For Sale: Yoko Ono's Sad Cups
Yoko Ono, a wonderful artist whose reputation has been mired by bastard Beatles fans who haven’t done their research, has made a new line of cups for Italian coffee company illy.
Yoko Ono's Opening Ceremony Fashion Line Is for Men Who Want Hands, Any Hands, On Their Balls
Yoko Ono has collaborated with Opening Ceremony on a fashion line for men that is unwearable even by Opening Ceremony's standards. Yoko Ono Fashions for Men 1969-2012 "is based on a book of hand-drawn illustrations that Yoko presented to John Lennon on the occasion of their wedding." It mostly concerns itself with…
Wired Editor Uses Yoko Ono Lyric to Compare Cyclists to Oppressed Black People
Ha ha ha! Here we go again. This kind of language pops up every once in a while for different reasons, I suppose, and it really has to stop.
Fashion Week Goes Off into the Sunset
That soft galloping you hear is the clack of a million pairs of high heels marching off into the distance. Yes, fashion week is ending. And while we'll miss our time in its glamorous thrall, we think we'll survive until February.
Yoko: John Lennon Would Love Facebook and Lady Gaga
Yoko Ono, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said for the millionth time that no, she didn't break up the Beatles. She also said John Lennon would "love" Facebook, Twitter and Lady Gaga. Oh, Yoko.
The 10 Kinds of Television Cameos
The cameo is one of television's oldest tricks to drum-up interest for a show. But not all cameos are created equal. Inside, a list of the kinds of cameos, why they exist, and just how effective they are.
There Isn't a Grave Big Enough for John Lennon to Spin Around In
When kids today grow up and teach them about The Beatles, they'll see John Lennon's face and say "He's from that Citroën commercial!" A weak Twitter defense of this commercial from Sean Lennon makes this even more inexcusable. Unreal.
Art, Schooled: Rumormongering with Jeffrey Deitch, Gamechanger
Art! Who goes there? Now: we do. In the second installment of our fortnightly Sunday art column, Kelsey Keith explains what a Jeffrey Deitch is, and why after tomorrow, the entire art world will be watching his every move.
Spotted
Jude Law waiting outside a movie theater ... Naomi Watts in Nolita pushing sons Sacha and Sammy in a stroller ... Yoko Ono having lunch at Da Silvano ... Clive Owen walking by himself ... Peter Dinklage walking his dog with a friend in the West Village ... Chace Crawford on the set of Gossip Girl near Battery Park ...…
Spotted
Renee Zellweger walking through JFK to catch a flight to Spain with Bradley Cooper... Mickey Rourke walking in the West Village ... Michelle Williams getting ice cream with daughter Matilda Rose at Blue Marble in Brooklyn ... Julia Roberts on the set of Eat, Pray, Love set in Brooklyn ... Famke Janssen eating outside…
Eating & Drinking: Thursday Edition
• After four decades on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 12th Street, beloved neighborhood diner Joe Jr.'s will be closing its doors on Sunday. [Eater, GS]
• Sam Mason's Tailor, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May, now reports it will close its dining room for the months of July and August. [Eater]
• More…
Happy Birthday
Designer Doo-Ri Chung turns 36 today. Matt Dillon is 45. Yoko Ono is celebrating her 76th. John Travolta is turning 55. Magazine icon Helen Gurley Brown is 87. Writer Toni Morrison is 78. Molly Ringwald turns 41. Breakfast Club director John Hughes is 59. Singer Regina Spektor turns 29. Dr. Dre is 44. Cybill Shepherd…
Yoko Ono's Legal TKO Vanquishes Ben Stein
A couple months ago, when Ben Stein's documentary Expelled stunned industry and cultural observers alike by selling $7.6 million worth of intelligent-design hokum to its conservative Christian base, you might remember he found an unlikely foe in aggrieved widow Yoko Ono. Disapproving of Expelled's inclusion (and…
Indiana Jones and the Fair-Use Ruling of Doom
YouTube was a breeze. Though they insist you should "not upload any TV shows, music videos, music concerts, or commercials without permission unless they consist entirely of content you created yourself," they also explain the "fair use" exception to this rule, in detail. They do, however, leave budding filmmakers…
The Lohan Fam Is at It Again
This just in! Swaggering $3 million man and new Yoko Ono lawsuit target Ben Stein responds to his latest nemesis via press release: "So Yoko Ono is suing over the brief Constitutionally protected use of a song that wants us to 'Imagine no possessions'? Maybe instead of wasting everyone's time trying to silence a…
Yoko Ono to Compete in Special Courtroom Episode of 'Win Ben Stein's Money'
As one might have expected following the opening-weekend success of his anti-Darwinism documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Required, everybody in town wants a piece of Ben Stein. Among them: Yoko Ono, a huuuuuge Stein fan from back in his Nixon speechwriting days who nevertheless bristled at the part of the film…
Nude Photos of Heather Mills Are Unappealing (And Not Just Because of Her Missing Leg)
Maybe she was a porn star. Maybe she was a prostitute. Maybe she was even a good homemaker (though not likely). Yet the one occupation Heather Mills is known for that continues to confound us is modeling. In 1986, after failing at a number of jobs (and being arrested for stealing from one), Mills started her own…
Yoko Ono
The widow of John Lennon, Ono was the most-loathed Beatle bride—until Heather Mills came along. Her son is Sean Lennon.
Lying author James Frey has designed a lunchbox that's being auctioned off to benefit two hunger-relief charities. But his lunchbox looks an awful lot like the one designed by Yoko Ono!
