Beatles News: Sean Says Paul is His 'Hero,' New Doc on Beatles Aide Chris O'Dell, More


Sean Ono Lennon calls Paul McCartney his "hero" and gives verdict on Beatles film castings
- Radio Times

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Ono Lennon, 49, has revealed that McCartney has continued to be a significant presence in his life in the years since his father's death in 1980.

"He’s been very kind to me over the years, and he and [his wife] Nancy especially have been very kind," he told the publication.

"And I’m very close with [Paul’s children] Stella and James. James and I did a song together. Mary I love very much as well. Obviously in the ’80s, maybe, there was a bit of tension, but not with me. With me, he’s my hero, man."

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A new documentary chronicles this Tucson woman's wild ride through rock history - This is Tucson

Chris O’Dell’s wild ride through the glory days of rock ’n’ roll always seemed like something out of a movie.

Now it is.

The new feature-length documentary called “Miss O’Dell” chronicles the Tucson woman’s career in the music industry, from her early days working for the Beatles to her later role as a tour manager for the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Queen and Linda Ronstadt, to name a few.

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Thunderous and Moving, One to One: John & Yoko Cuts Through the Beatles-Industrial Complex - Vulture 

One to One: John & Yoko...might look at first like a standard-issue concert movie but turns out to be something quite different. Intercutting swift glimpses of news reports, commercials, television shows, contemporaneous interviews, and recently unearthed telephone conversations, MacDonald, along with co-director and editor Sam Rice-Edwards, gives us a whirlwind journey through what these two artists might have seen and experienced as they attempted to navigate the cultural and political upheaval of their times. 

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