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The Beatles are together again!

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited at Paul‘s daughter Stella McCartney‘s fashion show on Monday (March 4) in Paris, France.

Paul, 81, and Ringo, 83, sat front row at the Paris Fashion Week show with their respective wives Nancy Shevell and Barbara Bach.

Other stars in attendance included Paris Jackson, Jameela Jamil, Naomie Harris, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, French actress Tina Kunakey, and influencer Tinx along with models Ashley Graham, Bar Refaeli, and Shanina Shaik.

Lila Moss, who is the daughter of supermodel Kate Moss, walked in the fashion show.

It was recently announced that Empire of Light and Skyfall director Sam Mendes is working on four new movies based on each member of The Beatles! Find out more about the projects here.

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Paul McCartney has been married three times, and John Lennon attended none of his weddings. Lennon died before McCartney’s second two weddings, and The Beatles were at such a low point in their relationships that none had attended McCartney’s first. Still, McCartney took time to bring attention to Lennon during his wedding in 2011. Here’s why McCartney wanted to pay his respects to his late friend.

Paul McCartney honored John Lennon’s birthday at his wedding

In 2011, McCartney married Nancy Shevell, whom he began dating in 2007. This was McCartney’s third marriage; his first wife, Linda McCartney, died in 1998, and he finalized his divorce from his second wife, Heather Mills, in 2008.

The couple wed at the Old Marylebone Town Hall in a small ceremony that included both their families, Ringo Starr and his wife, Barbara Bach, and George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison. After the ceremony, the group...

When Jimmy Buffett died on September 1, he left a finished album in the can ready for release. Equal Strain on All Parts, his 32nd LP, is every bit the laidback, eclectic, inviting set of tunes you’d expect from the beloved singer-songwriter, bridging pop, country, and rock & roll, mixing island sounds and down-home vibes, and balancing five-o’clock-somewhere good times with gentle life wisdom.

The casually rocking “My Gummie Just Kicked In,” was inspired by something Paul McCartney’s wife Nancy Shevell said to Buffett at a dinner party, and features McCartney on bass.

Although he’d been coping with health issues during the last few years of his life, Jimmy Buffett remained productive, working on his first record of new music since 2020. That album, Equal Strain on All Parts, due Nov. 3, was completed shortly before his death of skin cancer at 76 on Sept. 1. Three new songs will preview the record: “Bubbles Up,” “My Gummie Just Kicked In,” and “Like My Dog.”

“Bubbles Up,” the first song to be unveiled, is a reflective ballad that, like later Buffett songs such as “Tides,” reveals a deeper side to his music.

Robert De Niro’s 80th birthday bash was a star-studded affair.

The actor celebrated the milestone birthday on Thursday, with him marking the occasion with a special dinner at Locanda Verde in the Tribeca neighbourhood in New York City.

De Niro’s girlfriend Tiffany Chen was pictured with the star, while Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell were also snapped arriving.

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Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell arrive at Robert De Niro’s 80th birthday party at Locande Verde in New York City. — Splash News

Film director Francis Ford Coppola was among guests, along with Former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, Chazz Palminteri, George Lucas, Christopher Walken and Al Sharpton.

The guests didn’t end there, with David Blaine, Bette Midler, Jane Krakowski, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese also attending, according to People.

Paul McCartney became famous for creating hit songs with The Beatles. He said writing songs with John Lennon was so easy that it was almost effortless. The pair inspired each other, but McCartney found other muses in his life. Jane Asher was one. His relationship with his first serious girlfriend didn’t end well, but Paul’s photo exhibit shows he has never forgotten his first love.

Paul McCartney dedicated part of his photo exhibit to his first love, Jane Asher

Asher was a notable child actor before she met Paul in April 1963. That is to say, she was used to notoriety. Still, she stepped into a blazing hot spotlight in her relationship with Paul. At one point, the British paparazzi swarmed the couple at a theater while they watched a show.

The healthy relationship couldn’t survive the strain of two young, famous, working entertainers.

McCartney and Asher’s...

After headlining himself last year, Paul McCartney returned to Glastonbury in 2023 as a spectator. And by all accounts, he had one hell of a time.

McCartney was seen watching several of the weekend’s performances from the side of the stage. On Friday, he took in Foo Fighters’ surprise set. On Saturday, he watched as Guns N’ Roses covered Wings’ “Live and Let Die.” And on Sunday, he was capturing his own cell phone video of Elton John performing “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”

Macca also briefly popped up on stage during Pretenders’ Saturday set, where he gave the crowd a quick wave. He hung out backstage with Chrissie Hynde, posed for a photo with Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese (and Pat Smear), and even took in a sun set with his wife Nancy Shevell.

For now, McCartney has no of his own concerts on the calendar,...

Rock and roll royalty met the future queen of the United Kingdom when Paul McCartney and Kate Middleton crossed paths at the National Portrait Gallery in London. McCartney was there ahead of his photography exhibit and to help reopen the gallery. However, Middleton likely didn’t expect to get teased about her age in some good-natured fun with The Beatles legend.

Kate Middleton, Paul McCartney, and Nancy Schvell at London’s National Portrait Gallery | Paul Grover/Getty Images Paul McCartney playfully teased Kate Middleton about her age

The Beatles bassist attended the National Portrait Gallery before debuting his Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64 Eyes of the Storm photography exhibit. Kate Middleton opened the gallery after it had undergone a three-year refurbishment.

The Princess of Wales and McCartney were captured by photographers alongside McCartney’s wife, Nancy Shevell. The couple were there to attend the opening.

However, Kate likely didn’t expect...

There are many references in Paul McCartney‘s “Let ‘Em In,” some more conscious than others. Paul often said that things subconsciously inspired him. Only later did he realize where certain ideas came from.

Paul McCartney | Chris Walter/ Getty Images Paul McCartney’s ‘Let ‘Em In’ is ‘filler’

In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he thinks his and Wings’ song “Let ‘Em In” is a “stocking filler.” That’s how he thinks of some of his songs. “It’s a fun little item, but it’s not your main Christmas present,” he wrote.

Paul said he can get perfectionist about things and think, “This is just not one of my grand pieces.” Then, he’ll get a “bit down” on those songs. For instance, he remembers being very down about his song “Bip Bop.”

Paul used to think, “Oh God, how banal can you get?” He...

Paul McCartney is a gifted songwriter, proven by the dozens of No. 1 hits he’s written. Even more impressive is how quickly he comes up with these gems. Several of his songs he has been able to develop and finish on the spot. While the recording process occurs later, it’s still remarkable that McCartney could spontaneously create excellent music.

Here are 5 songs that Paul McCartney wrote on the spot ‘Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)’ Paul McCartney | Mat Hayward/Getty Images

“Picasso’s Last Words” is a song from Band on the Run, the third studio album from Paul McCartney and Wings. The story goes that McCartney wrote the song while on vacation in Jamaica. The singer-songwriter met actor Dustin Hoffman, who was filming Papillon. After having dinner, Hoffman challenged McCartney to write a song about anything.

So, Hoffman pulled out a magazine with a story about Pablo Picasso...

Paul McCartney is as in love with his wife as ever.

In a new interview posted to his personal website, the Beatles legend opens up about his romantic side in his role as husband to Nancy Shevell ahead of Valentine’s Day.

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“When it comes to being a husband… I see it as just trying to be good to my wife Nancy and trying to be considerate and romantic,” he explains, admitting, “I completely overdo Valentine’s Day! I mean, there’s not just one card, there are cards hidden around the room, and sometimes things even spill into the next day – it’s completely silly. If there’s an excuse to have some fun, I overdo it! At Christmas, I go crazy with the tree lights and fairy lights – totally overdo it.”

McCartney adds, “I...

Paul McCartney’s music has proven that he is a romantic. He has written many beautiful love songs during his time with The Beatles and his solo career. His romantic side comes through in his personal life, as McCartney says he loves to celebrate Valentine’s Day and tends to “overdo it.”

Paul McCartney expresses his romantic side through his music Paul McCartney | David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

Throughout his career, McCartney has been responsible for many iconic love songs, such as “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Eight Days a Week,” “All You Need Is Love,” and “Silly Love Songs.” In an interview shared by Billboard, McCartney said he was aware that many people called him “soppy” for writing love songs, but he believed he was lucky to have so much love in his life.

“Over the years, people have said, ‘Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs,...

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If you weren’t an avid reader before, more than likely the pandemic has made you one. The global book publishing market is expected to rake in $92.68 billion this year (up from $87.92 billion in 2020), and projected to cross $100 billion by 2025. That means lots of people are reading books, and it doesn’t look like they’ll be stopping anytime soon.

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Last summer, Beck was at loose ends in Los Angeles. “My whole year was canceled, with the shutdowns and everything,” says the singer. “My engineer’s wife was having a baby, so he wasn’t available. I really hadn’t been making much music. My studio had been dark for a year.”

Then came word that Paul McCartney had a new solo album in the works — and that he’d asked for Beck to remix one of its songs. “‘Ok, McCartney’s calling, let’s get in there and figure out how everything works!

Exclusive: James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and businesswoman Nancy Shevell McCartney, wife of Paul McCartney, are hosting an event in London on Monday night in support of Democratic Presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg.

The high-end Conduit Club in London’s plush Mayfair district is expecting a capacity 200-person crowd for the private drinks event, which is organized in co-operation with Bloomberg’s campaign team. We have been told the get-together is not a fundraiser.

The event comes a day before the vital Super Tuesday election when 16 state and territory primaries will take place. Democrat voters overseas will also cast votes tomorrow, when big-spender Bloomberg will be on the ballots for the first time.

Anglophile and philanthropist Bloomberg has previously called Paul McCartney a “friend of long standing,” and the billionaire former mayor was a guest at McCartney and Shevell’s 2011 wedding party in New York. An Eventbrite page for tonight’s...

Paul McCartney headlined the first night of Austin City Limits on October 5th with an epic show in Zilker Park, high-energy even by his standards—even in the withering heat, this most unwitherable of rock legends just hates to put down his guitar and leave the stage. The sweat was visibly pouring off him, but his only concession was taking off his jacket and rolling up his sleeves after “I’ve Got A Feeling.” The communal vibe of a McCartney show is perfect for this festival: 60,000 people swaying in a field of grass,...

Let’s get one thing straight: Paul McCartney doesn’t need any extra star power. On Sunday night, rock’s favorite knight of the realm ripped through 39 of his seemingly endless stream of classics during a three-hour session at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Part of his ongoing One on One tour, he was joined on the marathon sprint through his own musical history by his long-time backing band, who have now been with him twice as long as the Beatles. The previous show two days earlier made headlines for an encore duet Bruce Springsteen, but this night...

Rock star looks run in the family!

Beatles icon Paul McCartney was spotted out and about in the Hamptons on Saturday, shopping with his stepson, Arlen Blakeman.

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Arlen, who is the 25-year-old son of McCartney's wife, Nancy Shevell, was all smiles during the outing, sporting a red-and-white Metallica hoodie with brown shorts and white sneakers.

McCartney also opted for a casual ensemble, donning a white jacket over a bright orange T-shirt, which he paired with black slacks, olive green shoes and a blue baseball cap.

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McCartney, 75, and Shevell, 57, started dating in November 2007 and said "I do" in 2011. The lovebirds will be celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary in October. McCartney has five kids of his own -- Heather, 54, Mary, 47, Stella, 45, James, 39, and Beatrice, 13, from his previous marriages.

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