Biography
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Bohemian Rhapsody: The Incredible Life of the Late World-Music Singer Lhasa
In his new book, author Fred Goodman has uncovered the story of an obscure, adventurous singer who refused to take the easy path
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Digest: Tupac Shakur Biopic Casting; Death Cab For Cutie to Tour
Also: Elton John and Leon Russell launch video contest; 'The Grateful Dead Movie' returns to theaters
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Sacha Baron Cohen to Play Queen's Freddie Mercury
Movie to chart Mercury's rise to fame, and ignore his death in 1991
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Trailer for John Lennon Biopic "Nowhere Boy" Debuts
The trailer for Nowhere Boy, a film based on the teenage years of the Beatles' John Lennon, debuted this week, just days before its premiere tomorrow at the London Film Festival. The movie, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, was filmed in Lennon's boyhood city of Liverpool and stars British actor Aaron Johnson as Lennon. The film […]
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John Lennon Biopic "Nowhere Boy" Grabbed by Weinstein Company
Nowhere Boy, a biopic about John Lennon's childhood, has been picked up by the Weinstein Company, Variety reports. The project is two weeks into filming with Aaron Johnson, who played the young Ed Norton in The Illusionist, in the role of Lennon and English Patient star Kristin Scott Thomas portraying the Beatle's aunt, who battled […]
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Book Review: The Untold Stories Of John Lennon's Epic Life
According to Philip Norman's new biography, John Lennon: The Life, the teenage Lennon occasionally napped with his mother, Julia, and the accidental touch of her breast one time triggered longings in him to have sex with her – longings, Lennon believed, that Julia might have been willing to satisfy. The "truth" of the story may […]
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