Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 2024 edition, including the Competition line-up and a programme of previews from the major studios.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
The 12-strong Official Competition includes Adam Elliot’s Australian feature Memoir Of A Snail, in which Succession star Sarah Snook voices a lonely hoarder of ornamental snails; and stop-motion Savages!, director Claude Barras’ first feature since his Bafta- and Oscar-nominated My Life As A Courgette.
Scroll down for the full Competition line-up
The festival will open with Michel Hazanavicius’ Competition title The Most Precious Of Cargoes, heading to Annecy from its debut in Cannes Competition.
- 4/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
DreamWorks Animation will showcase a sneak peek of “The Wild Robot” at the Annecy Animation Festival (June 9-15). The preview footage will take place June 11, hosted by writer/director Chris Sanders (co-director of “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Lilo & Stitch”).
“The Wild Robot”, adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book and produced by Jeff Hermann, explores the bridge between technology and nature. It’s about a robot called Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) washed ashore on an uninhabited island, who must embark on a journey of survival and discovery when she inadvertently becomes the protector of an orphaned gosling bird.
The all-star voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal as fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy as goose Longneck, Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill, and Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra; plus Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, and Mark Hamill.
The preview will be followed later that evening by a...
“The Wild Robot”, adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book and produced by Jeff Hermann, explores the bridge between technology and nature. It’s about a robot called Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) washed ashore on an uninhabited island, who must embark on a journey of survival and discovery when she inadvertently becomes the protector of an orphaned gosling bird.
The all-star voice cast also includes Pedro Pascal as fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy as goose Longneck, Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill, and Stephanie Hsu as robot Vontra; plus Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, and Mark Hamill.
The preview will be followed later that evening by a...
- 4/24/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Audiences will get the opportunity to preview footage from DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming animated feature “The Wild Robot” at the Annecy International Film Festival.
The studio, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will showcase “The Wild Robot” footage on June 11 with a filmmaker presentation from writer and director Chris Sanders (“The Croods”). An Artists’ Panel discussion with the film’s creative leadership team will also take place later that day.
On June 12, the filmmakers will be doing a special book signing at the Bonlieu library.
Based on Peter Brown’s book, “The Wild Robot” follows the journey of Roz, a robot who finds themselves shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Roz soon learns to adjust to their new surroundings and finds friendship through the animals on the island. The film’s voice cast includes Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, Pedro Pascal as the fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as the opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy...
The studio, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will showcase “The Wild Robot” footage on June 11 with a filmmaker presentation from writer and director Chris Sanders (“The Croods”). An Artists’ Panel discussion with the film’s creative leadership team will also take place later that day.
On June 12, the filmmakers will be doing a special book signing at the Bonlieu library.
Based on Peter Brown’s book, “The Wild Robot” follows the journey of Roz, a robot who finds themselves shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Roz soon learns to adjust to their new surroundings and finds friendship through the animals on the island. The film’s voice cast includes Lupita Nyong’o as Roz, Pedro Pascal as the fox Fink, Catherine O’Hara as the opossum Pinktail, Bill Nighy...
- 4/24/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
DreamWorks Animation’s September event movie The Wild Robot is tweaking its release plans. The family film will now open in theaters on Sept. 27, 2024, instead of a week earlier on Sept. 20.
The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week.
The DreamWorks Animation film, from director Chris Sanders and starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o, follows the journey of a robot named Rozzum unit 7134 — “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. She gradually, however, forms friendships with the animals on the island and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s book of the same name, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016 that became a literary phenomenon and rocketed to No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week.
The DreamWorks Animation film, from director Chris Sanders and starring the voice of Lupita Nyong’o, follows the journey of a robot named Rozzum unit 7134 — “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. She gradually, however, forms friendships with the animals on the island and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s book of the same name, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016 that became a literary phenomenon and rocketed to No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list.
- 4/23/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot will now go on Sept. 27 instead of Sept. 20.
The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the studio needed to get a foothold on Imax auditoriums.
We heard that Transformers One was moved to get further away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as that Warner Bros Tim Burton directed, Michael Keaton starring sequel is expected to scare up a ton of September cash; that movie opening on Sept. 6.
The Wild Robot will now square off against Lionsgate’s Alexandre Aja directed horror Halle Berry thriller, Never Let Go as well as the tenth anniversary Imax re-release of Paramount/Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie, Interstellar.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller. The movie follows robot—Rozzum unit 7134 aka “Roz”. Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and...
The move comes in the wake of Paramount’s animated Transformers One parking on Sept. 20 (instead of Sept. 13) as the studio needed to get a foothold on Imax auditoriums.
We heard that Transformers One was moved to get further away from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as that Warner Bros Tim Burton directed, Michael Keaton starring sequel is expected to scare up a ton of September cash; that movie opening on Sept. 6.
The Wild Robot will now square off against Lionsgate’s Alexandre Aja directed horror Halle Berry thriller, Never Let Go as well as the tenth anniversary Imax re-release of Paramount/Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan sci-fi movie, Interstellar.
The Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s New York Times No. 1 bestseller. The movie follows robot—Rozzum unit 7134 aka “Roz”. Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and...
- 4/23/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Missing Pedro Pascal already? We completely understand you – after 2023 literally became the year of big releases with the actor, 2024 seems painfully empty without him.
That's why we've collected the most anticipated projects with Pedro Pascal.
1. Gladiator II
Release Date: November 22, 2024
The filming of the sequel to Ridley Scott's cult epic, Gladiator II, was frozen due to the strikes, but now work on the set has been successfully completed.
Talk of a sequel circulated throughout Hollywood for more than twenty years after the first film's successful release, suggesting almost biblical and fantastic tales of battles in the afterlife.
As a result, Gladiator II moderated its ambitions: Lucius, the nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix in the first film, will be at the center of the story. As a boy, he was inspired by the exploits of the gladiator Maximus in the arena and will apparently follow in the footsteps of Russell Crowe’s character.
That's why we've collected the most anticipated projects with Pedro Pascal.
1. Gladiator II
Release Date: November 22, 2024
The filming of the sequel to Ridley Scott's cult epic, Gladiator II, was frozen due to the strikes, but now work on the set has been successfully completed.
Talk of a sequel circulated throughout Hollywood for more than twenty years after the first film's successful release, suggesting almost biblical and fantastic tales of battles in the afterlife.
As a result, Gladiator II moderated its ambitions: Lucius, the nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix in the first film, will be at the center of the story. As a boy, he was inspired by the exploits of the gladiator Maximus in the arena and will apparently follow in the footsteps of Russell Crowe’s character.
- 4/19/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
2024 is going to be a wild year as it is going to mark the release of a number of epic films, that movie connoisseurs can not think of missing out on. However, it looks like fans will be forced to make a difficult choice as Chris Hemsworth has set his eyes on portraying the role of the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, in his latest project titled, Transformers One.
A still from Transformers One
As the film’s trailer looks promising, fans were excited to watch it. However, they now have to make a difficult choice as DreamWorks Animation is keeping their fans on their toes with their upcoming project titled The Wild Robot, featuring Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal, promising its viewers a visually stunning world.
What Do We Know About Chris Hemsworth’s Transformers One?
Paramount has officially released the first trailer for the next Transformers installment.
A still from Transformers One
As the film’s trailer looks promising, fans were excited to watch it. However, they now have to make a difficult choice as DreamWorks Animation is keeping their fans on their toes with their upcoming project titled The Wild Robot, featuring Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal, promising its viewers a visually stunning world.
What Do We Know About Chris Hemsworth’s Transformers One?
Paramount has officially released the first trailer for the next Transformers installment.
- 4/19/2024
- by Tushar Auddy
- FandomWire
Three-time Oscar-nominated director Chris Sandlers and Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o previewed unfinished footage of DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” at CinemaCon — what Sandlers says took inspiration from Disney classics and Hayao Miyazaki’s work, resulting in an original visual style that he described as “a Monet painting in a Miyazaki forest.”
Based on Peter Brown’s book, the story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Nyong’o, who is accidentally marooned on an uninhabited island. There, the city robot meets and learns from the animals in her new environment.
In this rich world, a fox meets and advises Roz. “You need to learn how things work on this island, and kindness is not a survival skill,” the fox says.
Soon Roz watches a gosling hatch, who believes Roz is his mother. They form a bond as Roz tries to figure out how the baby can learn to swim and fly.
Based on Peter Brown’s book, the story follows Roz, a robot voiced by Nyong’o, who is accidentally marooned on an uninhabited island. There, the city robot meets and learns from the animals in her new environment.
In this rich world, a fox meets and advises Roz. “You need to learn how things work on this island, and kindness is not a survival skill,” the fox says.
Soon Roz watches a gosling hatch, who believes Roz is his mother. They form a bond as Roz tries to figure out how the baby can learn to swim and fly.
- 4/11/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- Variety Film + TV
Universal Pictures took to the CinemaCon stage in Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon on top of the box office, becoming the highest grossing studio in 2023 with $4.9 billion in worldwide revenue.
Domestic distribution president Jim Orr thanked movie theater owners for their partnership in a year that saw “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” become the highest grossing film in Illumination history with $1.36 billion, while Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” became the highest grossing biopic of all-time and the highest grossing Best Picture Oscar winner in 20 years with $968 million.
“We’re here at an unprecedented time in our industry, but no doubt a crossroads that will lead us to a lucrative and exciting future,” Orr told exhibitors. “Audiences are sending us a very clear message…they are ready for something new.”
While Universal and Focus Features’ 2024 CinemaCon presentation didn’t have the sheer volume of films as in years past, it did showcase...
Domestic distribution president Jim Orr thanked movie theater owners for their partnership in a year that saw “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” become the highest grossing film in Illumination history with $1.36 billion, while Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” became the highest grossing biopic of all-time and the highest grossing Best Picture Oscar winner in 20 years with $968 million.
“We’re here at an unprecedented time in our industry, but no doubt a crossroads that will lead us to a lucrative and exciting future,” Orr told exhibitors. “Audiences are sending us a very clear message…they are ready for something new.”
While Universal and Focus Features’ 2024 CinemaCon presentation didn’t have the sheer volume of films as in years past, it did showcase...
- 4/11/2024
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Over the course of his life, Paul McCartney has been the subject of countless books about his life and time with The Beatles. Few upset him more than a book by longtime Beatles confidante Peter Brown. With writer Steven Gaines, Brown published The Love You Make, a book that spanned from the band’s teenage years to shortly after John Lennon’s death. McCartney took his copy of the book and burned it.
Paul McCartney felt betrayed by a book about The Beatles
In 1983, Brown and Gaines published The Love You Make, which pulled from Brown’s experiences as well as interviews with Beatles associates and the band themselves. Though many were happy to help with the book, the final product rankled. It detailed Lennon’s alleged sexual relationship with Beatles manager Brian Epstein and claimed McCartney had an illegitimate son, among other things. Brown sent out copies of the...
Paul McCartney felt betrayed by a book about The Beatles
In 1983, Brown and Gaines published The Love You Make, which pulled from Brown’s experiences as well as interviews with Beatles associates and the band themselves. Though many were happy to help with the book, the final product rankled. It detailed Lennon’s alleged sexual relationship with Beatles manager Brian Epstein and claimed McCartney had an illegitimate son, among other things. Brown sent out copies of the...
- 4/3/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tráiler, póster y detalles de la nueva película de animación de Dreamworks, “Robot Salvaje”. © Universal Pictures
“Robot Salvaje”, de Peter Brown, una novela ilustrada para jóvenes adultos publicada por primera vez en 2016, se convirtió en un auténtico fenómeno, alcanzando rápidamente el número 1 en la lista de libros más vendidos de The New York Times. Ahora, DreamWorks Animation (el estudio responsable de éxitos como “Shrek” y “Kung Fu Panda”) lleva a la gran pantalla el fenómeno literario de Peter Brown bajo la dirección del nominado al Oscar Chris Sanders (“Cómo Entrenar a tu Dragón”).
Esta épica aventura sigue el viaje de un robot (la unidad Rozzum 7134 o “Roz”) que naufraga en una isla deshabitada y debe aprender a adaptarse al duro entorno, forjando gradualmente relaciones con la fauna local y convirtiéndose en la madre adoptiva de una cría de ganso huérfana. Una poderosa historia de autodescubrimiento, un apasionante examen de la unión entre tecnología y naturaleza,...
“Robot Salvaje”, de Peter Brown, una novela ilustrada para jóvenes adultos publicada por primera vez en 2016, se convirtió en un auténtico fenómeno, alcanzando rápidamente el número 1 en la lista de libros más vendidos de The New York Times. Ahora, DreamWorks Animation (el estudio responsable de éxitos como “Shrek” y “Kung Fu Panda”) lleva a la gran pantalla el fenómeno literario de Peter Brown bajo la dirección del nominado al Oscar Chris Sanders (“Cómo Entrenar a tu Dragón”).
Esta épica aventura sigue el viaje de un robot (la unidad Rozzum 7134 o “Roz”) que naufraga en una isla deshabitada y debe aprender a adaptarse al duro entorno, forjando gradualmente relaciones con la fauna local y convirtiéndose en la madre adoptiva de una cría de ganso huérfana. Una poderosa historia de autodescubrimiento, un apasionante examen de la unión entre tecnología y naturaleza,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
DreamWorks Animation has debuted a new trailer for the adaptation of literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, ‘The Wild Robot.’
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The animation stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders, the film also features the voice talents of Emmy-winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The animation stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o as robot Roz; Pedro Pascal as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as opossum Pinktail; Bill Nighy as goose Longneck; Kit Connor as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.
Written and directed by Chris Sanders, the film also features the voice talents of Emmy-winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames.
- 3/6/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lupita Nyong’o and Mr. Fantastic himself Pedro Pascal are lending their voices to the big-screen adaptation of a beloved bestseller.
DreamWorks Animation film “The Wild Robot,” based on Peter Brown’s YA novels of the same name, has a primo September 20, 2024 release date. Oscar winner Nyong’o voices the title character, Rozzum unit 7134 — aka Roz.
In the film as in the novel trilogy, Roz the robot becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor). Among Roz’s friends are fox Fink (Pascal), opossum Pinktail (Catherine O’Hara), and goose Longneck (Bill Nighy). But when Roz crosses paths with another robot, Vontra (Stephanie Hsu), things go a bit haywire.
The film’s tagline reads: “Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.
DreamWorks Animation film “The Wild Robot,” based on Peter Brown’s YA novels of the same name, has a primo September 20, 2024 release date. Oscar winner Nyong’o voices the title character, Rozzum unit 7134 — aka Roz.
In the film as in the novel trilogy, Roz the robot becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling (Kit Connor). Among Roz’s friends are fox Fink (Pascal), opossum Pinktail (Catherine O’Hara), and goose Longneck (Bill Nighy). But when Roz crosses paths with another robot, Vontra (Stephanie Hsu), things go a bit haywire.
The film’s tagline reads: “Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.
- 3/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget the world is a beautiful place filled with unimaginable beauty and wonders beneath every shadow, racing riverbed, and endless sky. We need to remember how nature came first and what the world could look like if it were to retake its course. Thankfully, Dreamworks Animation‘s The Wild Robot trailer reminds us of Mother Nature’s grand and beguiling majesty, even if that vision is through the eyes of a character made of metal and wires.
The Wild Robot is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s award-winning #1 New York Times best-seller. The series has three books: The Wild Robot, The Wild Robot Escapes, and The Wild Robot Protects. The story follows a robot – Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short – that becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must adapt to its new surroundings to survive. Throughout Rozzum’s epic journey, the curious automaton forms relationships with woodland creatures,...
The Wild Robot is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s award-winning #1 New York Times best-seller. The series has three books: The Wild Robot, The Wild Robot Escapes, and The Wild Robot Protects. The story follows a robot – Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short – that becomes shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must adapt to its new surroundings to survive. Throughout Rozzum’s epic journey, the curious automaton forms relationships with woodland creatures,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Peter Brown’s 2016 bestseller The Wild Robot transforms into a beautifully animated film featuring the voice of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o as the titular robot, Roz. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer features “What a Wonderful World,” performed by Nyong’o, and only one line of dialogue: “Sometimes, to survive, we must become more than we were programmed to be.”
The voice cast also includes Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as fox Fink, Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as opossum Pinktail, Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living) as goose Longneck, Kit Connor (Heartstopper) as gosling Brightbill, and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. Emmy winner Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible) also lend their voices to the 2024 animated adaptation.
The voice cast also includes Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as fox Fink, Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as opossum Pinktail, Oscar nominee Bill Nighy (Living) as goose Longneck, Kit Connor (Heartstopper) as gosling Brightbill, and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island. Emmy winner Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible) also lend their voices to the 2024 animated adaptation.
- 3/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Dreamworks’ newest film is a heartwarming tale of a robot becoming one with nature. Watch the first The Wild Robot trailer here.
We have been feasting on amazing animated films of late. Just look at this year’s Oscar nominated animations and you’re faced with a thrilling variety of styles and stories.
Dreamworks have just released the first trailer for their latest animation. The Wild Robot is based on a novel of the same name by Peter Brown and the film finds a robot shipwrecked on an island.
Take a look at The Wild Robot trailer.
Well, that looks fantastic, doesn’t it? While most of the trailer is without dialogue, the film has a stacked voice cast. Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames all lend their voices to characters in this heartwarming film.
We have been feasting on amazing animated films of late. Just look at this year’s Oscar nominated animations and you’re faced with a thrilling variety of styles and stories.
Dreamworks have just released the first trailer for their latest animation. The Wild Robot is based on a novel of the same name by Peter Brown and the film finds a robot shipwrecked on an island.
Take a look at The Wild Robot trailer.
Well, that looks fantastic, doesn’t it? While most of the trailer is without dialogue, the film has a stacked voice cast. Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor and Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames all lend their voices to characters in this heartwarming film.
- 3/5/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
In The Beatles’ touring years, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr dealt with screaming fans, natural disasters, and political unrest. The band felt exhausted and worn out by 1966, when they agreed to stop touring. This exhaustion came through during one early show, though. Harrison and Lennon were so fed up that they tried to leave in the middle of their performance.
George Harrison and John Lennon tried to leave in the middle of a concert
In 1963, The Beatles played a show at the Wimbledon Palais for their Southern Area Fan Club Convention. Beatlemania was not yet at its peak, but the band got a hint of how their future shows would go. They had mentioned liking the candy Jelly Babies, and fans began pelting them at the band during their performance. They felt boxed in, and Starr said they all began to get nervous.
“I remember we...
George Harrison and John Lennon tried to leave in the middle of a concert
In 1963, The Beatles played a show at the Wimbledon Palais for their Southern Area Fan Club Convention. Beatlemania was not yet at its peak, but the band got a hint of how their future shows would go. They had mentioned liking the candy Jelly Babies, and fans began pelting them at the band during their performance. They felt boxed in, and Starr said they all began to get nervous.
“I remember we...
- 2/2/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Are those untitled feature dates real on the 2024 theatrical release calendar? Yes, they are with Universal dating DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot for Sept. 20, 2024.
Pic is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The movie follows the epic journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot is directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders—the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—and is produced by Jeff Hermann.
Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published...
Pic is an adaptation of Peter Brown’s award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The movie follows the epic journey of a robot—Rozzum unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.
The Wild Robot is directed by three-time Oscar nominee Chris Sanders—the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—and is produced by Jeff Hermann.
Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published...
- 12/19/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Croods” and “How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Chris Sanders is returning to DreamWorks Animation with “The Wild Robot,” a new animated feature based on the New York Times best-selling book by Peter Brown. Sanders wrote the script and is directing the project.
Jeff Hermann is producing “The Wild Robot” and Sanders’ longtime creative collaborator Dean DeBlois will executive produce. No release date has been set. But you can still get very excited.
“The Wild Robot” follows Rozzum 7134 (“Roz” for short), a futuristic robot that washes ashore on a deserted island. From there, according to the official synopsis, “a tale of survival and discovery begins when she becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, which she names Brightbill. Together they struggle to survive the harsh environment, but only succeed with the help of a close-knit group of misfit animals, who become first friends, then family. Ultimately Roz and...
Jeff Hermann is producing “The Wild Robot” and Sanders’ longtime creative collaborator Dean DeBlois will executive produce. No release date has been set. But you can still get very excited.
“The Wild Robot” follows Rozzum 7134 (“Roz” for short), a futuristic robot that washes ashore on a deserted island. From there, according to the official synopsis, “a tale of survival and discovery begins when she becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, which she names Brightbill. Together they struggle to survive the harsh environment, but only succeed with the help of a close-knit group of misfit animals, who become first friends, then family. Ultimately Roz and...
- 9/28/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sung Kang and Emelia Hartford know a thing or two about driving fast cars in movies with their roles in Fast & Furious and Gran Turismo, respectively.
The pair now have teamed up to launch a new car-focused podcast with iHeartPodcasts.
Car Stories will see the duo take listeners into the wild and eccentric world of car people, the gear heads and fanatics who live and breathe car culture, and what their obsession tells us about ourselves, whether we’re car people or not.
The series launches on September 21.
The show will feature guests including Jordana Brewster; Peter Brown, sound designer for the Fast & Furious franchise; John Oates, musician and car enthusiast; Dennis McCarthy, vehicle builder and Picture Car Coordinator for the Fast & Furious franchise; and race car driver Bisi Ezerioha.
Kang plays Han in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise as well as starring in Starz...
The pair now have teamed up to launch a new car-focused podcast with iHeartPodcasts.
Car Stories will see the duo take listeners into the wild and eccentric world of car people, the gear heads and fanatics who live and breathe car culture, and what their obsession tells us about ourselves, whether we’re car people or not.
The series launches on September 21.
The show will feature guests including Jordana Brewster; Peter Brown, sound designer for the Fast & Furious franchise; John Oates, musician and car enthusiast; Dennis McCarthy, vehicle builder and Picture Car Coordinator for the Fast & Furious franchise; and race car driver Bisi Ezerioha.
Kang plays Han in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise as well as starring in Starz...
- 9/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
John Lennon proposed to his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, when he learned she was pregnant. They’d been together for years, but he hadn’t wanted to commit in that way, finding it embarrassing to have a wife and child. Even after they tied the knot, though, Lennon didn’t fully commit to her. He cheated multiple times throughout their relationship. According to those close to him, he barely even tried to hide it. His school friend said Lennon had no shame about his infidelity.
John Lennon frequently cheated on his first wife
Lennon and Cynthia married in 1962. Per the book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, when their marriage ended in 1966, he admitted to her that he had cheated multiple times.
“John had confessed to dozens of infidelities committed during the eight years of their marriage, none of which she had suspected. He claimed in...
John Lennon frequently cheated on his first wife
Lennon and Cynthia married in 1962. Per the book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, when their marriage ended in 1966, he admitted to her that he had cheated multiple times.
“John had confessed to dozens of infidelities committed during the eight years of their marriage, none of which she had suspected. He claimed in...
- 7/29/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison and Pattie Boyd met on the set of A Hard Day’s Night. Resistant to go out with the Beatle at first, Boyd eventually caved to Harrison’s advances. After their first official date, it wasn’t long before the new couple decided to move into a beautiful country bungalow together.
How George Harrison met Pattie Boyd
21-year-old Harrison noticed 19-year-old Boyd on the first day of filming the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night. When Harrison met the model, she was blond with a round face and big blue eyes. She wore a short fur jacket and a mini skirt that showed off her long legs. According to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, Boyd remembered Harrison staring at her on that first day of shooting. At the end of the day, she asked the Beatles for autographs. Harrison happily signed his name with two kisses for her sisters.
How George Harrison met Pattie Boyd
21-year-old Harrison noticed 19-year-old Boyd on the first day of filming the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night. When Harrison met the model, she was blond with a round face and big blue eyes. She wore a short fur jacket and a mini skirt that showed off her long legs. According to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, Boyd remembered Harrison staring at her on that first day of shooting. At the end of the day, she asked the Beatles for autographs. Harrison happily signed his name with two kisses for her sisters.
- 7/25/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In late 1963/early 1964, the Beatles blew up in America. It wasn’t long before the group’s manager, Brian Epstein, decided the boys needed to make their way to the states. So on Feb. 7, 1964, Epstein, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and a small entourage flew to America. The Beatles were to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. To Cynthia Lennon’s surprise, she was part of the group that accompanied the band.
Cynthia Lennon was suspicious of her invitation to America
Just before the Beatles blew up in the states, the secret that John was married had come to light. He was upset when it happened, reportedly because he thought his popularity with the fans would dim (it didn’t). So Cynthia never expected to be invited on the trip.
“Cynthia had been asked to accompany John in her official capacity as wife,” reads The Love You...
Cynthia Lennon was suspicious of her invitation to America
Just before the Beatles blew up in the states, the secret that John was married had come to light. He was upset when it happened, reportedly because he thought his popularity with the fans would dim (it didn’t). So Cynthia never expected to be invited on the trip.
“Cynthia had been asked to accompany John in her official capacity as wife,” reads The Love You...
- 7/23/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon denied the rumor that he was married for as long as he could. But one day, the paparazzi followed Cynthia Lennon to the store and hounded her about her marital status. Though she denied the rumor as well, the story that followed was the end of their marriage being a secret.
The British press found out where Cynthia lived and followed her
At the time, Cynthia and the baby were living with her mother in Hoylake. It didn’t take long for the adamant press to hunt down the Beatle’s wife’s location.
“Half a dozen of them actually slept in a car in front of the house, waiting for Cynthia to emerge,” reads The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. “She waited nearly a week before she ventured outside, when she wheeled Julian to the greengrocer in his carriage.
The British press found out where Cynthia lived and followed her
At the time, Cynthia and the baby were living with her mother in Hoylake. It didn’t take long for the adamant press to hunt down the Beatle’s wife’s location.
“Half a dozen of them actually slept in a car in front of the house, waiting for Cynthia to emerge,” reads The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. “She waited nearly a week before she ventured outside, when she wheeled Julian to the greengrocer in his carriage.
- 7/22/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Several people over the Beatles’ time together gained the title of “the fifth Beatle.” One of the first was American DJ Murray the K. Here’s how the DJ worked his way into the inner circle of the Fab Four and dubbed himself the fifth Beatle.
Murray the K was at the Beatles’ first press conference in America
After the Beatles began to blow up in America, the band’s manager Brian Epstein quickly arranged a trip for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr to visit the states. Upon landing, the boys were swiftly ushered to their first big American press conference. While there, the fab four recognized Murray the K, who’s described as a “fast-talking, slightly abrasive American disc jockey” by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines in The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles. Murray was dressed in a colorful sports jacket and porkpie hat.
Murray the K was at the Beatles’ first press conference in America
After the Beatles began to blow up in America, the band’s manager Brian Epstein quickly arranged a trip for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr to visit the states. Upon landing, the boys were swiftly ushered to their first big American press conference. While there, the fab four recognized Murray the K, who’s described as a “fast-talking, slightly abrasive American disc jockey” by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines in The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles. Murray was dressed in a colorful sports jacket and porkpie hat.
- 7/21/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr married his first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett (originally Cox) in 1965. They were married for 10 years. Here’s the story of how they met.
Ringo was engaged to another woman before Maureen
Before Ringo got together with Maureen, he actually got engaged to a woman named Geraldine. Though, they eventually decided to break off the engagement. When Starr was with Geraldine, he became aware of Maureen Cox, who was going out with the Rory Storm (the band Ringo was in at the time) guitarist Johnny “Guitar.” But because they were both with other people at the time, Starr didn’t make a point to speak to her.
The day Ringo met Maureen
Back then, Maureen was an assistant hairdresser at a beauty salon called Ashley Du Pre’s. Ringo noticed her standing in a crowd of girls in front of the Cavern Club one day as he drove around in his new car,...
Ringo was engaged to another woman before Maureen
Before Ringo got together with Maureen, he actually got engaged to a woman named Geraldine. Though, they eventually decided to break off the engagement. When Starr was with Geraldine, he became aware of Maureen Cox, who was going out with the Rory Storm (the band Ringo was in at the time) guitarist Johnny “Guitar.” But because they were both with other people at the time, Starr didn’t make a point to speak to her.
The day Ringo met Maureen
Back then, Maureen was an assistant hairdresser at a beauty salon called Ashley Du Pre’s. Ringo noticed her standing in a crowd of girls in front of the Cavern Club one day as he drove around in his new car,...
- 7/16/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and Jane Asher dated for five years. For about three of those years, the Beatle lived with his girlfriend and her family. He adored their family dynamic. Shacking up with his then-girlfriend was a distinct pleasure that broadened the musician’s horizons.
How Paul McCartney started living at Jane Asher’s family home
At the beginning of their relationship, McCartney would always check himself into a hotel after visiting with Asher and her family or rush off to catch a flight out of Heathrow for Liverpool. But he hardly stayed over.
“One night, when he missed his flight, Mrs. Asher graciously offered the guest room to Paul, just a flight of stairs away from where Jane slept,” reads The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. “It was, after all, foolish of him to rent hotel rooms in London all the time.
How Paul McCartney started living at Jane Asher’s family home
At the beginning of their relationship, McCartney would always check himself into a hotel after visiting with Asher and her family or rush off to catch a flight out of Heathrow for Liverpool. But he hardly stayed over.
“One night, when he missed his flight, Mrs. Asher graciously offered the guest room to Paul, just a flight of stairs away from where Jane slept,” reads The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. “It was, after all, foolish of him to rent hotel rooms in London all the time.
- 7/15/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even in the beginning, the Beatles were hugely popular. Though it seemed they were popular everywhere but London. They experienced enormous recording success, sold-out concerts, and crazed fans wherever they went. And yet, the London press hardly covered them and they couldn’t book any of the big theaters in the city. Beatles manager Brian Epstein had a theory as to why.
The Grade Brothers
Epstein believed he and the Beatles were being blacklisted by three brothers: Lew and Leslie Grade, and Bernard Delfont. The Grades were highly involved and influential in the English entertainment business.
Lew Grade, who later became Lord Grade, owned the Associated Television Corporation, Britain’s largest independent producer of TV programs. He personally produced the UK’s most popular variety show, Sunday Night at the Palladium. For an act to gain national recognition at the time, it was crucial they appear on Snatp.
Leslie Grade...
The Grade Brothers
Epstein believed he and the Beatles were being blacklisted by three brothers: Lew and Leslie Grade, and Bernard Delfont. The Grades were highly involved and influential in the English entertainment business.
Lew Grade, who later became Lord Grade, owned the Associated Television Corporation, Britain’s largest independent producer of TV programs. He personally produced the UK’s most popular variety show, Sunday Night at the Palladium. For an act to gain national recognition at the time, it was crucial they appear on Snatp.
Leslie Grade...
- 7/14/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles were still together as a band when John Lennon released his Two Virgins album with Yoko Ono. The album was experimental, so it was a tough sell to even the most dedicated Beatles fans. It didn’t help that Lennon and Ono posed fully nude on the cover. While Paul McCartney wrote album notes for Two Virgins, he reportedly was not a fan of the cover photo. Neither were George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Here’s why the band was so concerned about the controversial album cover.
The Beatles did not like John Lennon’s album cover for ‘Two Virgins’
In 1968, Lennon and Ono released Two Virgins, the first of three experimental albums. While many listeners didn’t like the album’s contents, the bigger source of controversy, by far, was the cover. It features full frontal nudity from both Lennon and Ono. Many record stores refused to sell it altogether,...
The Beatles did not like John Lennon’s album cover for ‘Two Virgins’
In 1968, Lennon and Ono released Two Virgins, the first of three experimental albums. While many listeners didn’t like the album’s contents, the bigger source of controversy, by far, was the cover. It features full frontal nudity from both Lennon and Ono. Many record stores refused to sell it altogether,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the first girls Paul McCartney ever dated as The Beatles rose to fame was Jane Asher. Here’s the story of how the musician and actress met.
Jane Asher was an accomplished actor when she met Paul McCartney
Before Asher, McCartney dated his fair share of Beatles super fans. But no one he shared a serious connection with. Asher was different. At 17, when the two met, she still lived at home with her wealthy parents, a psychiatrist and professional musician, according to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. Before the Beatles, McCartney probably wouldn’t have had a chance with a girl like Asher.
While McCartney was part of one of the most popular bands of the day with his star only rising, Asher was by no means a nobody when she met the Beatle.
Asher appeared in her first film at the age of five.
Jane Asher was an accomplished actor when she met Paul McCartney
Before Asher, McCartney dated his fair share of Beatles super fans. But no one he shared a serious connection with. Asher was different. At 17, when the two met, she still lived at home with her wealthy parents, a psychiatrist and professional musician, according to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. Before the Beatles, McCartney probably wouldn’t have had a chance with a girl like Asher.
While McCartney was part of one of the most popular bands of the day with his star only rising, Asher was by no means a nobody when she met the Beatle.
Asher appeared in her first film at the age of five.
- 7/2/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Each of The Beatles used drugs, but John Lennon surprised his bandmates when he began using heroin. He explained that he’d been dealing with painful emotions for a while, and the drug helped. Lennon said that one of the main causes of his pain were The Beatles. He believed that his bandmates and everyone involved with the group were wronging him.
John Lennon said mistreatment from The Beatles led him to use heroin
When Lennon began a relationship with Yoko Ono, he started to resent the way the rest of The Beatles treated her. He didn’t think anyone was giving her the respect she deserved. He claimed their hurt feelings from this led the couple to use heroin. This shocked his bandmates.
“The two of them were on heroin,” Paul McCartney said (per Salon), “and this was a fairly big shocker for us because we all thought we were far-out boys,...
John Lennon said mistreatment from The Beatles led him to use heroin
When Lennon began a relationship with Yoko Ono, he started to resent the way the rest of The Beatles treated her. He didn’t think anyone was giving her the respect she deserved. He claimed their hurt feelings from this led the couple to use heroin. This shocked his bandmates.
“The two of them were on heroin,” Paul McCartney said (per Salon), “and this was a fairly big shocker for us because we all thought we were far-out boys,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon had a famously violent temper. At Paul McCartney’s 21st birthday party, he nearly beat his friend, Bob Wooler, a DJ who helped the Beatles take off, to death after he suggested that Lennon had a romantic relationship with Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager.
Paul McCartney’s 21st birthday party
McCartney’s birthday was held at his aunt Gin’s house in Birkenhead, in an effort to avoid the swarms of Beatles fans who’d taken to staking out McCartney and the rest of the bands’ houses.
In addition to celebrating McCartney’s birthday, the party also celebrated the new immense success of the Beatles. It was a lively affair that brought together a large group of people who had been a part of the band’s coming out. On the guest list included Wooler, a DJ who had been instrumental in spreading the word of the Beatles...
Paul McCartney’s 21st birthday party
McCartney’s birthday was held at his aunt Gin’s house in Birkenhead, in an effort to avoid the swarms of Beatles fans who’d taken to staking out McCartney and the rest of the bands’ houses.
In addition to celebrating McCartney’s birthday, the party also celebrated the new immense success of the Beatles. It was a lively affair that brought together a large group of people who had been a part of the band’s coming out. On the guest list included Wooler, a DJ who had been instrumental in spreading the word of the Beatles...
- 6/18/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When George Harrison started playing music with John Lennon, he was 15 years old. Cynthia Lennon (Powell at the time), John’s then-girlfriend, was about 20. She thought of him as an annoying kid brother. When she got her appendix removed, he was the last person she wanted to see in her hospital room.
Out of all of John’s friends, Cynthia like George the least
According to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, George was “the friend of John’s that Cynthia liked the least.” He had a way of annoying her. A big part of that was the amount of attention he gave to John.
“Slight and pale, he had his fair share of adolescent pimples,” reads Tlym. “More private than actually shy, it was obvious that George idolized John and did everything he could to emulate him.”
With his long hair, pointy shoes,...
Out of all of John’s friends, Cynthia like George the least
According to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, George was “the friend of John’s that Cynthia liked the least.” He had a way of annoying her. A big part of that was the amount of attention he gave to John.
“Slight and pale, he had his fair share of adolescent pimples,” reads Tlym. “More private than actually shy, it was obvious that George idolized John and did everything he could to emulate him.”
With his long hair, pointy shoes,...
- 6/17/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and John Lennon spent their twenties as close friends and collaborators. They got to know each other and their families well. Because of this, McCartney witnessed the moment Lennon and his first wife Cynthia’s marriage fell apart. While Lennon might have described it as an accident, McCartney saw it as a moment of casual cruelty from which the marriage could not recover.
Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Cynthia Lennon, and John Lennon | Pa Images via Getty Images Paul McCartney said he witnessed the moment John Lennon’s 1st marriage ended
In 1967, The Beatles attended a seminar on Transcendental Meditation in Bangor, Wales. George Harrison had encouraged the band and their wives to attend. They all accepted, with the exception of Ringo Starr’s wife, Maureen, who had just given birth.
When they arrived at the train station, a swell of Beatles fans met them. The band fought their way through the train,...
Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Cynthia Lennon, and John Lennon | Pa Images via Getty Images Paul McCartney said he witnessed the moment John Lennon’s 1st marriage ended
In 1967, The Beatles attended a seminar on Transcendental Meditation in Bangor, Wales. George Harrison had encouraged the band and their wives to attend. They all accepted, with the exception of Ringo Starr’s wife, Maureen, who had just given birth.
When they arrived at the train station, a swell of Beatles fans met them. The band fought their way through the train,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Though John Lennon’s mother wasn’t around for much of his childhood, they’d become close in his teen years. He was in a band called the Quarrymen (along with Paul McCartney) at the time of his mother’s death. Just months prior, he had told McCartney: “How can you sit there and act normal with your mother dead? If anything like that happened to me, I’d go off me head.” Then Julia Lennon was hit by a car driven by an off-duty police officer. After that, Lennon did all but lose his head.
John Lennon | Michael Putland/Getty Images How John Lennon’s mother died
In 1958, Lennon was still living mostly with his Aunt Mimi, but staying at his mother’s house sometimes as well. One evening when John was out with a friend, Julia came over to her sister’s for dinner. She left to catch the bus around twilight.
John Lennon | Michael Putland/Getty Images How John Lennon’s mother died
In 1958, Lennon was still living mostly with his Aunt Mimi, but staying at his mother’s house sometimes as well. One evening when John was out with a friend, Julia came over to her sister’s for dinner. She left to catch the bus around twilight.
- 5/26/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1973, John Lennon separated from Yoko Ono and began a relationship with the couple’s assistant, May Pang. Ono was aware of this; according to Pang, Ono got them together in the first place. After a whirlwind 18-month affair, Lennon returned to his wife, however. While he wrote off the affair and the events surrounding it as temporary confusion, Pang said she continued to see him in the years after their relationship ended.
May Pang and John Lennon | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images John Lennon and May Pang had an affair that lasted longer than he let on
When Ono first told Pang she wanted her to begin a relationship with Lennon, she resisted. Pang said she didn’t want to disrespect their marriage, even though she recognized they were having problems. Eventually, though, Lennon charmed her, and they moved in together.
“He was just an interesting person.
May Pang and John Lennon | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images John Lennon and May Pang had an affair that lasted longer than he let on
When Ono first told Pang she wanted her to begin a relationship with Lennon, she resisted. Pang said she didn’t want to disrespect their marriage, even though she recognized they were having problems. Eventually, though, Lennon charmed her, and they moved in together.
“He was just an interesting person.
- 5/17/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and John Lennon go way back. They lived in the same neighborhood as teenagers and started playing music together shortly after meeting one another. During those first few years, the duo wrote over 100 songs together. Today, those songs are lost. Here are two accounts of what happened to them, and a look back at the early days of Lennon and McCartney.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Fox Photos/Getty Images Young Paul McCartney and John Lennon were very different, but got along great
When McCartney met Lennon, they couldn’t have been more different. McCartney got good grades. He had a strong moral compass, bordering on self-righteous. Lennon, on the other hand, was a trouble-maker. He had emotional outbursts and could be cruel to his peers and authority figures alike. Plus, there was a two-year age difference between them. But the boys’ interests drew them together. They were both incredibly passionate about music,...
John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Fox Photos/Getty Images Young Paul McCartney and John Lennon were very different, but got along great
When McCartney met Lennon, they couldn’t have been more different. McCartney got good grades. He had a strong moral compass, bordering on self-righteous. Lennon, on the other hand, was a trouble-maker. He had emotional outbursts and could be cruel to his peers and authority figures alike. Plus, there was a two-year age difference between them. But the boys’ interests drew them together. They were both incredibly passionate about music,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison and Bob Dylan were longtime friends who met through music. The two wound up becoming part of George Harrison’s popular post-Beatles band, The Traveling Wilburys. The two always had nice things to say about each other — and that friendship had to start somewhere. Still, Harrison once reflected in his memoir that the first time he actually got to know Dylan was a bit awkward.
George Harrison and Bob Dylan in 1971 | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images George Harrison and Bob Dylan developed a close friendship
Dylan and Harrison were just two guys trying to make it in the rock and roll industry, and their first encounter actually happened years before their friendship — and music partnership — started. Back in 1964, Harrison was in New York City playing concerts as a member of The Beatles. The band was staying at New York’s Delmonico Hotel, which is where they first spent...
George Harrison and Bob Dylan in 1971 | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images George Harrison and Bob Dylan developed a close friendship
Dylan and Harrison were just two guys trying to make it in the rock and roll industry, and their first encounter actually happened years before their friendship — and music partnership — started. Back in 1964, Harrison was in New York City playing concerts as a member of The Beatles. The band was staying at New York’s Delmonico Hotel, which is where they first spent...
- 5/10/2023
- by Julia Mullaney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tragedy struck the McCartney family during the summer of 1955. Paul’s mother finally sought treatment for the lump in her breast and was diagnosed with breast cancer. She didn’t live long after that. Here’s who Paul McCartney’s mother was and how she died.
Paul and Mike McCartney | Keystone/Getty Images Paul McCartney’s mother, Mary Patricia Mohin
McCartney’s mother’s name was Mary Patricia Mohin. She was “a good Irish Catholic girl who was a trained nurse and midwife,” according to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. She married the Beatle’s father, James McCartney, in 1941 when he was 39 and she was 32. Almost immediately after the wedding, Patricia became pregnant with Paul. When it came time to give birth to her son, Patricia received VIP treatment at Walton General Hospital because she used to be the head nurse in the maternity ward.
Paul and Mike McCartney | Keystone/Getty Images Paul McCartney’s mother, Mary Patricia Mohin
McCartney’s mother’s name was Mary Patricia Mohin. She was “a good Irish Catholic girl who was a trained nurse and midwife,” according to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. She married the Beatle’s father, James McCartney, in 1941 when he was 39 and she was 32. Almost immediately after the wedding, Patricia became pregnant with Paul. When it came time to give birth to her son, Patricia received VIP treatment at Walton General Hospital because she used to be the head nurse in the maternity ward.
- 5/8/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney is certainly used to receiving VIP treatment now. But he actually popped out of the womb in a room that was better than all the others at Walton General Hospital. Here’s the story of McCartney’s birth as well as a look at who his parents were.
Paul McCartney with his wife Linda, father James, and stepmother Angela | Michael Fresco/Evening Standard/Getty Images Who were Paul McCartney’s parents?
Paul’s father was James McCartney, a musician and ladies man until he decided to settle down at the age of 39. During the day, Jim was a salesman at the Cotton Exchange. But at night and on weekends, he was the leader of a well-known Liverpool swing band called the Jim Mac Jazz Band.
McCartney’s mother was Mary Patricia Mohin, who was “a good Irish Catholic girl who was a trained nurse and midwife,” according to...
Paul McCartney with his wife Linda, father James, and stepmother Angela | Michael Fresco/Evening Standard/Getty Images Who were Paul McCartney’s parents?
Paul’s father was James McCartney, a musician and ladies man until he decided to settle down at the age of 39. During the day, Jim was a salesman at the Cotton Exchange. But at night and on weekends, he was the leader of a well-known Liverpool swing band called the Jim Mac Jazz Band.
McCartney’s mother was Mary Patricia Mohin, who was “a good Irish Catholic girl who was a trained nurse and midwife,” according to...
- 5/7/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1970, Paul McCartney wrote to a magazine about himself. The Beatles had recently broken up, and while John Lennon had privately announced his departure from the group in 1969, McCartney was the first to go public with the news. Not only did he shoulder much of the blame for breaking up the group, but his former bandmates were not happy with him. He has said that the period of time was a challenge for him. Despite this, he wrote a critical letter about himself to a magazine.
Paul McCartney | Fiona Adams/Redferns Paul McCartney wrote a letter about himself to a magazine
On April 17, 1970, McCartney released his debut solo album, McCartney. He went against the wishes of the rest of The Beatles by releasing it before Let It Be. He also released it in the middle of a media storm, having recently announced he was leaving The Beatles. Just before its release,...
Paul McCartney | Fiona Adams/Redferns Paul McCartney wrote a letter about himself to a magazine
On April 17, 1970, McCartney released his debut solo album, McCartney. He went against the wishes of the rest of The Beatles by releasing it before Let It Be. He also released it in the middle of a media storm, having recently announced he was leaving The Beatles. Just before its release,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When John Lennon was in his late teenage years, he had one thing on his mind and one thing only — rock and roll. He was obsessed with music, Elvis in particular, and getting his hands on a guitar. Here’s the story of his first guitar, and the story of his first group, the Quarrymen.
John Lennon | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi broke down and bought him a guitar
As soon as the Elvis craze got to Liverpool, Lennon was bought in. It was all he wanted to talk about at his Aunt’s house (where he grew up) and his mother and stepfather’s house. Mimi quickly grew weary of all the Elvis talk.
“Elvis Presley’s all very well, John, but I don’t want him for breakfast, dinner and tea,” she told him, according to the book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.
John Lennon | Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi broke down and bought him a guitar
As soon as the Elvis craze got to Liverpool, Lennon was bought in. It was all he wanted to talk about at his Aunt’s house (where he grew up) and his mother and stepfather’s house. Mimi quickly grew weary of all the Elvis talk.
“Elvis Presley’s all very well, John, but I don’t want him for breakfast, dinner and tea,” she told him, according to the book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.
- 4/30/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Cynthia Powell (her maiden name before she married the Beatle) and John Lennon never had a breezy relationship. From the beginning, Lennon had erratic behavior, teasing his peers and causing trouble at college. Before John and Cynthia made things official, Cynthia’s friends tried to warn her that the musician was trouble.
John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon | Evening Standard/Getty Images Cynthia’s girlfriends didn’t approve of John Lennon
Cynthia’s friends were familiar with John’s behavior at school, where he would make fun of both his teachers and peers. He was so distracting and mean-spirited that it wasn’t unusual for teachers to refuse him entrance into their classes.
The book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines describes the warnings Cynthia received from friends about dating John: “You must be out of your mind; he’s a nutcase; you’ll get nothing but...
John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon | Evening Standard/Getty Images Cynthia’s girlfriends didn’t approve of John Lennon
Cynthia’s friends were familiar with John’s behavior at school, where he would make fun of both his teachers and peers. He was so distracting and mean-spirited that it wasn’t unusual for teachers to refuse him entrance into their classes.
The book The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines describes the warnings Cynthia received from friends about dating John: “You must be out of your mind; he’s a nutcase; you’ll get nothing but...
- 4/29/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon’s parents met at a park one afternoon. Lennon’s mother (Julia) made fun of his father (Freddie)’s hat and the rest was history. But when Julia got pregnant and eventually gave birth to John, Freddie was off at sea, only to return when John was five. And when Freddie returned, he had plans to leave again, this time with John.
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s father showed up after being gone for five years
When Fred finally arrived home, he explained his five-year absence. He claimed he’d gotten drunk at a stopover in New York and didn’t make it back before the ship left dock, according to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. He was arrested and then remanded to a ship heading to North Africa. On that ship, he was...
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s father showed up after being gone for five years
When Fred finally arrived home, he explained his five-year absence. He claimed he’d gotten drunk at a stopover in New York and didn’t make it back before the ship left dock, according to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines. He was arrested and then remanded to a ship heading to North Africa. On that ship, he was...
- 4/29/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon lived a majority of his childhood not really knowing his mother. She’d come by every now and then. But she was always in such a state that young John felt nervous to be around her. However, in his later teenage years, she established more of a presence in her son’s life. And, as it turned out, John was a chip off the ol’ block.
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s complicated upbringing
When John’s mother, Julia, gave birth to him, his father, Fred, was out at sea. And he didn’t return for five more years. When Fred did eventually come home, he tried to run away with John to New Zealand. But Julia stopped him just in time. After lots of arguing about who should keep John, the parents decided to let little John choose. He...
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s complicated upbringing
When John’s mother, Julia, gave birth to him, his father, Fred, was out at sea. And he didn’t return for five more years. When Fred did eventually come home, he tried to run away with John to New Zealand. But Julia stopped him just in time. After lots of arguing about who should keep John, the parents decided to let little John choose. He...
- 4/25/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Cynthia Powell first met John Lennon, she wasn’t impressed. In fact, she was turned off by his rude, boyish behavior. But she eventually fell for the future Beatle and did what she could to woo him. Part of their origin story, though, is a lie she told him after he asked her to dance.
Cynthia and John Lennon | Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Cynthia Powell’s first impression of John Lennon
The two both attended Liverpool Art College, where they met. When Cynthia first got acquainted with John, she brushed him off as not her type. He didn’t look like the clean-cut boys she was used to, and his behavior was devilish.
“His outspoken comments and caustic wit were alarming: I was terrified he might turn on me, and he soon did, calling me ‘Miss Prim’ or ‘Miss Powell’ and taking the mickey out of...
Cynthia and John Lennon | Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Cynthia Powell’s first impression of John Lennon
The two both attended Liverpool Art College, where they met. When Cynthia first got acquainted with John, she brushed him off as not her type. He didn’t look like the clean-cut boys she was used to, and his behavior was devilish.
“His outspoken comments and caustic wit were alarming: I was terrified he might turn on me, and he soon did, calling me ‘Miss Prim’ or ‘Miss Powell’ and taking the mickey out of...
- 4/24/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Cynthia Powell and John Lennon met when they were in art college. They fell in love and were married for six years. Two years prior to the end of their marriage, John met artist Yoko Ono, who began pursuing him passionately. John and Cynthia’s marriage ended after Cynthia found John at home with Yoko. That night, the scorned wife slept with one of John’s best friends, Yannis Alexis Mardas (aka Magic Alex). Or did she? It depends who you ask.
Cynthia and John Lennon | Ncj-Topix/Ncj Archive/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Cynthia Lennon discovered John with Yoko after a trip with Magic Alex
Cynthia Lennon went on a two-week trip to Greece with “Magic Alex” (who earned his nickname thanks to his electronics wizardry) and Jenny Boyd, whose sister Pattie was then married to George Harrison.
When the three of them arrived at John and Cynthia’s home at Kenwood,...
Cynthia and John Lennon | Ncj-Topix/Ncj Archive/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Cynthia Lennon discovered John with Yoko after a trip with Magic Alex
Cynthia Lennon went on a two-week trip to Greece with “Magic Alex” (who earned his nickname thanks to his electronics wizardry) and Jenny Boyd, whose sister Pattie was then married to George Harrison.
When the three of them arrived at John and Cynthia’s home at Kenwood,...
- 4/23/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Before John Lennon fell in love with Yoko Ono (or perhaps in the midst of it), it was a private joke between him and his first wife Cynthia how eccentric and crazed the artist appeared to them. Here are some of the drastic measures Yoko took to gain John’s attention.
Cynthia and John Lennon | Jangs/Daily Herald/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Yoko Ono would show up at the Apple offices and Abbey Road recording studios demanding to see John Lennon
After Yoko and John first met at an art exhibit, the artist repeatedly tried to get in contact with the Beatle. Shortly after their meeting, John began supporting Yoko’s art financially. Cynthia worried this would encourage Yoko to ask for more, and it did.
One day, she showed up at the Apple offices and demanded to speak to John. When she was told that the Beatle was hardly ever at the office,...
Cynthia and John Lennon | Jangs/Daily Herald/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Yoko Ono would show up at the Apple offices and Abbey Road recording studios demanding to see John Lennon
After Yoko and John first met at an art exhibit, the artist repeatedly tried to get in contact with the Beatle. Shortly after their meeting, John began supporting Yoko’s art financially. Cynthia worried this would encourage Yoko to ask for more, and it did.
One day, she showed up at the Apple offices and demanded to speak to John. When she was told that the Beatle was hardly ever at the office,...
- 4/22/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia got together when they were teenagers. When The Beatles blew up, both of their lives changed forever. There was no going back. And at some point in the midst of the newfound chaos of being famous, John began to stray from his teenage sweetheart with a groupie or two… or 300.
Cynthia and John Lennon | Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images John Lennon reportedly confessed to cheating on first wife Cynthia with 300 women
There always seemed to be women vying for John, and that only magnified times 10 when he became famous. Everyone from groupies to actors to journalists had taken their shots with the Beatle. According to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, only a few weeks prior to Cynthia discovering John with Yoko in their home he had confessed to all of his infidelities.
“John had confessed to...
Cynthia and John Lennon | Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images John Lennon reportedly confessed to cheating on first wife Cynthia with 300 women
There always seemed to be women vying for John, and that only magnified times 10 when he became famous. Everyone from groupies to actors to journalists had taken their shots with the Beatle. According to The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, only a few weeks prior to Cynthia discovering John with Yoko in their home he had confessed to all of his infidelities.
“John had confessed to...
- 4/22/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles got so big, so famous, that it started making some members of the band nervous. George Harrison was among the musicians who grew wary of the hysteria that surrounded himself, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney.
George Harrison | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The one-sided relationship between The Beatles and their fans
Though Harrison, Lennon, Starr, and McCartney gained fame and fortune through the rise of the Beatles, they gave up a lot, too — privacy, security, peace. Harrison felt the relationship between the band and their fans became “very one-sided.”
“The people gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles gave their nervous systems, which is a much more difficult thing to give,” he said, as reported in The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.
We love you, George. pic.twitter.com/NqJ36rnMKC
— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) February 25, 2023 George Harrison worried...
George Harrison | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The one-sided relationship between The Beatles and their fans
Though Harrison, Lennon, Starr, and McCartney gained fame and fortune through the rise of the Beatles, they gave up a lot, too — privacy, security, peace. Harrison felt the relationship between the band and their fans became “very one-sided.”
“The people gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles gave their nervous systems, which is a much more difficult thing to give,” he said, as reported in The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines.
We love you, George. pic.twitter.com/NqJ36rnMKC
— George Harrison (@GeorgeHarrison) February 25, 2023 George Harrison worried...
- 4/19/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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