The half-sister of John Lennon, Julia Baird, is irritated at claims that John was abandoned by their mother, Julia. She was upset at comments made in relation to this in a new film about Lennon, which claimed he was a “lonely teenager abandoned by his mother”. Julia Baird said:

“John is no longer around to defend himself from some of the bizarre, sordid and downright scurrilous rumours which still, sadly, surround his extraordinary life.

“It makes me so sad, especially in recent weeks, when all manner of accusations have been flying about.

“In 2007, I wrote a book, Imagine This, which was my attempt to tell the truth about John’s childhood.

“John was removed from our mother Julia at the age of five to live with his aunt Mimi. He was not abandoned nor was he unloved, despite what the accepted tale might be.

“I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate once more the love our mother Julia had for both John and I.”

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Sir Paul McCartney previewed his new album “Electronic Arguments” for journalists, and made some shocking statements regarding his latest project under the guise of The Fireman. Macca told the journalists that producer The Youth had encouraged him to improvise, which he admitted “could be a terrible mistake”. He went on to say:

“It could ruin my whole career. This could be the most embarrassing moment of my life.”

“Having written so much over the years, when I’m improvising I think I can spot what works.”

WTF??? I don’t think Paul needs to worry about anything ever ruining his career. I wonder if he was really serious when he said this?

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Ooops! It seems that a story reported in the media regarding Paul McCartney being mad at McDonald’s for posting his picture and two of the other Beatles in one of their Liverpool restaurants is not true. Reports were that Macca himself called for a boycott of the McDonald’s chain, when in reality (at least according to Abbeyrd’s Beatles page) it was the organization PETA which called for the boycott. Included in the stories were quotes from Geoff Baker, listed as Paul’s spokesman, who in fact, hasn’t worked for Sir Paul since 2004. Supposedly, Baker was contacted by Liverpool’s Mercury Press Agency who asked him to comment. The agency then proceeded to incorrectly call him a “spokesman”, which was in turn, picked up by other press agencies and reported. The UK press reps for Macca then did damage control stating that Baker’s statements were  “not an official comment!”.

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Poor Jo Wood is so distraught and confused by the mess her errant husband, Ronnie Wood, has made of their marriage, that she’s willing to take the sh*****d back. She wants to give him a “second chance”. Jo says:

“I don’t want to divorce Ronnie but I don’t know if he’ll come back. I really don’t know what is happening at the moment. I haven’t spoken to him about it.”

I think that both of them are crazy…his state of mind brought on by his addictions, hers brought on, thanks to him.

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Bono is scoring a Broadway production, which is set to open next year. The musical, “Spiderman” is also expected to be the most expensive production in theater history. The show is currently operating on a $40 million budget, and if it is a hit, that could mean lots more cash in Bono’s already loaded pockets.

Certainly there are the anti-Bono people out there who are probably wishing and hoping that this production is a bomb. Those of us who are U2 fans wish him good luck with this effort. As always, Bono has his hands in many projects, but I had no idea that he was writing the music for a Broadway show, of all things.

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A one-man show entitled “A Bard Day’s Night” is the brainchild of Chris O’Neill, who plays Sir Paul McCartney in a Beatles tribute band called Backbeat Beatles in the show. Words from Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays are put to the music of the Fab Four, making for an interesting combination. In explaining his inspiration for the show, O’Neill says:

“I woke up and wrote down all these ideas about the Beatles going back in time and meeting Shakespeare.” “I get my complete works of Shakespeare out and give myself some tasks – sometimes it might be a speech – and I just sit there with a piano.

“The speeches are harder to do, sometimes I can’t really get my head around the timings of how they are spoken,n but the sonnets seem to be very easy. They are perfect to put into music.”

I’d like to see this. Sounds so very unique!

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Are you ready for this? Heather Mills has a brand new idea to get her name in the papers…she is backing a plan by PETA to convince ice cream giant Ben and Jerry’s to make their famous ice cream with human breast milk rather than cow’s milk. By doing this, crazy Mills says that it will be a major relief to the suffering of animals that are used for their milk for human consumption, and this will also improve everyone’s health.

In other news, Mills has also found herself in hot water with her local council in Sussex, England, for beginning work on a swimming pool without permission. She was in the process of building the pool on her $6 million property when it came to the attention of officials that she had not obtained the proper permits for it.

The arrogance of this woman is unbelievable. And this idea of ice cream made with human milk is another laughable attempt by Mills at making people believe that she “cares”.

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It’s been reported that Rolling Stones guitarist and resident wacko Ronnie Wood has been spending money at an alarming rate to “spite” his estranged wife, Jo. It seems he’s been blowing in the neighborhood of $20,000 a week on anything and everything, and Jo is getting worried that there won’t be anything left for her when it comes time to settle the divorce. Ronnie seems to have a taste for antiques and “fast living” which is eating away at his fortune.

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For the first time since leaving wife Jo for a young Russian, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood will meet with his long suffering estranged wife in an effort to iron out details of their impending divorce settlement. The payout promises to be huge by all reports, but despite that fact Ronnie is determined to keep things as civilized as possible. Britain’s News of the World says that Ronnie is aiming to settle out of court and has plans for a “peace summit”. A source who is close to Ronnie says:

Ronnie Wood’s girlfriend’s 75 year- old grandmother, Liyudmila Ivanova, had some scathing words concerning the relationship between her granddaughter and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. To say the woman is dead set against her granddaughter having anything to do with the rocker is an understatement. She is completely horrified at the whole thing, calling Ronnie an ‘ugly and disgusting creature,’ among other things. And this grandma held nothing back when she spoke to the Daily Mail newspaper. Here are some of her gems:

‘To me this is pure idiocy. She should get her head screwed on.

‘If Katia asked me for some advice, I’d tell her he’s obviously using you to make himself believe he’s still potent at his age.

‘But looking at him, do you think he’s got anything potent there? When I first saw him on TV, I was so horrified I nearly fell off my chair.’

She goes on:

‘He’s got a good family and he’s almost the same age as me in Heaven’s name.’

She also called Ronnie an “old fool” and added this:

‘Katia will probably marry and if something goes wrong, she’ll end up with money.”

Oh, she certainly will…that is, if Ronnie has any money left after wife Jo gets finished with him.

Ouch!

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