Rolling Stone

Upcoming John Lennon and Yoko Ono Doc Will Focus on Couple’s Interview Given the ‘Afternoon Before He Was Killed’

The last interview that John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave, on the day of Lennon’s 1980 death, will be the focus of filmmaker Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming, yet-untitled documentary. “I’m not looking to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1980: John Lennon Gives Final Rolling Stone Interview, Talks Yoko, Life, and ‘Double Fantasy’

On December 5, 1980, John Lennon gave what would be his final interview to Rolling Stone. He would be murdered three days later. In the nine-hour interview, Lennon gave editor Jonathan Cott a look at ...
Uinterview

Yoko Ono Wondered Whether John Lennon Was Gay, Paul McCartney Said

Vanity Fair has just released a 2015 interview with McCartney in full, which saw McCartney speculate about his fellow Beatle’s sexuality. He noted that Ono “rang me shortly after John died and said, ...
Rolling Stone

How John & Yoko Conquered New York: Inside the Making of ‘One to One’

In 1972, ABC aired an exposé on the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York, which had been accused of abusing and neglecting its intellectually challenged wards. A young, hungry ...
Salon

Rethinking Yoko: David Sheff’s biography challenges decades of misinformation

In 1980, at the relatively tender age of 24, David Sheff landed a journalistic coup in the form of a multipart interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The famous couple had just ended a period of ...