Paul Mescal to star in Beatles film, Ridley Scott says
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Barry Keoghan set to feature in Beatles biopic, Ringo Starr says
No casting officially confirmed but names are being discussed, including Paul Mescal as McCartney
Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons team up for new song Primrose Hill
James McCartney’s acoustic ballad, co-written with Sean Ono Lennon, draws from a childhood vision in Scotland
Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideas
Donald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned set
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There is plenty of spirit on Now and Then. John Lennon has never sounded more emotionally present
The Fab Four’s finest: 20 Beatles tracks for George Harrison’s birthday
The Beatles guitarist and songwriter would have turned 80 tomorrow. Which is reason enough to nominate the band’s best songs, both together and solo
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‘A festering wound’: The true story of the Beatles break-up
Peter Jackson’s unflinching film shows the tensions weighing on the band by the late 1960s
Joan Collins’s star-studded home movies: What they show of Hollywood’s golden age
Paul Newman, Tony Curtis and Sammy Davis jnr in footage for actor’s ‘roller-coaster story’
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pay tribute to Charlie Watts following drummer’s death
Rolling Stones members honour their bandmate of almost 60 years
The country that I love doesn’t seem to want me here
Ireland sucked me in, in that sad subtle way like a few too many pints, and I wanted to make a life here
Rachael Blackmore’s Grand National victory resonates around the world
Win on Minella Times at Aintree caps a fine season which has transformed the sport
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The promiscuous brandishing of generational cohorts is a disease of the modern age
Echo in the Canyon: It’s as if 100 back issues of Mojo made a film of themselves
Review: Well-worn yarns of Laurel Canyon music in the groovy times get another airing
Ed Sheeran’s £200m fortune places him among UK’s top 10 richest musicians
Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London
Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, dies aged 87
Star, famous for songs such as Tutti Frutti, was an originator of the genre
TV guide: 28 of the best shows to watch this week
Triggering Troubles documentary Lost Lives, plus the return of Outlander and The Great House Revival, Al Pacino in alt-history thriller Hunters, and two Friends with new shows
Liam Gallagher’s son and Ringo Starr’s grandson in court over Tesco charge
Gene Gallagher and Sonny Starkey have pleaded not guilty after alleged altercation
Imagine there’s no Beatles. Danny Boyle makes it easy if you try
The director on his new romcom, in which only one man remembers the band existed
Jenny Lewis: On the Line – Every track is a pop-rock jewel
Lewis shapes relationship trouble and her mother’s death into something durable
Peter Jackson to direct new Beatles documentary from unseen Let It Be footage
Film will be based around 55 hours of unreleased video recordings made during 'Let It Be' sessions
Playboy mansion contents go on sale: silk pyjamas and velvet slippers anyone?
More than 8,000 items from Hugh Hefner’s Los Angeles home set for auction
‘Off she went with a trumpety trump, trump, trump, Trump’
Not even a modern-day reminder of the twittering president could spoil our happiness as we sang along to ‘Nelly the Elephant’
British honours for Barry Gibb, Darcey Bussell and Ringo Starr
Jilly Cooper, Eamonn Holmes, Marc Almond, Alexandra Shulman, Rick Stein also recognised
Fans mark 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Dublin’s Wolfe Tone Square the site for recreation of Beatles’ famous album cover
First listen: ‘Sgt Pepper’ is the comfort and escape we need today
I now know Ringo is my favourite Beatle, and who’s to blame for The Flaming Lips
How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis
Released 50 years ago, The Beatles’ opus changed the way people listened to music
Wild Geese: Martin Nolan, co-owner in US of Julien’s Auctions
Athlone man turned to auctioneering after stockbroking and hotel doorman work
Dublin Book Festival: eight to see this weekend
The 10th annual Dublin Book Festival takes place this weekend, hosting workshops, walks, talks and readings by some of Ireland’s prominent writers. Here are some of the must-sees
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New book features images and interviews with world’s most famous drummers
Tributes flood in for boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Former world heavyweight champion has died at the age of 74
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State is first to make transgender people use public restrooms that match gender at birth
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