The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event: What We Know So Far About The Huge Sam Mendes Project Filmmaker Sam Mendes is overseeing multiple movies about The Beatles, here's what we know about them so far. Cinemablend · Aug 27
James Norton caused ‘pandemonium’ when he almost fainted at fashion event The Happy Valley star, 41, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 22 and uses a continuous glucose monitor to help manage the condition. Evening Standard · Jul 22
Please Please Me review – fascinating tale of Brian Epstein, the Beatles and that trip to Torremolinos Tom Wright’s play explores how the Fab Four, and a rumoured affair with John Lennon, helped shape their manager’s tragically short life The Guardian - UK · Apr 24
Please Please Me review: Clumsy look at Brian Epstein's sexual obsession with John Lennon 2/5 Tom Wright’s play at the Kiln takes on the life and times of The Beatles’ manager in a stripped-back production Evening Standard · Apr 24
Sir Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono questioned if John Lennon was gay Sir Paul McCartney has claimed Yoko Ono told him she thought John Lennon "might have been gay" in a phone call after the death of her husband. BANG Premier · Mar 11
“Such A Creep”: Paul McCartney Makes Bombshell Revelation About Bandmate John Lennon In Resurfaced Interview “Paul McCartney is such a creep. Only a nasty, evil man would sell out his past band-mate who is not around to defend himself.” Bored Panda · Mar 11
Bored Panda Community List 41 Celebrities Who Got Their Reputation Ruined For No Good Reason In the entertainment industry, your name is your brand, and that means whatever you do—on stage, on screen, or off the clock—can shape how the media portrays you for years to come. As the whole Jim Carrey replacement conspiracy theory proved, people love creating narratives, even when they’re completely baseless.… Bored Panda · Mar 3
"Fuelled by booze and pills, they cut their teeth delivering approximations of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran." Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with themop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discoveredsomething darker, druggier and way more dangerous Louder · Feb 12
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments? The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025
The top Beatles landmarks in London From Abbey Road to the Palladium , we go through the top landmarks in the capital related to the Fab Four Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025
Saoirse Ronan, Aimee Lou Wood and more cast in Beatles biopics Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna Bruce, Anna Sawai, and Aimee Lou Wood have been cast in Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles biopics as the wives of the Fab Four. BANG Premier · Nov 1, 2025
James Norton set for key role in Beatles movies James Norton is reportedly set to play Beatles manager Brian Epstein in director Sir Sam Mendes' four-movie project. BANG Premier · Oct 15, 2025
James Norton set to play Brian Epstein in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film project The actor is reportedly in line to play the Beatles’ manager in the 1917 director’s ambitious saga about the Fab Four The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025
“They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous”: How the Beatles won over America with one performance We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of Beatlemania stateside MusicRadar · Jul 28, 2025
BANG Premier · May 9, 2025 Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner makes rare appearance to honour manager Could the Arctic Monkeys be up to something after frontman Alex Turner made a rare appearance at a music bash in London this week?
The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025 Beatles biographer Ian Leslie on John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s ‘erotic’ bromance INTERVIEW: Fascinated by psychology, Ian Leslie found much to sink his teeth into in the relationship between the two greatest Beatles. Nick Duerden speaks to the writer about his new, critically acclaimed book exploring pop music’s most tumultuous, competitive and ultimately loving friendship
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025 Help! Why are none of the new Beatles cast from Liverpool? So Sam Mendes has cast his Beatles tetralogy, but none are from Merseyside. Don’t worry, I’ve just invented the Beatles Cinematic Universe
Salon · Jan 23, 2025 "Midas Man" feels like Beatles-lite While Jacob Fortune-Lloyd delivers a compelling performance, the film glosses over key aspects of Epstein’s story
Louder · Nov 23, 2024 “We’ve always been a rock group, The Beatles”: How the White Album sowed the seeds for music’s entire future By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024 ‘I’m often the only woman in the room’: the female music managers changing the industry’s tune With women now comprising 38% of its 1,500-strong membership, the Music Manager’s Forum typifies the changing face of the industry
The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024 Midas Man: Brian Epstein biopic captures the complexity that made the Beatles manager so brilliant A few minutes after I took my seat at an advanced screening of Amazon Prime’s Brian Epstein biopic, Midas Man, I found myself engaged in Beatles chat with the chap next to me. I wasn’t surprised to find a fellow Fab Four fanatic at such an event. But I was…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024 Midas Man review – Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is heartfelt as Beatles’ kingmaker As the ‘fifth Beatle’ Brian Epstein, Fortune-Lloyd’s performance holds an otherwise sanitised narrative together in well-meaning biopic
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024 TV tonight: can Prince William really end homelessness? People who have been homeless discuss their experiences with the prince, plus the stunningly intense documentary Helmand: Tour of Duty. Here’s what to watch this evening
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024 Lee to Music By John Williams: the seven best films to watch on TV this week The fierce Lee Miller is the role Kate Winslet was born to play, plus Steven Spielberg and more line up to wax lyrical about the most legendary composer in the history of cinema. What a bringer of joy
Louder · Sep 26, 2024 "I asked George to turn it down a little. He looked at me and said: You don't talk to a Beatle like that": How The Beatles made Abbey Road, told by those who were there Making it was by no means all love, peace and understanding, but 50 years on, Abbey Road is now considered by many to be the greatest of all the The Beatles’ albums