Too bad this "One Laptop Per Child" ad came out after our article about dead guy pimpage. And although it's for a good cause, we're sure it's a cold comfort to Yoko Ono that her and her husband's vision of peace is now being used to give children in need laptops. Oh wait, she's the one who okay'd the commercial. Carry on then.
Lennon may be dead and buried, but that doesn't mean Sir Paul McCartney can't tie up his galoshes and start stomping around on the memory of his former band mate. His current petty "clarification" involved telling reporters how he was actually the Beatle who told everyone about Vietnam being sucky. That poncer John would have been singing "I wanna hold your hand" forever if it hadn't been for him!
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Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono have had their squabbles in the past, but the musical legends are in agreement about one thing: author Philip Norman's gone too far.
Norman's new book, John Lennon: The Life, claims Lennon wanted to have sex with both his own mother and McCartney. And Ono and McCartney are pissed:
• Amy Winehouse drinks two bottles of Spanish red wine, a case of lager, a fifth of vodka, and smokes two packs of ciggies before every show. True story.
• Chris Rock plays the "nappy-headed ho" card. What, too soon?
• In surprising news, John Gotti's grandkids prove to be the epitome of understated class. We're kidding, they're hateful brats, of course.
• It's Good Luck Chuck versus the late John Lennon. Naturally, our money's on The Walrus.
• Judge Larry Seidlin (best known for his repeated emotional breakdowns throughout the Anna Nicole Smith trial) steps down from the bench, explaining "there's no point in making a mockery of the courtoom when there's nobody around to watch."
• Is Angelina Jolie "the best woman in the world?" Or is she simply the hottest?
• Paris Hilton claims she's getting a restraining order against Shanna Moakler. The entire world curses the fact that Moakler won't be able to kick her ass again. [Star]
• People who never knew John Lennon, who weren't alive when he died, and who don't even know the difference between him and Ringo celebrated his birthday today. We're sure he wouldn't have found anything superficial or cliche about it. [AP]
• So, the neighbors surrounding the Dr. Phil House full of crack addicts and crazies aren't pleased? Not even Dr. Phil himself would be able to explain that one. [TMZ]
• Despite everyone under the sun screaming about dropping ad sales all year, it turns out magazines actually sold some advertisements. Not too sure about copies, but, they sold ads. [Craine's]
• "Diane Sawyer" and "fucking harder than anyone" gets strung into one congruent sentence. And Brian Stetler blows his load. [FBNY]
• Grammys? Forget about it. The real music award news is the New Pantheon Award, presented to a band whose album has sold less than 500,000 copies. The selection panel includes types such as Elijah Wood, Margaret Cho and Beck. How precious is that? [Pitchfork]
• CBGB's is finally really and truly closing next Halloween. Yeah, we'll believe it when we see it. [NYT]
• Bon Jovi's Dec. 17 concert will be the first ever concert streamed live to Sprint wireless phones — for all three people who are Sprint customers, subscribers to the service and listen to Bon Jovi. [Billboard]
• A quarter of a decade later and John Lennon fans are still harping on his relationship with Yoko Ono. It's a bit of a moot point by now, don't you think? [Billboard]
• Oxford American Dictionary has named "podcast" the word of the year! Take that, "wiki" and "phishing." [BrooklynVegan]
• One courageous blogger has taken it upon himself to compile a list of all "Best of 2005," uhm, lists on the Internet. This should save you hours of useless Internet surfing in order to make sure your own list is cool enough. [Fimoculous]
