When John Lennon met Yoko Ono, he felt a new world had opened up to him. He had been with Cynthia Lennon for years at that point, but he felt more strongly about Ono than he had anyone else. Before long, he had gotten a divorce and married Ono. While the couple felt deeply in love, problems began to surface in their relationship. Lennon said that if they continued down the path they’d been on in their early years together, their marriage would have ended in divorce.
John Lennon said he and Yoko Ono were headed toward ruin as a couple
Lennon and Ono married in 1969 and, by the early 1970s, began to feel significant strain on their relationship. Some of this had to do with external factors: Lennon faced deportation and Ono struggled to gain custody over her daughter from a previous marriage. Their relationship also began to...
John Lennon said he and Yoko Ono were headed toward ruin as a couple
Lennon and Ono married in 1969 and, by the early 1970s, began to feel significant strain on their relationship. Some of this had to do with external factors: Lennon faced deportation and Ono struggled to gain custody over her daughter from a previous marriage. Their relationship also began to...
- 5/25/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon and Yoko Ono married in 1969 and, four years later, decided they needed a break from one another. They argued with a rising level of intensity and spent all of their time together. As Lennon spoke about how miserable he felt, Ono pitched a temporary separation. She shared how she brought this up to him.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon decided they needed some time apart
In 1973, Lennon and Ono’s situation became unbearable. They fought constantly and spent all of their time together. While they loved each other, they both reached breaking points. Ono said there wasn’t one big, blowout fight before they decided on a separation, though. She quietly suggested a separation when Lennon complained about feeling unhappy.
“One night John and I were lying in bed in the Dakota, and John kept saying how miserable he was, how he needed to get away,” Ono recalled...
Yoko Ono and John Lennon decided they needed some time apart
In 1973, Lennon and Ono’s situation became unbearable. They fought constantly and spent all of their time together. While they loved each other, they both reached breaking points. Ono said there wasn’t one big, blowout fight before they decided on a separation, though. She quietly suggested a separation when Lennon complained about feeling unhappy.
“One night John and I were lying in bed in the Dakota, and John kept saying how miserable he was, how he needed to get away,” Ono recalled...
- 5/23/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
After John Lennon’s death, Yoko Ono announced that she would not be planning a traditional funeral for her husband. Instead, she invited fans to join her in a silent vigil to honor Lennon. Privately, though, she took a moment to honor her husband. In a very small ceremony, she and producer Jack Douglas took time to listen to every recording they could find.
Yoko Ono had an intimate memorial service for John Lennon
Mark David Chapman shot and killed Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Lennon and Ono had just left the studio where they were working with Douglas on the song “Walking on Thin Ice.”
“He was very positive,” Douglas told People. “They were both just so happy.”
Shortly afterward, Douglas received the news that Lennon had been killed. Two days later, he and Ono returned to the studio to honor Lennon.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images
“We went to the studio,...
Yoko Ono had an intimate memorial service for John Lennon
Mark David Chapman shot and killed Lennon on Dec. 8, 1980. Lennon and Ono had just left the studio where they were working with Douglas on the song “Walking on Thin Ice.”
“He was very positive,” Douglas told People. “They were both just so happy.”
Shortly afterward, Douglas received the news that Lennon had been killed. Two days later, he and Ono returned to the studio to honor Lennon.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images
“We went to the studio,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Emma McKee
- 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
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John Lennon cited meeting Yoko Ono as the catalyst of The Beatles’ breakup. He said the breakup of the band inspired a lot of nastiness. The negative reception to their relationship caused John and Yoko to work more on their music. Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images / Contributor
John Lennon said his relationship with Yoko Ono led to The Beatles’ breakup. In addition, he compared the breakup to the lyrics of a famous song. Notably, George Harrison’s cover of the song appeared on one of his most famous albums.
John Lennon said he didn’t get 1 song until he met Yoko Ono and The Beatles broke up
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In, John attributed the dissolution of The Beatles to his relationship with Yoko. “You know the song:...
John Lennon cited meeting Yoko Ono as the catalyst of The Beatles’ breakup. He said the breakup of the band inspired a lot of nastiness. The negative reception to their relationship caused John and Yoko to work more on their music. Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images / Contributor
John Lennon said his relationship with Yoko Ono led to The Beatles’ breakup. In addition, he compared the breakup to the lyrics of a famous song. Notably, George Harrison’s cover of the song appeared on one of his most famous albums.
John Lennon said he didn’t get 1 song until he met Yoko Ono and The Beatles broke up
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In, John attributed the dissolution of The Beatles to his relationship with Yoko. “You know the song:...
- 5/19/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Double Fantasy is the final album released by John Lennon before his 1980 assassination. The album was also Lennon’s first album after the birth of his and Yoko Ono’s son, Sean. He took a five-year hiatus from music after Sean’s birth, and the pride for his son comes through a few times in Double Fantasy. There is also regret expressed in the album as Lennon said he felt “guilty” while making Double Fantasy.
John Lennon felt guilty about his relationship with his first son while making ‘Double Fantasy’ Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images
John Lennon’s first son, Julian, was born in 1963 with his first wife, Cynthia. John and Julian had a complex relationship because John was always on the road with The Beatles. Even after The Beatles split, Lennon was still often not in the picture as he would be working on music...
John Lennon felt guilty about his relationship with his first son while making ‘Double Fantasy’ Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images
John Lennon’s first son, Julian, was born in 1963 with his first wife, Cynthia. John and Julian had a complex relationship because John was always on the road with The Beatles. Even after The Beatles split, Lennon was still often not in the picture as he would be working on music...
- 5/7/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Before John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a relationship, they were both married to other people and had children. After their respective divorces, their relationships with their children grew strained, though Ono’s was more than Lennon’s. She fell out of contact with her daughter. When she attempted to regain custody of her daughter, Ono landed in hot water with police. Both she and Lennon were questioned by police, who alleged that they attempted to abduct her daughter.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images John Lennon and Yoko Ono got into trouble with police in 1968
Lennon and Ono had their first run in with the law in 1968. They were staying at Ringo Starr’s apartment in London when they received a tip-off from a friend that police were planning to raid the home for drugs. Lennon and Ono attempted to clean out the apartment, but police...
Yoko Ono and John Lennon | Susan Wood/Getty Images John Lennon and Yoko Ono got into trouble with police in 1968
Lennon and Ono had their first run in with the law in 1968. They were staying at Ringo Starr’s apartment in London when they received a tip-off from a friend that police were planning to raid the home for drugs. Lennon and Ono attempted to clean out the apartment, but police...
- 4/23/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Movie junkies, rejoice. Director Peter Medak has made an instructive and nightmarishly funny documentary about how actor Peter Sellers drove him crazy and nearly trashed his career. The Ghost of Peter Sellers (now available on demand) recounts the filming of Ghost in the Noonday Sun, a 1973 pirate-epic folly so riven by fits, fights and clashing egos that its producers decided never to release it. “We all just wanted to kill ourselves,” said Medak after the film’s first screening.
On Cyrus, where this 17th-century adventure was shot, disaster was in the air from Day One,...
On Cyrus, where this 17th-century adventure was shot, disaster was in the air from Day One,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Glasgow Film Festival celebrated its highest ever attendance, with more than 43,000 admissions. In addition to the 43,147 attending screenings and events across the city, over 3000 people attended the first ever UK exhibition of work by legendary Hollywood photographer Susan Wood. The exhibition ran throughout the festival at The Lighthouse.
GFF20 finished in style on Sunday night with the UK premiere of How To Build A Girl, the big screen adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s memoir which was directed by Coky Giedroyc. Moran and Giedroyc were both in attendance. This year the festival also played host to a number of guests including Simon Pegg, George Mackay, Earl Cave, Simon Bird, Monica Dolan, Emily Beecham, Imogen Poots, Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson, Alice Winocour and the cast of Our Ladies. International guests included Marjane Satrapi and Ingvar Sigurðsson.
Gff closed on International Women’s Day (Iwd) with a programme dedicated to female talent both...
GFF20 finished in style on Sunday night with the UK premiere of How To Build A Girl, the big screen adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s memoir which was directed by Coky Giedroyc. Moran and Giedroyc were both in attendance. This year the festival also played host to a number of guests including Simon Pegg, George Mackay, Earl Cave, Simon Bird, Monica Dolan, Emily Beecham, Imogen Poots, Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson, Alice Winocour and the cast of Our Ladies. International guests included Marjane Satrapi and Ingvar Sigurðsson.
Gff closed on International Women’s Day (Iwd) with a programme dedicated to female talent both...
- 3/9/2020
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gff co-directors Allison Gardner and Allan Hunter Photo: Eoin Carey
The full line-up for this year's Glasgow Film Festival was announced today. Opening with Alice Winocour’s Proxima, which stars Eva Green as an astronaut preparing for a mission to the International Space Station, the festival includes nine world premières, ten European premières, 102 UK premières and 39 Scottish premières.
The Glasgow Film Festival team launch this year's event Photo: Eoin Carey
Highlights of the festival include Tom Sullivan’s Irish Gaelic drama Arracht, Tim Mielants' dark comedy Patrick and the world première of Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth, plus Eliza Schroeder romcom Love, Sarah, whose stars Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson and Rupert Penry-Jones will be among those walking the read carpet at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Legendary Us photographer Susan Wood will visit the city to introduce an exhibition of her iconic celebrity pictures and Chris Cobould OBE will discuss the secrets...
The full line-up for this year's Glasgow Film Festival was announced today. Opening with Alice Winocour’s Proxima, which stars Eva Green as an astronaut preparing for a mission to the International Space Station, the festival includes nine world premières, ten European premières, 102 UK premières and 39 Scottish premières.
The Glasgow Film Festival team launch this year's event Photo: Eoin Carey
Highlights of the festival include Tom Sullivan’s Irish Gaelic drama Arracht, Tim Mielants' dark comedy Patrick and the world première of Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth, plus Eliza Schroeder romcom Love, Sarah, whose stars Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson and Rupert Penry-Jones will be among those walking the read carpet at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Legendary Us photographer Susan Wood will visit the city to introduce an exhibition of her iconic celebrity pictures and Chris Cobould OBE will discuss the secrets...
- 1/28/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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