Paul McCartney to release Beatles back catalogue to finance divorce
Sir Paul McCartney, 65, is dipping deep into his Beatles' past to help finance his divorce to Heather Mills. The former rock star is said to be releasing the Beatles back catalogue to iTunes to help pay for his multi-million dollar divorce, which should be finalized in Britain's High Court in about a week. Estimates put 40-year-old Mill's cash settlement between $40-$60 million - with McCartney's own legal and professional expenses racking up to some $10 million. Featuring legendary albums such as

McCartney divorce set to be finalized
Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills are scheduled to return to London's High Court on Monday for their divorce to be formally finalized. At the hearing before Justice Hugh Bennett, the couple are likely to be granted a divorce on the uncontested basis that they have lived apart for two years. In March, Bennett blasted Mills, branding her evidence in a battle over her divorce settlement as "inconsistent and inaccurate." He ended up awarding Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.7 million) -

Secrets of Paul McCartney divorce deal to be made public ... and Heather gets less than she wanted
Intimate details of Sir Paul McCartney's multimillion-dollar divorce from Heather Mills will be made public by a High Court judge. Mr Justice Bennett has warned McCartney he is planning to make his judgment public because of the "overwhelming interest" the divorce case has attracted. Sources close to the case have said they expect Ms Mills, a former glamour model, to receive between $40 million and $60 million - a huge sum but still far less than some estimates.

Paul McCartney for PETA
One issue Paul McCartney and his estranged ex Heather Mills aren’t feuding over: animal rights. McCartney, 65, is lending his face to PETA's new "I Am a Vegetarian" ad campaign – and Usmagazine.com has an exclusive first peek! "If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat," McCartney tells Us. "That's the single most important thing you could do. “It's staggering when you think about it,” he adds. “Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot:

Details of Paul McCartney's $774m fortune revealed
ASTONISHING details of Sir Paul McCartney’s colossal £387m ($774m) fortune were revealed for the first time yesterday as his divorce deal was made public. The former Beatle, 65, disclosed vast personal wealth at London’s High Court — including a huge collection of luxury homes. In total, his property empire is worth £34m ($68m). But that accounts for just a small part of his wealth. When he separated from Mucca in 2006, Sir Paul asked accountants to value his business assets. They include hi

Paul McCartney back in court over Beatles recordings
SIR Paul McCartney faces another court fight — this time over BEATLES recordings. The Fab Four’s firm Apple Corps is suing to halt the release of a 1962 show in Hamburg. A £7.5million ($15million) lawsuit argues the poor quality recording at the Star Club harms the image of divorce-row Macca and the other Beatle legends. It is unclear how US firm Fuego Entertainment got hold of it. But a Fuego spokesman said: “It’s unfair to millions of Beatles fans not to allow this recording.”

Paul McCartney song written about Heather Mills?
Fans of The Beatles and Sir Paul McCartney are debating whether a song featuring on his recently album, ’Memory Almost Full’, is about his ex-wife Heather Mills, who was recently awarded £24.3million ($48.6million) of his fortune in a divorce settlement. The title of the song ’Mister Bellamy’ is an anagram of “Mills betray me”, and fans are speculating as to whether lyrics in the song refer to Mills. Lyrics in the song include the lines, “I’m not coming down, no matter what you do”,

Paul McCartney Remembers Linda on 10th Anniversary of Her Death
Just weeks after finalizing his $50 million divorce from Heather Mills, Paul McCartney is making headlines again – this time for an emotional interview about his first wife, Linda, who succumbed to breast cancer 10 years ago. McCartney tells Britain's Sunday Times Magazine he can still recall their first meeting, "probably 40 years [ago], at the London nightclub Bag O' Nails. "There was an immediate attraction between us," he said in the article, which coincides with an exhibition of Linda McCartn

Stella McCartney and Yoko Ono's tearful embrace at funeral of 'Fifth Beatle'
Stella McCartney and Yoko Ono both turned out to farewell Neil Aspinall, the man known in the music industry as "the Fifth Beatle," at his funeral in Twickenham today. Sir Paul McCartney's 36-year-old daughter was tearful as she hugged Ms Ono, the widow of John Lennon, outside the Church of St Mary the Virgin following the service. The Who rocker Pete Townshend and Beatles' producer Sir George Martin were also among the crowd of mourners.

Judgment Date Set for McCartney and Mills
They couldn't work it out and now judgment day looms for Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. After the former couple was once again unable to hammer out a divorce settlement over five days of closed-door hearings this month, High Court Justice Hugh Bennett has announced that he will deliver a decision in the split on Mar. 17. The judge's ruling will determine what portion of his fortune—estimated at a whopping $1.64 billion—McCartney will be ordered to hand over to Mills. It is unclear whether the d

Yoko Ono Advises Heather Mills: 'Try to Survive'
Though Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono have long been said to have a frosty relationship, John Lennon's widow has some warm words for McCartney's recent ex, Heather Mills. "All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles," Ono, 75, tells Britain's Sky News. "I think all the wives did suffer, and I think quietly suffer. Suffer but endured, I would actually say." Moving forward, Ono advises Mills, 40, to "do her very best and try to survive". Ono made the comments whi

Judge in Paul McCartney divorce case fires back at Heather Mills
Read it and weep Mills! A 58-page document may reveal why Heather Mills' tirade yesterday included a promise to appeal the publication of the judgment in her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney. Mills claimed the judgment exposed private information about her 4-year-old daughter Beatrice. But with judge Justice Bennett noting in the document that Mills was "less than candid" and a "less than impressive witness," there are rumors that the 40-year-old wanted to keep these damaging remarks private as well.

Heather Mills' massive divorce pay-out: $50m for six years of marriage
Heather Mills is set to pocket £25million ($50 million) in her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney. The settlement - which roughly works out at £4million ($8 million) for every year the pair were married - is laid out in court papers sent to the former couple and their legal teams this week. The official verdict is set to be handed down on Monday, according to a newspaper, although if it is not known if the sum includes provision for the couple's daughter Beatrice. The figure will go down as one o

McCartney campaigns against kangaroo cull
A British animal protection group is using the face of Paul McCartney in an international campaign against a planned cull of hundreds of kangaroos on an Australian military base. As demonstrators on Wednesday promised human shields to protect the animals, McCartney appeared on a website set up by the animal welfare group Viva! to condemn the cull of up to 500 animals using tranquilizer darts and lethal injection. "There is an urgent need for action to protect kangaroos from a barbaric industry which s

Lovestruck Sir Paul, 65 going on 16 in the sun with his new flame
Young love is such a joy for those involved. The childish capers, the shared jokes and the public displays of intimacy are so familiar to teenagers wrapped up in their first affair. But when you're 65, it's all a little less dignified. Holidaying in the Caribbean with his new flame, Sir Paul McCartney didn't seem to care. Reinvigorated after his gruelling divorce, the former Beatle seemed bent on impressing 47-year-old Nancy Shevell with his physical prowess. So after a yoga session, he

Mills getting $108M in divorce settlement?
Heather Mills and former Beatle Paul McCartney have reportedly settled their very public and bitter divorce with a whopping $108 million settlement being awarded to Mills, according to Britain's the Daily Mail. Mills, who represented herself during the divorce, will reportedly receive a lump sum of $40 million up front, with another $5 million a year until their four-year-old daughter Beatrice turns 18. The settlement, which includes a strict confidentiality agreement, falls short of Mills initial r

Yoko Ono fights to stop video of Lennon smoking dope in 1970 from being made public
Footage of John Lennon smoking cannabis, writing songs and discussing putting LSD in Richard Nixon's tea is at the centre of a court battle over whether it should be made public. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono is fighting a company which claims ownership of nine hours of raw footage of her with Lennon, filmed just weeks before The Beatles broke up in 1970. World Wide Video, a consortium of Beatles collectors based in Lawrence, Massachusetts, wants to release the black-and-white footage as a two-hour film c

Unique photos of the Beatles in the summer of 1963 before worldwide fame
Four weeks later their lives were to change forever. But in this photograph The Beatles can still enjoy a quiet few hours sunbathing without, it appears, a care in the world - or being swamped by fans. It was taken in July 1963 during a week when the group had packed out the Odeon cinema in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

Mills had miscarriage before Beatrice
Heather Mills had a miscarriage in the first year of her marriage to Sir Paul McCartney. The ex-Beatle made the revelation during the couple's divorce battle at the High Court, during which Mills was awarded a £24.3 ($48.6m) million settlement. Mr. Justice Bennett's 58-page judgement, which was published yesterday, revealed that the former model had lost a baby before conceiving daughter Beatrice, now four. McCartney told the court: "We stopped using contraception the night we were married. There

Heather Mills Branded a Liar
In her fight to get her hands on Paul McCartney's money, Heather Mills made a series of "exaggerated" claims, according to the judge in the case. The onetime Dancing with the Stars contestant sought close to $250 million of her ex's fortune, claiming expenses that didn't hold up under scrutiny. (She was ultimately awarded $48.6 million.) For example, Mills claimed to need $60,000 annually to cover her equestrian needs and $80,000 to pay for her wine consumption. However, the judge noted that she no l

John Lennon returning to Liverpool - as a 10-ft illuminated pie
John Lennon is once again going to light up a Liverpool club - in the form of two 10ft figures which were formerly part of the Blackpool illuminations. The figures of the music legend once formed part of a Beatles tribute display in the Lancashire town. But when club owner Brian Corrigan, who runs Lathom Hall in Seaforth, saw them in a sale he said he jumped at the chance to buy them. The Fab Four even played at the venue ten times between 1960 and 1961. The figures were originally hung from

"Give Peace a Chance" lyrics up for sale - for an expected $500,000
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the hit song "Give Peace a Chance" will go under the hammer at auction in July and are expected to fetch 200-300,000 pounds ($400-600,000), Christie's said on Tuesday. The lyrics are being sold by comedy writer and presenter Gail Renard, who was 16 when Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their famous "Bed-In" at a hotel in Montreal in 1969. Renard and a friend sneaked into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel where the recently married Lennon and Ono were holding a protest for peace

Heather Mills flirts with Trump - report
Heather - who was a Miss USA judge last week - decided to spend some time with the multi-millionaire pageant owner because she wanted more money for appearing on the televised beauty contest. A source told the New York Post newspaper: "She flat out refused to sign her contract because she wants to get paid if they re-sell the footage. Her ego is enormous, and it's getting bigger by the minute. "She believed that if the show got high ratings, it would be because of her. She treated this like she was st

Mills 'pesters' hotel with diet list
Heather Mills has reportedly pestered hotel staff with a list of dietary requirements for her daughter. The animal rights activist called the La Gazelle d'Or hotel to warn them about 4-year-old Beatrice's vegan eating regime when she heard ex-husband Paul McCartney was taking her on holiday there. McCartney is annoyed by his former wife's actions as he believes he is perfectly capable of looking after his own child, reports The Mirror. A source said: "Paul booked the break for some quality time wit

Heather Mills to judge Miss USA pageant
SIR Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills has gone from judgment to judge after landing an expert role at the upcoming Miss U.S.A. pageant just days after winning $49 million (GBP24.5 million) in a London divorce court. The former glamour model-turned-activist has signed on to judge beauty queens at tycoon Donald Trump's annual parade of lovelies in Las Vegas. Osmond siblings Donnie and Marie will host the show at the Planet Hollywood Resort + Casino next month (11Apr08). Mills, who became a U.S. T