‘Beatles’ Movies: James Norton to Play Band’s Manager Brian Epstein - Variety
English actor James Norton will play Brian Epstein, the influential manager of the Beatles, in the upcoming four-part musical biopic by director Sam Mendes.
He’ll star in “The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event,” as the unconventional project has been dubbed, alongside Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harrison Dickinson as John Lennon and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
...Norton, 40, recently appeared in another musical biopic, last year’s “Bob Marley: One Love,” as record producer Chris Blackwell. His other credits include Netflix’s limited series “House of Guinness,” “Grantchester,” “Happy Valley” and HBO’s third season of “House of the Dragon.”
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Bill’s Beatles Collection - Atlas Obscura
On the quiet shores of Seal Cove, Grand Manan, you’ll find an unexpected shrine to the Fab Four. After seeing the Beatles perform in Montreal in 1964, local collector Bill Dickinson was hooked for life. Over six decades he amassed a staggering trove of Beatles memorabilia. It has everything from rare vinyl and vintage merchandise to modern oddities like Yellow Submarine Crocs.
“You call it a museum, but I’m just sharing my passion with the world,” Bill says with a grin.
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Yoko Ono's symbolic acorn trees remembered 20 years on - BBC
It was 20 years ago today that Yoko Ono visited Coventry Cathedral to plant a new pair of oak tree saplings as a symbol of peace.
At the event on 14 October 2005, Ono revealed to hundreds of people who had gathered that the city was where her and John Lennon's campaign for peace had began in 1968.
"It was here in Coventry the first public manifestation of our message occurred, so it is great to be back here 37 years later, to continue something we started together, John would have loved it," she said at the time.
The pair had originally visited the site in the late 60s, travelling to the city to submit their Acorns for Peace sculpture in an exhibition at the cathedral.
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Joe Dera, veteran publicist for Paul McCartney and other stars, dies at 74 - Mississippi Today
Dera served as former Beatle Paul McCartney’s spokesman for over 20 years. He also represented the National Geographic Society, Dick Clark Productions, the American Music Awards, the History Channel and Gibson Guitars, among many others.
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