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RINGO Starr said Backbeat got the sound of The Beatles exactly right. That was a big compliment for Iain Softley, but also a surprising one. The writer and director of the 1994 movie had set out to capture the spirit of the Fab Four in early 1960s Hamburg rather than attempt a note-perfect tribute.

At the same time as the electric atmosphere created by the music, the experience is of the dramatic story   -Iain Softley

 

Starr's name was the 2,401st to be unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "This is the start of the next 50 years of stars," he said outside the Capitol Records building. "I'm proud to be the first one."  

The snow was heavy that night. The only alternative to riding all night long in a dirty, unheated bus to his next concert date was a tiny airplane. Shortly after takeoff, however, the plane carrying Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, disappeared into a snowy cloud.  

This day in 1964 marked a turning point in the culture of celebrity, as The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Early this morning, President Obama will sign a memorandum directing federal agencies to take steps to fight childhood obesity, a major project of first lady Michelle Obama. The first lady discusses her efforts with USA TODAY's Mimi Hall and Nanci Hellmich.  

Monday evening (08Feb10) - becoming the first celebrity to unveil a side= walk star at night. The musician's friends and family joined stars including David Lynch, E= ric Idle and Noah Wyle for the unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles, which m= arked the 50th anniversary of the iconic landmark and the first unveiling= completed after dark. Starr became the 2,401st star on the Walk of Fame, unveiling the plaque= outside the fabled Capitol Records Building, where his late Beatles band= mates George Harriso  

TWITTER, Britney, "lolcats" and a radio stunt by Kyle and Jackie O were all used as evidence that "we've seen the future and it's junk". But overwhelmingly the audience didn't think so. The first of the Herald's IQ2 debates on popular culture was held last night at City Recital Hall. The Herald columnist Elizabeth Farrelly criticised the "non sequitur" that popular is good, arguing that popularity had become "the reigning value of our time" and it had undermined excellence.  

In 2008, NASA beamed the Beatles song Across the Universe into deep space, sending a message of peace to any extraterrestrial who happens to be in the region of Polaris, also called the North Star, in 2439. "Amazing! Well done, NASA!" Paul McCartney said.

Send my love to the aliens.   -Paul McCartney

 

It is a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon, and I am behind my computer attempting to work. Real work, the kind that demands concentration and effort. But try as I might, words swiftly flee my mind before I can type them as the music emanating from my teenage son's bedroom continues ceaselessly.  

Dancing On Ice star Heather Mills has claimed that she will never marry again. The 41-year-old former wife of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney joked that the scariest thing she had done in her life was meeting "potential mothers-in-law". "In my whole life, that's always been my biggest fear. No, no more weddings, not for me. No," she told The Sun . Mills, who was voted off the ITV1 reality show on Sunday, has been dating Jamie Walker for 19 months.

In my whole life, that's always been my biggest fear. No, no more weddings, not for me. No   -Heather Mills

 

After two nights of red-eye flights and a greeting in Tokyo befitting of the Beatles, it was like a scene right out of your favorite Three Stooges episode. The Flyers' Chris Pronger had just unpacked his bags in Nagano, Japan , and hustled over to Team Canada's common room for a meeting. Just 23 back in 1998, Pronger didn't know quite what to expect in his first Olympic Games .