/27/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
If you are aiming to win your Oscar pool you may feel relatively safe right about now predicting, as most are, a sweep by Oppenheimer — especially after its overwhelming showing last week winning seven BAFTA Awards, the DGA honor for Christopher Nolan the week before that, and on Saturday sweeping three of the five movie awards at SAG and winning the top prize last night at the PGA Awards.
However, key to actually winning your pool will not be those marquee feature film categories but rather the three shorts races that run under the radar, but can spell the difference in triumphing over all others in whatever pool you enter. So who could — or should, for these purposes — prevail in the Documentary Shorts, Animated Shorts and Live Action Shorts contests this year? Shorts TV in association with distributor Magnolia Pictures has, as usual, put all of them in theatrical release across the country,...
However, key to actually winning your pool will not be those marquee feature film categories but rather the three shorts races that run under the radar, but can spell the difference in triumphing over all others in whatever pool you enter. So who could — or should, for these purposes — prevail in the Documentary Shorts, Animated Shorts and Live Action Shorts contests this year? Shorts TV in association with distributor Magnolia Pictures has, as usual, put all of them in theatrical release across the country,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
When it comes to arguably the biggest acts in rock music history, how does one go about making a film adaptation that lives up to the legend? The King of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Elvis Presley, would get his own flashy, epic treatment courtesy of Baz Luhrmann’s visual flair in 2022. But for a band like The Beatles, how do you truly capture the journey in a feature film? Director Sam Mendes has the answer. You do four feature films. Deadline has the breaking story that the Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty director will audaciously attempt to cover the story of The Beatles with four films, which will each concentrate on a member of the band.
Mendes’ vision involves having each movie tell the story from each Beatle’s point of view and will interconnect with the other films. The 1917 director conceived of this grand idea and had pitched it to Hollywood,...
Mendes’ vision involves having each movie tell the story from each Beatle’s point of view and will interconnect with the other films. The 1917 director conceived of this grand idea and had pitched it to Hollywood,...
- 2/20/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: In a move that ought to make fans of The Beatles twist and shout, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes and his Neal Street Productions have set plans to make four separate theatrical films — one on each of the members of music’s most famous and enduring band.
Mendes will direct all four of the films, and this marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Mendes conceived this grand vision. He’ll tell interconnected stories, one from each band member’s point of view. The dating cadence of the films will be revealed closer to the films’ release. I’m told they are locking down writers quickly.
This is perhaps the most ambitious project Deadline has revealed exclusively since...
Mendes will direct all four of the films, and this marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles – Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Mendes conceived this grand vision. He’ll tell interconnected stories, one from each band member’s point of view. The dating cadence of the films will be revealed closer to the films’ release. I’m told they are locking down writers quickly.
This is perhaps the most ambitious project Deadline has revealed exclusively since...
- 2/20/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscar-frontrunning Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was the big winner at Asifa-Hollywood’s 51st Annie Awards (held February 17 at UCLA’s Royce Hall), grabbing seven awards, topped by best animated feature. As a 66 percent Oscar predictor, the Annie win bodes well for Sony and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
The other “Spider-Verse” awards were for FX, character design, direction, music, production design, and editorial.
The Oscar-nominated dark horse, “Robot Dreams” (Neon), from Pablo Berger, won best independent feature, and “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” (ElectroLeague) took best short. The prestige short got a boost in its race for the Oscar. It’s directed by Pixar alum Dave Mullins and executive produced by Sean Ono Lennon, in partnership with Peter Jackson and his Wētā FX Limited animation team.
Hayao Miyazaki’s summary film, “The Boy and the Heron“ (Studio Ghibli-GKids), won two Annies for Takeshi Honda...
The other “Spider-Verse” awards were for FX, character design, direction, music, production design, and editorial.
The Oscar-nominated dark horse, “Robot Dreams” (Neon), from Pablo Berger, won best independent feature, and “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” (ElectroLeague) took best short. The prestige short got a boost in its race for the Oscar. It’s directed by Pixar alum Dave Mullins and executive produced by Sean Ono Lennon, in partnership with Peter Jackson and his Wētā FX Limited animation team.
Hayao Miyazaki’s summary film, “The Boy and the Heron“ (Studio Ghibli-GKids), won two Annies for Takeshi Honda...
- 2/18/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” swung its way to victory at the 51st Annie Awards, snatching up seven prizes, including best feature. It was also a good night for Netflix, whose projects earned a total of nine awards, with period revenge series “Blue Eye Samurai” snagging six of those, including best TV/Media – Mature.
In addition to best feature, the “Spider-Verse” sequel’s Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson were honored for their direction while Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin won for music. The film also picked up awards for FX, character design, production design and editorial.
Arcadia Motion Pictures’ bittersweet Spanish-French film “Robot Dreams,” about a lonely dog who builds a robot companion, won for best feature – independent.
Netflix’s feature “Nimona,” which had the most nominations with nine, picked up two Annies, one for Chloe Grace Moretz’s voice work as the...
In addition to best feature, the “Spider-Verse” sequel’s Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson were honored for their direction while Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin won for music. The film also picked up awards for FX, character design, production design and editorial.
Arcadia Motion Pictures’ bittersweet Spanish-French film “Robot Dreams,” about a lonely dog who builds a robot companion, won for best feature – independent.
Netflix’s feature “Nimona,” which had the most nominations with nine, picked up two Annies, one for Chloe Grace Moretz’s voice work as the...
- 2/18/2024
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Sean Ono Lennon may have initially rejected the astrology his family embraced growing up, but when it came to his new album, it felt like the very stars were against him. “I just felt like there was too much cosmic interference,” he tells Rolling Stone of Asterisms, a genreless wash of instrumental music that flirts with jazz, rock, and electronic. In the end, though, the planets aligned, and the record dropped Friday on John Zorn’s Tzadik label.
But back in the days when Covid was rampant, the fate of...
But back in the days when Covid was rampant, the fate of...
- 2/16/2024
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Snoop, the border collie featured in best picture nominee Anatomy of a Fall, and figurines of monsters from Godzilla: Minus One, a nominee for best visual effects, competed for attention with A-listers including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Robert Downey Jr. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.
Per tradition, the gathering of nominees from across the 23 Oscar categories — along with their plus ones, members of the Academy’s board of governors and a handful of journalists also in the room — took place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. Unlike Oscar night itself, nominees tend to feel less nervous at the luncheon, at which they are deliberately seated with nominees from other categories and films, and from which everyone leaves a winner. (See photos of the arrivals.)
Table groupings included Poor Things’ Stone, Maestro’s Cooper and American...
Per tradition, the gathering of nominees from across the 23 Oscar categories — along with their plus ones, members of the Academy’s board of governors and a handful of journalists also in the room — took place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. Unlike Oscar night itself, nominees tend to feel less nervous at the luncheon, at which they are deliberately seated with nominees from other categories and films, and from which everyone leaves a winner. (See photos of the arrivals.)
Table groupings included Poor Things’ Stone, Maestro’s Cooper and American...
- 2/12/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Lennon‘s son, Sean Ono Lennon, has a hard time picking a definitive favorite Beatles song. However, he’s a big fan of The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” He said a line from that song captures the feel of the 1960s really well. The track was so much more popular in the United States than it was in the United Kingdom.
John Lennon’s son connected The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ to ‘enlightenment’
During a 2015 interview with NME, Sean picked “All You Need Is Love” as his favorite Beatles track. However, he said fans should take that with a grain of salt. “My list of favorite things changes from day to day,” he said.
Sean lied an optimistic line from “All You Need Is Love.” “I like when my dad said: ‘There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known / Nothing you can see...
John Lennon’s son connected The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ to ‘enlightenment’
During a 2015 interview with NME, Sean picked “All You Need Is Love” as his favorite Beatles track. However, he said fans should take that with a grain of salt. “My list of favorite things changes from day to day,” he said.
Sean lied an optimistic line from “All You Need Is Love.” “I like when my dad said: ‘There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known / Nothing you can see...
- 1/29/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon patted himself on the back for taking care of his son, Sean Ono Lennon. However, the “Instant Karma!” star felt one of his albums caused Sean to gain weight. In retrospect, Sean felt the album had major musical problems. However, he was a fan of one of the hits from the record.
John Lennon said his son gained weight during the production of ‘Double Fantasy’
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John referred to himself as a “housewife” for taking care of Sean while Yoko took care of the couple’s finances. John was asked if his role as a caregiver was a lark.
“No, it wasn’t a lark,” the “Imagine” singer replied. “The serious intent was to orchestrate what went into the baby’s mind and body on a full-time...
John Lennon said his son gained weight during the production of ‘Double Fantasy’
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John referred to himself as a “housewife” for taking care of Sean while Yoko took care of the couple’s finances. John was asked if his role as a caregiver was a lark.
“No, it wasn’t a lark,” the “Imagine” singer replied. “The serious intent was to orchestrate what went into the baby’s mind and body on a full-time...
- 1/27/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.
The State of the Race
The animated short Oscar nominees are all acclaimed indies that explore such heady themes as the Holocaust, war, gender restrictions, incest, and mortality. They hail from the U.S., France, Israel, and Iran and embrace CG, 2D, stop-motion, and mixed media.
The field is led by the timely “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”, about a chess game played across enemy lines of an alternative World War I, with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon. It was specifically inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s popular protest song,...
The State of the Race
The animated short Oscar nominees are all acclaimed indies that explore such heady themes as the Holocaust, war, gender restrictions, incest, and mortality. They hail from the U.S., France, Israel, and Iran and embrace CG, 2D, stop-motion, and mixed media.
The field is led by the timely “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”, about a chess game played across enemy lines of an alternative World War I, with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon. It was specifically inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s popular protest song,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
A curious choice for this year’s Best Animated Short Oscar shortlist, this quaint little story co-written by director Dave Mullins and Sean Lennon – John and Yoko’s son – uses modern animation techniques to tell a rather old fashioned story. One can see why it might have an emotive appeal, especially at the present time, but it feels rather underdeveloped compared to most of its competitors, more like an extended music video than a fully developed film in its right.
That’s not to say that it tracks along a single song. 11 minutes in length, it draws on fragments of several. Yoko Ono is an executive producer but her artistic influence is felt in this layered, concatenated approach, which adds a little depth to what is otherwise a simple narrative. In an imaginary, never-ending version of World War One, soldiers huddled in trenches use a pigeon to send chess moves across.
That’s not to say that it tracks along a single song. 11 minutes in length, it draws on fragments of several. Yoko Ono is an executive producer but her artistic influence is felt in this layered, concatenated approach, which adds a little depth to what is otherwise a simple narrative. In an imaginary, never-ending version of World War One, soldiers huddled in trenches use a pigeon to send chess moves across.
- 1/20/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Oscar-shortlisted and Annie-nominated animated short “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko” couldn’t be (sadly) timelier with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The 11-minute indie takes place in an alternate World War I, where a secret chess match is played across enemy lines with the assistance of a heroic carrier pigeon that delivers the chess moves over the battlefield. Pixar alum Dave Mullins wrote and directed the short, animated by Wētā FX Limited and executive produced by Sean Ono Lennon.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with Lennon wanting to make an animated project around his parents’ popular protest song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” So he approached a friend at Pixar, who recommended Mullins (“Lou”), who left Pixar on his 20th anniversary in 2021 and started ElectroLeague, a real-time animation company with co-founder Brad Booker (producer of “War Is Over”).
“And so we met,...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with Lennon wanting to make an animated project around his parents’ popular protest song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” So he approached a friend at Pixar, who recommended Mullins (“Lou”), who left Pixar on his 20th anniversary in 2021 and started ElectroLeague, a real-time animation company with co-founder Brad Booker (producer of “War Is Over”).
“And so we met,...
- 1/13/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Beatles and Nirvana are two of the most acclaimed and essential rock bands ever. Ringo Starr revealed what he thought when he first heard Nirvana and his opinion of Kurt Cobain in particular. In the same vein, Cobain named his favorite Beatle.
Ringo Starr said Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain ‘had so much emotion’ and was deeply sincere
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Ringo revealed what he thought the first time he heard Nirvana. “Absolutely great, and the man himself [Kurt Cobain] had so much emotion,” he said. “That’s what I loved. I’m an emotional guy.”
Ringo emphasized the sincerity of Cobain. “No one can doubt Nirvana, ever,” he said. “And who knew he’d end up where he ended up. I don’t think anyone who listened to music with any courage could doubt him, ’cause he was courageous.”
Ringo...
Ringo Starr said Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain ‘had so much emotion’ and was deeply sincere
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Ringo revealed what he thought the first time he heard Nirvana. “Absolutely great, and the man himself [Kurt Cobain] had so much emotion,” he said. “That’s what I loved. I’m an emotional guy.”
Ringo emphasized the sincerity of Cobain. “No one can doubt Nirvana, ever,” he said. “And who knew he’d end up where he ended up. I don’t think anyone who listened to music with any courage could doubt him, ’cause he was courageous.”
Ringo...
- 1/12/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon’s son Julian had a difficult relationship with his father. Lennon freely admitted that Julian’s mother Cynthia’s pregnancy had been an accident, and the father and son rarely saw each other after Lennon and Cynthia divorced. Julian said he felt angry at Lennon for a long time. Recently, though, this changed. He shared how watching The Beatles: Get Back made him feel proud to be related to his father.
John Lennon’s son Julian shared how ‘Get Back’ helped him remember his father
In 2021, Peter Jackson released the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back. The three-part series followed The Beatles as they recorded what would become their final album, Let It Be. Get Back pushed against the idea that relations between The Beatles were entirely miserable in the late 1960s. It also made Julian feel proud of his father.
“Watching Get Back, I fell in love...
John Lennon’s son Julian shared how ‘Get Back’ helped him remember his father
In 2021, Peter Jackson released the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back. The three-part series followed The Beatles as they recorded what would become their final album, Let It Be. Get Back pushed against the idea that relations between The Beatles were entirely miserable in the late 1960s. It also made Julian feel proud of his father.
“Watching Get Back, I fell in love...
- 12/20/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 2021, Julian and Sean Lennon attended the premiere of The Beatles: Get Back together. Though the half-brothers are over 10 years apart in age and were raised by different mothers, they have a solid relationship. Julian Lennon explained that while he didn’t particularly want to attend the Get Back premiere, he did it to support Sean.
Julian and Sean Lennon did not want to go to the ‘Get Back’ premiere
When Get Back premiered, Lennon’s two sons, naturally, received an invite to the screening. Sean did not particularly want to go, but he felt he had to. Julian, who did not want to go either, told his brother he would attend with him.
“Sean didn’t really want to go to the Get Back premiere,” Julian told Esquire in 2023. “He felt overwhelming pressure. And I didn’t particularly want to go. But he said he felt obligated to go,...
Julian and Sean Lennon did not want to go to the ‘Get Back’ premiere
When Get Back premiered, Lennon’s two sons, naturally, received an invite to the screening. Sean did not particularly want to go, but he felt he had to. Julian, who did not want to go either, told his brother he would attend with him.
“Sean didn’t really want to go to the Get Back premiere,” Julian told Esquire in 2023. “He felt overwhelming pressure. And I didn’t particularly want to go. But he said he felt obligated to go,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The world mourned the loss of John Lennon after his 1980 death. The sadness felt by music lovers was palatable, knowing The Beatles would never again have the opportunity to reunite. While John’s wife, Yoko Ono, organized a 10-minute silent vigil to honor him, there was no official wake. Why didn’t John Lennon have a funeral after his death?
John Lennon didn’t have a funeral after his death
After John Lennon’s death, his wife, Yoko Ono, had his remains cremated. The day after Lennon died, he was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
In the book The Lives of John Lennon, author Albert Goldman wrote Ono decided there would be no ceremony honoring Lennon immediately after returning to their apartment in the Dakota the night of his death. Little is known about why Ono chose not to have an official funeral for Lennon, and she...
John Lennon didn’t have a funeral after his death
After John Lennon’s death, his wife, Yoko Ono, had his remains cremated. The day after Lennon died, he was cremated at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
In the book The Lives of John Lennon, author Albert Goldman wrote Ono decided there would be no ceremony honoring Lennon immediately after returning to their apartment in the Dakota the night of his death. Little is known about why Ono chose not to have an official funeral for Lennon, and she...
- 12/8/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles‘ influence can be seen in the most unexpected places. A John Lennon songs inspired a movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell. A journalist who famously spoke with John discussed how this happened. He also revealed the role John’s song played in his life.
A journalist saw John Lennon sing a song to his son, Sean Ono Lennon
David Sheff conducted the interview that forms the bulk of the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 2020, he contributed an essay to a new version of the book discussing his experiences with John. In his essay, Sheff discussed his memories of watching John playing “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” in the studio. As John played it, Sheff could see the singer’s eyes sparkle.
Sheff later saw John play “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” to his son, Sean Ono Lennon. Sheff...
A journalist saw John Lennon sing a song to his son, Sean Ono Lennon
David Sheff conducted the interview that forms the bulk of the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. In 2020, he contributed an essay to a new version of the book discussing his experiences with John. In his essay, Sheff discussed his memories of watching John playing “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” in the studio. As John played it, Sheff could see the singer’s eyes sparkle.
Sheff later saw John play “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” to his son, Sean Ono Lennon. Sheff...
- 12/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Classic rock is so pervasive that it influenced artists who don’t make rock music in any way, shape, or form. John Lennon’s songs generally weren’t as sentimental as Celine Dion’s. However, one of John’s later tracks is so emotional that it works in Dion’s hands. Her version did significantly better in the United States than the original.
John Lennon wrote 1 of his songs for his son, Sean Ono Lennon
Dion and John might appear to be polar opposites as artists. Regardless, John was a balladeer at times. His last album, Double Fantasy, includes the ballad “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy).” Dion later covered the tune during the early 2000s.
In 2020, David Sheff contributed an essay to the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Sheff discussed hearing John sing the tune for his son, Sean Ono Lennon.
John Lennon wrote 1 of his songs for his son, Sean Ono Lennon
Dion and John might appear to be polar opposites as artists. Regardless, John was a balladeer at times. His last album, Double Fantasy, includes the ballad “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy).” Dion later covered the tune during the early 2000s.
In 2020, David Sheff contributed an essay to the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Sheff discussed hearing John sing the tune for his son, Sean Ono Lennon.
- 12/7/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
So, this is Christmas, and Peter Jackson recently helmed the music video for the new Beatles song Now and Then, which controversially used AI to finish John Lennon’s vocals on the previously unfinished song. Jackson would also previously release the mini-series documentary on The Beatles titled Get Back for Disney+. Now the Lord of the Rings director is collaborating with John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s son, Sean for a new animated short that is inspired by the beloved Christmas tune by Lennon, Happy Xmas (War is Over).
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ songs. Ono Lennon met with Pixar animator Dave Mullins, and the two sparked the idea for an animated short about “a chess game played across enemy lines with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon.” Mullins wrote and...
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ songs. Ono Lennon met with Pixar animator Dave Mullins, and the two sparked the idea for an animated short about “a chess game played across enemy lines with the help of a heroic carrier pigeon.” Mullins wrote and...
- 12/5/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
In 2021, Sean Ono Lennon was looking for a way to make a music video for one of his parents’ signature songs and feeling creatively stuck—until he had a meeting with former Pixar animator Dave Mullins. The song, 1971’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over), is probably the most popular piece of music John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote as a couple. But beyond appearing reliably on playlists around the world every Christmas, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is also a peace anthem, and Sean wanted to reintroduce the song’s message. The song “just felt like it deserved some kind of piece to help get it out there for another generation,” Lennon says. The only problem was that every music video idea seemed to trivialize it. “It almost felt goofy,” Lennon says. “Like a Hallmark kind of thing. What are we going to show, a family sitting around a fire?...
- 12/5/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shortly before Christmas 2016, Roger Waters visited his firstborn son, Harry, at his Santa Monica, California, home to deliver some rather bad news. Harry had spent the past 14 years playing keyboard and organ in his dad’s band, which included three extensive world tours, but Roger was making changes for his upcoming Us + Them tour. “I was fired,” Harry tells Rolling Stone. “It was pretty miserable.”
Harry claims he doesn’t know why his own father let him go. “I think he just wanted a change of blood, something new, something fresh,...
Harry claims he doesn’t know why his own father let him go. “I think he just wanted a change of blood, something new, something fresh,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
There have been a number of eye-opening Beatles documentaries through the years, from the Beatlemania doc Eight Days a Week; a tribute to the Fab Four’s loyal secretary, Good Ol’ Freda; Martin Scorsese’s poignant George Harrison: Living in the Material World; and last but certainly not least, Peter Jackson’s recent eight-hour opus Get Back, chronicling the recording of the group’s final album, Let It Be, and subsequent demise.
Now, we have what hopes to be the definitive documentary about the aftermath of Mark David Chapman...
Now, we have what hopes to be the definitive documentary about the aftermath of Mark David Chapman...
- 11/28/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Michele Civetta is the director of feature films “Agony” and “The Gateway” and music videos for Lou Reed, Sean Lennon, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros.
We came from a generation…
With aspirations of what cinema is as an art form, what it can do to provoke change, illuminate dreams of individual stories, and propel cultural narratives. Inspired by the American New Wave of Cinema, living under the banner of the Cahiers du Cinema auteur theory, a world where writers, directors, and producers created stories in the emerging screen revolution colliding between world cinema and the 90s independent film boom. Looking inside the cinematic kaleidoscope, imagining how to penetrate the dream factory, Kevin Turen was born to be a maverick as he surmounted this unpaved road for our generation of friends and filmmaking talent. As New York City Kids, we crossed the threshold into our professional years. Kevin helped out...
We came from a generation…
With aspirations of what cinema is as an art form, what it can do to provoke change, illuminate dreams of individual stories, and propel cultural narratives. Inspired by the American New Wave of Cinema, living under the banner of the Cahiers du Cinema auteur theory, a world where writers, directors, and producers created stories in the emerging screen revolution colliding between world cinema and the 90s independent film boom. Looking inside the cinematic kaleidoscope, imagining how to penetrate the dream factory, Kevin Turen was born to be a maverick as he surmounted this unpaved road for our generation of friends and filmmaking talent. As New York City Kids, we crossed the threshold into our professional years. Kevin helped out...
- 11/21/2023
- by Michele Civetta
- Indiewire
Listen to the prechorus of Lana Del Rey’s “West Coast” and you’ll hear a bit of The Beatles‘ “And I Love Her.” It might be blasphemy to say this, but Del Rey’s redux of “And I Love Her” might sound better. Fascinatingly, Paul McCartney said “And I Love Her” was his first impressive ballad.
Lana Del Rey’s ‘West Coast’ reuses a riff from The Beatles’ ‘And I Love Her’
According to Grantland, “West Coast” interpolates the riff from The Beatles’ “And I Love Her.” Listening to both tunes side-by-side, it’s impossible not to notice the similarity. Of course, the main difference between the two songs is the tone.
“And I Love Her” is a straightforward, pretty piece of lounge music. “West Coast,” on the other hand, changes tempo in a way that’s both beautiful and jarring. The eerie psychedelic undertones of the track make...
Lana Del Rey’s ‘West Coast’ reuses a riff from The Beatles’ ‘And I Love Her’
According to Grantland, “West Coast” interpolates the riff from The Beatles’ “And I Love Her.” Listening to both tunes side-by-side, it’s impossible not to notice the similarity. Of course, the main difference between the two songs is the tone.
“And I Love Her” is a straightforward, pretty piece of lounge music. “West Coast,” on the other hand, changes tempo in a way that’s both beautiful and jarring. The eerie psychedelic undertones of the track make...
- 11/18/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon‘s “Mind Games” might seem internally contradictory, but it’s beautifully cohesive. John’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, compared the song to a Möbius strip. He also revealed what he thought about it compared to his father’s other tunes.
John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ is more complex than The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’
During both his time with The Beatles and his solo career, John was known for his uplifting songs. Tunes like “All You Need Is Love,” “Imagine,” and “Power to the People” have given people hope and solace for decades. It’s remarkable he was able to inspire so many listeners, especially considering is music also had a dark side. “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Yer Blues,” and “How Do You Sleep?” are just some of the examples of John wallowing in anger or sadness.
“Mind Games” is the perfect marriage of John’s sensibilities.
John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ is more complex than The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’
During both his time with The Beatles and his solo career, John was known for his uplifting songs. Tunes like “All You Need Is Love,” “Imagine,” and “Power to the People” have given people hope and solace for decades. It’s remarkable he was able to inspire so many listeners, especially considering is music also had a dark side. “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Yer Blues,” and “How Do You Sleep?” are just some of the examples of John wallowing in anger or sadness.
“Mind Games” is the perfect marriage of John’s sensibilities.
- 11/9/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
‘The Beatles’ legend Sir Ringo Starr was all set to open a hair salon because he didn’t think ‘The Beatles’ would “last a week”. The legendary Liverpool group’s final song, ‘Now And Then’, was released last week, some 63 years after they first formed in 1960, reports ‘Female First UK’.
The ‘Eleanor Rigby’ hitmakers — also comprised of the late frontman John Lennon and drummer George Harrison — split in 1970 and surviving members Starr, 83, and Sir Paul McCartney, 81, have admitted they didn’t anticipate lasting as long as they did.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, McCartney said: “When we started, we thought that, maybe, we’d have ten years.”
Starr said, quoted by ‘Female First UK’, “None of us thought it would last a week. Paul was going to write, I was going to open a hairdresser’s, George would get a garage. But it went on and then it ended.
The ‘Eleanor Rigby’ hitmakers — also comprised of the late frontman John Lennon and drummer George Harrison — split in 1970 and surviving members Starr, 83, and Sir Paul McCartney, 81, have admitted they didn’t anticipate lasting as long as they did.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, McCartney said: “When we started, we thought that, maybe, we’d have ten years.”
Starr said, quoted by ‘Female First UK’, “None of us thought it would last a week. Paul was going to write, I was going to open a hairdresser’s, George would get a garage. But it went on and then it ended.
- 11/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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