Former Doctor Who lead Christopher Eccleston will be playing John Lennon in an upcoming British television drama commissioned by BBC Four about the life of John Lennon between 1967 and 1971. To further the Doctor Who connection, former Torchwood star Naoko Mori (who played Tosh on the show) will be playing Yoko Ono.
There is a lot of crossover between Doctor Who fans and Beatles fans, so there is sure to be some interest in the series. The roles I know Eccleston best for are those of the Doctor and Destro from G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra, so the question is if he can pull off a Liverpudlian accent. Since in the aforementioned roles he's done a Northern British accent (I believe his natural one) and a Scottish accent, he's likely capable of it.
So what do you think? Is Eccleston a good choice for the role of John Lennon?
It's hard to believe but last night was the first time that Paul McCartney was on The Late Show with David Letterman.
As Letterman says in the clip below, they had been trying to get him for 15 years with no success. McCartney had been in the studio before, of course, as a member of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 (and once for MTV), but this was his first time on Dave's show. He talks about coming to America back then and what the other band members were like.
I don't pretend to understand the motivation of the American Idolvoters, but after watching last night's performances by the Final Four, I'm convinced that Kris Allen is going to be the odd man/singer out tonight. It's not that Kris was the poorest performance; I agree with Kona that Danny's "Dream On" was a bit of a nightmare. No, Kris will be done in because he chose the wrong Beatle song.
Rock night on American Idol, with Guns 'n Roses' Slash of all artists as a mentor, was bound to fall on the hard end of the rock spectrum. That did not suit Kris's mellow music man vibe at all. If he wanted to impress the judges -- and win over the fans -- he would have been better off going against the grain and not trying to compete with the heavy duty rock star wannabes on the show.
More ammo for the "Larry King should retire" crowd.
On last night's show, King was interviewing Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and during the interview, during a segment where they talked about what they were doing when John Lennon was killed, he turned to Starr and asked "George, where were you?" McCartney didn't want to let the matter drop, but Ringo just laughed it off. Harrison, of course, is dead.
Did you watch the Pay-Per-view
seance last night to contact the spirit of John Lennon? Me neither. A psychic and an expert in paranormal activity
claim that Lennon made contact with them through an EVP, an Electronic Voice Phenomenon. It happened at the La Fortuna
restaurant in New York City, where Lennon liked to eat.
Here's how it went down (according to reports):
Filming of the seance at the La Fortuna restaurant stopped because something weird was happening. Then a mysterious
voice was heard on the psychic's recorder. An "expert" confirmed it was Lennon and he was asking for Peace.
What's it called when you produce the
sequel to a show that was called a 'new low' in television? I don't know, either.
In 2003, it was The
Spirit of Diana, a televised seance to contact the dearly departed Princess Diana. It cost $15 to watch and drew
about 500,000 American viewers. This time around, the same geniuses behind the Diana seance are now attempting to
contact John Lennon. On April 24, it'll cost a mere $10 to watch psychics visit different locations of importance to
the former Beatle, including the New York apartment building where he was shot and killed. It's called... wait for
it... The Spirit of John Lennon. And, no, Yoko Ono is not involved.
The producer of the program,
Paul Sharratt, said that the Diana seance didn't make him a believer in psychics but he thinks there are "many,
many millions of people around the world who think it's possible." Classy.
Former Doctor Who lead Christopher Eccleston will be playing John Lennon in an upcoming British television drama commissioned by BBC Four about the life of John Lennon between 1967 and 1971. To further the Doctor Who connection, former Torchwood star Naoko Mori (who played Tosh on the show) will be playing Yoko Ono.
I don't pretend to understand the motivation of the 
More ammo for the "Larry King should retire" crowd.
Did you watch the Pay-Per-view
seance last night to contact the spirit of John Lennon? Me neither. A psychic and an expert in paranormal activity
claim that Lennon made contact with them through an EVP, an Electronic Voice Phenomenon. It happened at the La Fortuna
restaurant in New York City, where Lennon liked to eat.
What's it called when you produce the
sequel to a show that was called a 'new low' in television? I don't know, either.
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