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John Lennons guitar sells for $408000
A custom-made guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for $408,000 at an auction. The guitar, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified American buyer in New York, BBC reported. Harrison played "I Am The Walrus" on the guitar in a scene from "Magical Mystery Tour" in 1967. Lennon used it in a video for "Hello, Goodbye" later that year. The Julien's ...
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Miley Cyrus swatted again
Pop singer Miley Cyrus has become the victim of swatting for the second time. It was reported that a call was received from Cyrus's home here Friday claiming a crime at the premise. The 20-year-old was swatted in August 2012 as well when she was not at home, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Last month even Rihanna fell prey to swatting. Police received a call claiming two armed men were arguing at ...
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Mel C daughters second choice Jessie J comes first
Former Spice girl Singer Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C says her daughter Scarlet really adores singer Jessie J, who is a judge on the Britain's singing reality show "The Voice". Mel C feels she is the second favourite of her four-year-old daughter. "Saturday night telly with 'The Voice' is an absolute must as Jessie J is her favourite singer. Mummy's only her second favourite now," new! magazine ...
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Rita Oras new album blast from the past
Singer Rita Ora is currently working on a new album, which will talk about her life and the relationships that she dealt with in the past. The 22-year-old had a nasty fallout with ex-boyfriend Rob Kardashian and the latter publicly accused her of cheating on him with 20 other men but retracted it later. "My next album is about me being 22, growing up in this industry really fast and being in a ...
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Sharon Ozzy reconcile
Singer Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy have reportedly given their marriage another chance after going through a rocky patch for a month. It was earlier revealed that the couple, married for 31 years, were living in separate houses. The reason was said to be Ozzy's intake of drugs for over a year without the knowledge of his wife. However, Sharon was recently seen wearing a diamond ring ...
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Beatles guitar fetches $US400K in auction
A guitar, once played by John Lennon and George Harrison of 'The Beatles,' was sold at 408,000 dollars, at an auction in New York. The guitar, which was sold by Julien's Auctions at the Hard Rock Cafe on Times Square on Saturday, is a custom prototype, made in 1966, News.com.au reported. The instrument fetched a hundred thousand dollars more than the pre-auction estimate of 200,000 to 300,000 ...
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Newly discovered solar twin unveils future of sun
Astronomers have found the farthest known solar twin in the Milky Way Galaxy-CoRoT Sol 1, which has about the same mass and chemical composition as the Sun. Spectra from the High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS) on the Subaru Telescope showed that CoRoT Sol 1 is about 6.7 billion years old while space-based data from the CoRoT (Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits) satellite indicated a ...
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Pregnancy wont affect Knowles performances
Singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly expecting her second child with rapper Jay-Z and it is unlikely to affect her forthcoming stage performances. She had earlier pulled out of her Mrs. Carter show world tour in Antwerp, Belgium due to exhaustion, but she performed later when the tour touched down in Switzerland. A source has said that Knowles' pregnancy will most likely not affect her North ...
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Cyrus Bieber to collaborate
Pop singers Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber are reportedly planning to collaborate for something new. Cyrus, 20, was spotted leaving a Hollywood recording studio within minutes of 19-year-old Bieber Thursday. They are believed to be working on a collaboration, reports contactmusic.com. "There aren't that many recording booths at this studio, they must be doing something together. Justin and ...
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Cannes diary stars from the world of music add to the glamour quotient
It's the first big party weekend of the Cannes Film Festival, and the thump-thump-thump of dance music fills the air as armies of smartly dressed revellers clamour to squeeze into the marquee clubs that line the French port's mile-long, crescent-shaped ...
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