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September 29, 2007 -- BBC News

Snapshot of home life in Britain

They're the ordinary things in daily life - doing the washing up, bathing the children or celebrating a birthday.

And over the past week, 15,000 people across Britain have been recording those everyday moments on camera for a unique photographic project called UK at Home.

The snapshots for one of Britain's biggest ever public participation photography projects will be used to create a permanent record of life at home.

It aims to reflect the changes to the British home as technology advances, society shifts and green issues take more of a priority.

'Mirror of life'

Among the photos so far are shots of newborn babies, pets asleep on the sofa, notes on the fridge door and a teenager jumping on a trampoline.

The best photographs will eventually be published in a book in February 2008.

John Easterby, director of photography for the project, said he was delighted at the public response.

"The amount of interest has been absolutely staggering. This project is a multicultural mirror of life in the UK at the start of the 21st Century.

"People right across the nation have taken part - and it delivers a positive message that notwithstanding cultural differences, there are subtle symbols of British life which unite us all."

'Timeless quality'

Fifty professional photographers are also capturing images for the initiative including Mary McCartney, the daughter of Sir Paul McCartney.

She has photographed a family from Basildon in Essex with a disabled child, and a man whose home is decorated in a 1940s style.

Mary McCartney said photographs have a timeless quality.

"Everything is so fast moving these days. People can look at a still image and it will make them stop and think," she said, "They'll use their imagination to fill in the gaps.

"We are always so busy, texting or we're on the phone or looking at a computer. "It means still images and paintings and galleries are all the more important. I think they are timeless."

The UK at Home project continues until Sunday, 30 September.

Paul on T4 this Sunday

Be sure not to miss Paul on TV this Sunday at 1pm on T4 (Channel 4 - UK). Paul can been seen teaching Alex Zane how to play his new single Ever Present Past as part of the new music tuition initiative Now Play It.com.Watch closely and you will also be able to catch snippets of the new Ever Present Past video!

You wouldn't think they'd have much in common - but when junkie rocker Pete Doherty met pop legend Sir Paul McCartney they got on like a house on fire.

We can reveal that 28-year-old Pete was granted a secret audience with Macca in London yesterday.

And in what must be one of the most bizarre interviews in music history, the Babyshambles frontman told the former Beatle that as far as drugs were concerned he was going to, er, Let It Be.

A friend of Pete's tells us: "He was overwhelmed by meeting Macca. They had a real heart to heart - at times it was like a father talking to his son.

"Pete promised Paul he was serious about getting clean, was through with the drugs, and said he never wanted to fall back into his dark days again.

"They spoke about everything from music, other singers and even touched on the subject of women - but that was strictly between the two of them."

Pete - who interviewed his idol for the Observer Music Monthly - was given special permission to leave the Clouds rehab clinic in Wiltshire, where he has spent the past month receiving treatment for drug addiction.

And Macca was well up for the meeting, too - clearly watching Pete's shambolic collaboration with Sir Elton John at Live 8 hadn't put him off.

Our insider adds: "Macca has got a sense of fun, and was willing to give anything a try. He's really supportive of young bands and finds Pete strangely interesting. He was well up for letting a fellow muso interview him.

"Pete didn't sleep the night before the interview just thinking about what he'd say to the legend when they actually came face to face."

Another source confirms: "They got on really well and Pete found Paul very suppotive."

Pete's highbrow audience with rock royalty is sure to get up the nose of his former girlfriend, Kate Moss.

The 33-year-old supermodel, who unceremoniously dumped Pete in July, is a big fan of Macca's and is good friends with his designer daughter, Stella McCartney - and she won't want her grubby ex muscling in on her territory.

Still, at least Kate can seek consolation in the arms of new love Jamie Hince. She has only been dating The Kills guitarist for a month, but recently declared to her friends: "I'm in love and I'm engaged."

It was a kick in the teeth for Pete, who had begged her to go back to him, using the Daily Mirror as his mouthpiece. Seem's Pete's a Yesterday man in more ways than one...

The balloted shows are:

Emilia di Liverpool at St George's Concert Room:
January 2. Donizetti's 1824 Opera performed by European Opera Centre. All tickets: £25.

The Opening - Liverpool The Musical at Liverpool ECHO Arena:
January 12. Show features Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Vasily Petrenko and many more. Tickets: £35.00, £47.50.

The Tavener Requiem at Metropolitan Cathedral: February 28.
A concert for peace, featuring the four great faiths of Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam. World Premiere. Tickets £15, £22.

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the European Union Youth Orchestra: March 30. At Philharmonic Hall. Tickets: £9, £14, £19, £22, £28.

Into the Little Hill at Pacific Road Arts Centre: April 18.
A political updating of the Pied Piper story. UK premiere. All Tickets £20

***The Liverpool Sound at Anfield Stadium:
June 1. A once-in-a-lifetime concert celebrating Liverpool's musical influence, featuring Sir Paul McCartney. Tickets: £35, £55, £75.***

Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral:
June 28. Featuring Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Choir of Liverpool Cathedral, Choir of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Choir of Cologne Cathedral. Tickets: £14, £18, £23.

Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker: September 4.
The super-conductor returns home for a World premiere, commissioned by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Tickets: £28, £38, £45, £55, £65.

The Liverpool 08 ballot has been created to ensure a fair distribution of tickets locally, nationally and internationally.

All people have to do is select the show, what tickets they want ­ they can select more than once price category - provide their bank card details and address.

08 Cardholders can improve their chance of being drawn out, through an exclusive allocation. More than twenty thousand 08 Cards are now available at the Merseytravel Information Centre, Tourist Information Centres or the 08 Place. Once collected they must be activated on line at www.08card.co.uk before entering the ballot. Activation is immediate.

Tickets will be limited to two per household with allocations based on postcode and then the highest price category first.

If unsuccessful in the higher price bracket, people will automatically be entered in to the draw for any lower price brackets they selected.

Once the ballot is held, people will be informed by e-mail or post within a few days. Bank cards will only be debited if the card-holder has been successful in the ballot for tickets.

One of the UK's leading ticketing agencies SeeTickets, who handled ticketing for this year's Glastonbury, will be handling the Liverpool 08 Ballot.

In most cases there will be a booking fee of 12%, plus a £1.85 transaction fee which is industry standard and will ensure administration costs are covered.

This process will also help the Liverpool Culture Company to donate £300,000 ($600,000) to two chosen charities: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity, which will use the funds to significantly increase its therapy services in Merseyside.

To combat ticket touts, every Liverpool 08 ticket will carry a unique barcode on it. This means that the venues will automatically pick up any attempt to use duplicate or forged tickets at the point of entry and will be able to cross-check the ticket with the registered address of the person who paid for it.

Councillor Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Deputy Chairman of Liverpool Culture Company, said: ''These eight events showcase the amazing variety and quality of the 08 programme. The Liverpool 08 Ballot is central to our aim to ensure people get a fair chance at seeing the very best that Liverpool has to offer in 2008.''

Bryan Gray, Chairman of Liverpool Culture Company, said: ''We're expecting huge demand for these events and the Liverpool 08 Ballot will ensure a fair and safe distribution of tickets. It's a unique ballot and one which will benefit both the public and the city, not least through the support for LIPA and Nordoff-Robbins.''

Paul McCartney yes to Anfield 08 gig

Sir Paul and Ringo to lead the festivities for Liverpool's Capital of Culture

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to head Liverpool's Capital of Culture programme, it was announced today.

Knotty Ash's king of comedy Ken Dodd is also signed up to take part in the year of cultural festivities and celebrations..

They join authors Philip Pullman, Seamus Heaney, Monica Ali and Liverpool poet Roger McGough who have already been revealed.

Among the 300 events already planned for 2008 are dozens of national and international premieres.

Sir Paul McCartney today ended more than 18 months of speculation by revealing he would headline the bill at the once-in-a-lifetime Liverpool Sound concert.

The event at Anfield on June 1 will be in front of an audience of 32,000 people.

In a specially recorded message to the people of Liverpool, the former Beatle said today: "I'm very excited about Liverpool being Capital of Culture 2008.

"We have a fantastic series of events which are sure to get you excited too.

"I'm very proud of the city and I look forward to welcoming you all and showing you a good time.

"It's going to be a great year."

Ringo Starr has also agreed to return to the city of his birth.

The 67-year-old legend will appear at the "People's Opening" at St George's Hall on January 11, and the opening ceremony at the ECHO Arena on January 12.

He said: "I'm going to stand on top of St George's Hall so you can all see me.

"And the next day we're going to play in this huge concert that's going down in the new arena. How great's that?

"What could be better? Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 08. Peace and love.''

Today's announcement comes on top of highlights revealed last November, many of which are now fleshed out.

Council leader Warren Bradley said: "I've no doubt being Capital of Culture will change how Liverpool thinks and how the rest of the world thinks of Liverpool."

Culture Company chief executive Jason Harborow today said the "vast majority" of events would be free.

"It's not often you get a chance to please all of the people all of the time, but I think Liverpool will get very close in 2008.''

The man given the task of steering Capital of Culture's artistic programme repeated his hope that everyone would be able to take some part in 2008.

Phil Redmond, who has launched his own Open Culture scheme to give everyone who wants to the chance to get involved, said: "My drive now is to make sure we get the 'Scouse edge' to the year."

He also highlighted the community-driven programme.

The 57-year-old said: "Creative Communities is the unsung part of the whole project."

Art will take to the streets for 10 weeks next summer in the shape of up to 100 5ft 10in fibreglass copies of the Superlambanana which will be decorated by Liverpudlians and then placed in a trail around the whole city.

Sally Ann Wilkinson, of Wild in Art, which is co-ordinating the project, said: "This is about mass participation.

"We want to engage people, businesses and creative communities in a partnership to create these Superlambananas and, through them, tell their stories.

"Everywhere I've gone to talk about the project I'm greeted with great enthusiasm."

Meanwhile Artichoke, the company behind the fairytale Sultan's Elephant which stopped London in its tracks last year, is planning a magical new outdoor show for Liverpool.

The details of September's Will You Find It? are under wraps. Artichoke's Nicky Webb, who worked on Glasgow's culture year, said: "We don't want to give a lot away as we hope a tremendous sense of excitement will be built up about it, and people will feel it's a real event unfolding in front of their eyes."

In the field of visual art, the fifth Liverpool Biennial opens on September 20, featuring the 50th year of the John Moores prize.

Biennial artists are also working on community projects such as the Pavilions initiative involving people in Kirkdale, Kensington and Garston, and the ongoing Winter Lights scheme.

Biennial director Lewis Biggs said: "We're confident the programme will be a talking point for residents and visitors alike, impossible to miss as art fills the city's streets and squares."

The Tate Liverpool celebrates its 20th anniversary with the first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt's work ever staged in the UK, accompanied by a host of celebratory events including two free Viennese Balls at St George's Hall.

Strictly Come Dancing-style classes will be held before the April events.

Clippers return to the Mersey on July 5 at the end of their round-the-world battle, while on July 18 up to 100 Tall Ships with 3,000 crew will start their own race from Liverpool.

The 08 Clipper sets off from Liverpool at the start of its gruelling round-the-world race

The 2008 programme also includes dance festivals, street theatre, the return of Liverpool conductor Sir Simon Rattle, BBC Electric Proms, the European Youth Parliament, musical tributes to the Adelphi hotel and Eric's club, and the first appearance at the Chelsea Flower Show in 45 years of Liverpool's acclaimed botanical collection.

David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool, which has a special programme including The Beat Goes On exhibition of popular music, said: "This is a city where the personality of its people shines as brightly as anywhere in the world, and·this personality is reflected in the extraordinary quality of its culture.

"It's time to shout that from the rooftops."

Highlights:

January 11-13

Capital of Culture opening weekend at St George's Plateau and the Liverpool ECHO Arena.

February 22-23

Ken Dodd and Liverpool Laughter Makers. St George's Hall hosts Doddy's gift to Capital of Culture celebrations, a unique take on the great comedians from the city's past.

March 28

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the European Union Youth Orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall.

April 12-13

Step into your Strictly Come Dancing shoes with a weekend of Viennese balls with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing live at St George's Hall.

May 24 to November 2

Ben Johnson's completed Liverpool Cityscape 2008 goes on show at the Walker Art Gallery.

May 30 to August 31

Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 at Tate Liverpool. The first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt's work ever staged in the UK.

June 1

Liverpool Sound at Anfield. Join Macca and co for a once-in-lifetime concert to celebrate Liverpool's status as the World Capital of Pop.

June 19-22

The Metropolitan Cathedral crypt hosts Design Show Liverpool, set to be the most exciting design event the north west has ever seen and showcasing the best of product design, cutting-edge technology and stylish living.

July 5

The Clipper Race 07-08 finishes at the waterfront. Two weeks later, on July 18, the Tall Ships arrive.

July 12 to November 1

The Beat Goes On at World Museum Liverpool. From the Cavern to Creamfields, Billy Fury to the Zutons, The Beat Goes On will provide a journey through 40 years of Liverpool music.

August 26 to September 3

Liverpool ECHO Arena hosts the World Firefighter Games.

September 26-28

Will You Find It? The arts group which brought London to a standstill with its gigantic wooden Sultan's Elephant turns its attention to Liverpool with a new and amazing attraction.

September 20 to November 30

The fifth Liverpool Biennial International including the 50th anniversary of the John Moores prize.

October

Eric's - The Musical, a world premiere tribute to the other famous club in Liverpool performed at the Everyman.

October

BBC Electric Proms bringing together the best new and established live performers in its first time outside of London.

November 7

Shipping Lines literary festival featuring Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, Jorie Graham, Doris Lessing, Monica Ali, Roger McGough, Philip Pullman and Paul Farley.

The former Beatle will headline Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium next year

Sir Paul McCartney will play a huge stadium gig in Liverpool on June 1, 2008.

The former Beatle will headline Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium next summer.

Around 35,000 tickets will be available for the show, which will be broadcast on TV worldwide.

The show is part of the city of Liverpool's year-long celebration for being nominated European Capital Of Culture 2008.

As part of the celebrations, former Beatle Ringo Starr will appear in Liverpool The Musical, which will take place on January 12, 2008. His co-stars will include The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, Echo & The Bunnymen, Shack and former Lightning Seeds man Ian Broudie.

For more information on the Capital Of Culture and ticket details go to Liverpool08.com.

European & UK iTunes Release

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to announce that my solo CD, Mondo Magneto, featuring 10 songs and my brilliant friends - including Etta James - is now available in all of Europe and the UK on iTunes! The good people at Invisible Hands music in London have also stepped up for distribution of CD's [& throughout Europe as well]. So to all of you on the other side of the pond, from me on this side, thank you for your support and interest and patience!

For those of you who would like to purchase a CD there, please email charles@invisiblehands.co.uk and you can save crazy US shipping costs and buy nearby!

If you feel like it, please drop by at iTunes in the UK and the EU and leave a review, ok?

In other news.. One of my songs, which one has yet to be decided, will be appearing on the "Love Ride" compilation CD soon.. stay tuned. Another song, my version of Rick Nelson's "Lonesome Town", will soon appear on a tribute CD as well.

Also, I will be in the UK [and another secret spot] in Oct, playing with Paul McCartney, following the success of his beautiful new CD, so stay in touch and come rock out with us at the Roundhouse in Camden..

I might also mention that I've been writing up a storm in the last few weeks for some reason. At this point I'm just riding the wave of inspiration and we'll see where it leads. Perhaps back to the studio...

I'd also like to say how much I appreciate all the calls, emails and MySpace messages I received after the loss of my sister, Jean. You are really special.. all of you. I send all my best to you.

Take care of each other,
Brian Ray

Paul and James go for a ride

Rare recent video of Paul and son James out and about in London. CLICK

Disc: 1 (Audio CD)
1. Dance Tonight
2. Ever Present Past
3. See Your Sunshine
4. Only Mama Knows
5. You Tell Me
6. Mr. Bellamy
7. Gratitude
8. Vintage Clothes
9. That Was Me
10. Feet In The Clouds
11. House Of Wax
12. The End Of The End
13. Nod Your Head

Bonus Tracks
1. In Private
2. Why So Blue
3. 222

Paul talks about the music of "Memory Almost Full"

Disc: 2 (DVD - VIDEO)
Live At The Electric Ballroom, London
1. Drive My Car
2. Dance Tonight
3. House Of Wax
4. Nod Your Head
5. Only Mama Knows

Videos
1. Dance Tonight (Video)
2. Ever Present Past (Video)

Booklet includes: NEW EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!

Sir Paul McCartney may be romancing Renée Zellweger but Hollywood bosses are wooing him.

Macca is in talks with film producers about working on the soundtrack to "Shrek 4" and could even have a speaking role.

His "Live And Let Die" with Wings was used in Shrek The Third and Macca is said to be keen to contribute to the next film because his daughter Beatrice, three, with estranged wife Heather Mills, is a big Shrek fan. He has told how he does impressions for her.

A Hollywood film source said: "Paul has been discussing working on the next Shrek. "Live And Let Die" was sung in the last movie at Shrek's father-in-law's funeral and was one of the funniest moments.

"Producers want Paul to compose some original tunes for the next one. He could even briefly voice a character. There have been meetings and apparently he's very keen, because his daughter is a fan."

When radio and TV presenter Richard Skinner was 19, he was offered a job as a reporter at Newsbeat.

He joined immediately before Radio 1 launched the 15-minute news bulletin, which was a response to the creation of commercial radio in 1973 and is still in the station's schedule now.

He remembers the way the show shook up the traditional image of radio news, the time when censors controlled its output, and how he told Paul McCartney that fellow Beatle John Lennon had been murdered.

I was working at Radio Solent in Southampton and they went round all the local stations and offered people jobs.

I was there first of all as a reporter, became a presenter after about a year, and then became a producer too. I was there until the Falklands, when I was also DJing.

Newsbeat started in October 1973 and the original presenter was Ed Stewart.

It was on at 12.30 and 5.30, 15 minutes long, and people like Johnnie Walker, who had the lunchtime show, absolutely hated it.

He'd get on the air at 12, do half an hour and then have to stop. Then we'd come on, bleating about the news and ruining his atmosphere, and then he'd come back on again.

Previously Radio 1 had only one-minute bulletins, read by the Radio 2 announcers. They thrust us on, and very soon we realised we were doing 'real' news, but just in a much more direct manner.

When John Lennon was shot, I happened to have Paul McCartney's home telephone number.

I phoned and he didn't know. I spoke to his butler or somebody like that and he passed on the news.

About three hours later, about eight o'clock in the morning, Paul McCartney phoned me in the Newsbeat office.

He said, "Thank you for telling me - I can't talk about this." So we never got an interview, but being the person to pass on that news was a bit of a weird one.

At first, it seemed like the Dead boys -- frontman Matt McManamon, guitarist Ben Gordon, bassist Charlie Turner and drummer Brian Johnson -- were just going to benefit from the fab one's kind voicemails wishing them luck in the studio. Then, one day when McCartney was in residence instead of them, their mutual producer Dave Kahne told them Macca wanted them to drop by.

"We go down [to] the studio and we walk in and it's just a bit of a different vibe," Johnson told Spinner of the fateful hour. "Walking down the steps into the other room -- it's weird when you know at the other end you're going to be greeted by a Beatle."

After a bit of nervous shuffling, conversation erupted after the boys uttered a token Liverpudlian phrase. "[Our first words to him were] probably 'Alright, mate,' the thing everyone from Liverpool says when you first meet someone," Johnson recalls. "I think there were a couple of minutes of just standing around and both parties looking at their shoes and then it was like, 'So how's the record going?' and we got talking about back home. By the end of it, he was telling us Beatles stories that he hadn't told to people in years -- personal stories about him and John [Lennon] and when they were writing the songs."

Johnson said McCartney and the boys bonded over coming from similar parts of Liverpool, namely Allerton, the borough that houses one of Beatle history's most famous strips -- Penny Lane. "He's just basically an old guy," Johnson says. "You always put people on pedestals and at the end of the day, everyone's just on the same level. It wasn't really awkward, there was just that Liverpool connection. I'm not saying we got on with him like best mates, but we weren't out of order. We weren't asking for autographs. We weren't asking for photos. We were just being normal, really. And he's literally [from] just down the road from where we are from. I think all that kind of came through and there was a mutual bond."

September 22, 2007 -- The Guardian

Stellar turnout as McCartney steals the show in London

London's fashion runways have featured some memorably surreal moments in their time.

Matthew Williamson returned this season and produced Prince - nearing the end of his month-long residency at the O2 in London - to hold an impromptu concert on a grey Wednesday lunchtime. But it was Stella McCartney, who has been showing her eponymous label in Paris for almost seven years and will hold her next show in two weeks, who closed the week with a flourish so surreal as to seem almost dreamlike.

In a cavernous sports centre in deepest west London, while teenagers played roller-blade hockey outside, McCartney showed her spring/summer collection for Adidas, for whom she has been designing sportswear since 2005. The centre was grassed over to resemble a miniature golf course and the models obligingly adopted yoga poses, jogged and golfed en masse.

McCartney's collections for Adidas have been one of her biggest successes and, unlike a lot of designers' work for other brands, her involvement is evident: last night's collection featured recognisable McCartney touches such as oversized sweatshirts and anoraks, spiralling seams and a pretty touch with colours, such as cornflower blue and bright yellows.

But this was clearly more about the event than the clothes. Her father, Sir Paul, stood on the sidelines, proudly taking photos on his phone while fans encircled him, doing likewise with their own mobiles. Friends, such as Twiggy, walked around bemusedly while art dealer Jay Jopling and artist Sam Taylor-Wood tiptoed through the grass.

McCartney has long since proven that she got her job on her own merit, but it seems that for many others, including the London fashion week organisers who scheduled this as the finale, the McCartney name still dazzles.

McCartney auctions his guitar

Sir Paul McCartney auctioned one of his guitars to raise money to fund music grants for underprivileged US schools.

The former Beatle donated a stage-played, autographed instrument to be sold at the VH1 Save the Music Foundation 10th Anniversary Gala held at New York's Lincoln Centre on Thursday night (Sept. 20).

Bidding started at $30 000 and proceeds will be used to buy instruments and musical equipment for underprivileged schools throughout the US.

A host of stars were present at the sold-out charity event including Bill Clinton, Mariah Carey, Quincy Jones, James Blunt, John Mayer, Jon Bon Jovi and Mya.

A pair of Maine Weimaraners are getting their 15 minutes of fame. The dogs owned by George and Anna Lyon of Wayne are featured briefly in Sir Paul McCartney's new music video, "Nod Your Head."

The video features McCartney and a bunch of models, and the dogs, nodding their heads to his latest tune.

The couple has not been officially notified that her video submission was accepted. But it appears on the video that's now posted on YouTube.

Anna Lyon, who works at Franklin Savings Bank, says the couple videotaped the dogs nodding their heads on a lark. She says she was happy to participate. She's hoping for an autograph.

It was Mr. Domino's first show since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It was a benefit for the Tipitina's Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to restoring the city's musical culture and helping its musicians. Besides that, it was Fats Domino, and these days that's more than reason enough.

On Sept. 25, Vanguard Records will release "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino," making use of some other big names, including B. B. King, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Norah Jones. They appear alongside New Orleans heroes like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint.

The foundation will dedicate a portion of the proceeds to the renovation of Mr. Domino's publishing office, adjacent to his spacious house in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was severely damaged by the flooding after Katrina. He had to be rescued by helicopter from his home; he lost several pianos and most of his possessions, and looters stole most of his gold records from the 1950s.

With more than 30 tracks, recorded not just in New Orleans but in places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Kingston, Jamaica, the album presented some fearsome logistics. Further complicating matters was Mr. Taylor's decision to feature New Orleans musicians. In the spirit of the tribute concerts that followed Katrina, "Goin' Home" includes novel pairings like Joss Stone and Buddy Guy with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Mr. King with Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk; and Lenny Kravitz with the Rebirth Brass Band.

Mr. Taylor often paired songs with artists. Elton John is a natural on "Blueberry Hill," as are Tom Petty on "I'm Walkin' " and Randy Newman on "Blue Monday." Los Lobos offer a solid update of "The Fat Man," one of the earliest rock 'n' roll records. Mr. McCartney does his best Fats impression on "I Want to Walk You Home," backed by Mr. Toussaint on piano.

Paul races across London to attend both Mary's and Stella's bash

Faced with the dilemma of both of his talented daughters presenting their work at events on the same night, there was only one thing Paul McCartney could do - attend both. The music legend raced across London to make sure he was on hand to support photographer daughter Mary McCartney and fashion designer Stella McCartney at separate bashes in the capital.

Sir Paul, 65, joined Mary for a champagne reception at a charity exhibition, held at trendy eaterie The Avenue Restaurant in central London, which featured some of her images. Sitting next to his 38-year-old daughter, glass of bubbly in hand, the singer was clearly very proud of her as he pointed out examples of her work.

Also on the former Beatle's busy schedule was watching Stella wrap up London Fashion Week with her new collection for sports label Adidas. For the unusual show the 36-year-old designer had converted a West London sports centre into a freshly turfed mini golf course - complete with pond, benches and ice cream van. Roaming between guests, models wearing the new designs played golf, tennis, went jogging or lounged in cutaway swimsuits.

September 21, 2007 -- Reuters (Getty Photos)

McCartneys close London Fashion Week

Stella McCartney, watched by her father Paul, wrapped up the most celebrated London Fashion Week for years on Thursday with the first catwalk show of her sportswear collection.

But instead of showing Adidas by Stella McCartney on a runway, she converted a west London fitness centre into a newly turfed mini golf course complete with pond, benches and ice cream van.

Models played tennis, golf, went jogging or just lounged in cutaway swimsuits while the fashion elite partied beside them, celebrating the end of the six-day event.

Tennis skirts were short and flirty, jogging tops and golfing shorts tailored and cut close to the body, perfect for casual wear as much for a trip to the gym.

"With Stella we had a clear target -- to make the Adidas women's collections more appealing," Adidas Chief Executive Herbert Hainer told Reuters before the show.

McCartney will show again in two weeks time when she unveils her luxury Stella McCartney brand in Paris, the last stop in the twice-yearly fashion circus that started in New York last week.

Her London show was a fitting end to a fashion week that veered from the commercial to the weird and wacky and back again in a way unthinkable at its more established and glamorous rivals Paris, Milan and New York.

The event had more international fanfare than ever this year with McCartney, Matthew Williamson and Luella, three of Britain's best known and most commercially successful designers, returning from New York and Paris to stage one-off shows.

A surprise gig by U.S. singer Prince at Williamson's show added to London Fashion Week's lustre.

Freelance writer Craig Jolly knows lots of stories about old Birmingham (Michigan), including one of his favorites about singing legend Paul McCartney's kids dousing well-heeled passersby.

Jolly has spent months collecting stories and captioning photos of the city for a new book titled "Birmingham."

The 127-page paperback is the latest in the Images of America series by Charleston, S.C.-based Arcadia Publishing. The company has about 50 titles about places in the Detroit area. A similar book, "Grosse Pointe," was released a couple of weeks ago.

"I wanted to tell some fun stories about Birmingham when it was a friendlier, more neighborly town," said Jolly, who graduated from Andover High School and the University of California Los Angeles' Film School.

It includes photos of early settlers, 1960s marching bands, and the band Kiss putting on makeup in the men's room of the Birmingham Theater.

Among Jolly's favorite tidbits from the book is a story about the children of McCartney, who like to stay at the Townsend Hotel when he is in the Detroit area. Jolly says the kids used to throw water balloons at people passing below in fur coats.

Sir Paul McCartney breaks down in tears every time he hears the Beach Boys' song God Only Knows. The 65-year-old Beatles legend has confessed he can't control his emotions whenever he hears the Brian Wilson penned track.

Speaking on a special Radio 1 show to mark the British station's 40th anniversary, Paul said: "God Only Knows is one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it. It's really just a love song, but it's brilliantly done. It shows the genius of Brian.

"I've actually performed it with him and I'm afraid to say that during the sound check I broke down. It was just too much to stand there singing this song that does my head in, and to stand there singing it with Brian."

During the hour-long show, Paul played a selection of his all-time favourite songs, including The Guillemots' Little Bear, Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel and Beatles classic Hey Jude.

The reissue will feature the entire "Memory Almost Full" album, including three bonus tracks, "Why So Blue," "222," and "In Private," which were only included in the original deluxe version of the set released in June.

The bonus DVD will feature McCartney's videos for "Dance Tonight" and the yet-to-be premiered video for "Ever Present Past."

McCartney's set list at the June 28th appearance at L.A.'s Amoeba Records was "Drive My Car," "Only Mama Knows," "Dance Tonight," "C Moon," "The Long And Winding Road," "I'll Follow The Sun," "Calico Skies," "That Was Me," "Blackbird," "Here Today," "Back In The USSR," "Nod Your Head," "House Of Wax," "I've Got A Feeling," "Matchbox," "Get Back," "Baby Face," "Hey Jude," "Let It Be," "Lady Madonna," and "I Saw Her Standing There." McCartney will release the third single from Memory Almost Full to radio in the next couple of weeks. The track, "Only Mama Knows," is the hardest rocking song on the album, and reminiscent of McCartney's later work with Wings.

Although he won't be hitting the road until early next year, McCartney will perform live on BBC's Electric Proms TV show on October 25th, at London's famed venue the Roundhouse.

September 15, 2007 -- Macca Report Exclusive!

Close encounter with Paul at the Yankees' game

I'm 37, from Boston, and a huge Paul McCartney fan. I've seen him about 20 times but never met him.

I was in New York city (August 29th) to see the Red Sox play the Yankees and to my surprise, I saw Paul on the Jumbotron waving to the crowd as they played "Dance Tonight".

Macca was in a front row center box seat (behind home plate) about 30 rows in front of me sitting with Lorne Michaels, Alec Baldwin and Penny Marshall. Paul seemed to be a real Yankees fan, cheering, high fiving and standing up when his team did well.

When Paul left, he walked right by me so I took a photo. He even shook the hand of the guy next to me. The whole time the crowd was all over him and he was quite a sport about it. At the same time, Alec Baldwin walked out virtually unnoticed.

-- David Mooney (Macca Reporter)

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The chair gang

Where art, design, fashion and celebrity meet, a team of young entrepreneurs calling themselves Established & Sons have stepped in. And suddenly, the design world is abuzz with all things British.

When Established & Sons, the new British furniture company with a facetious name, launched two years ago at the Milan Furniture Fair, it literally took the roof off. As its 4m Aqua table (designed by the Iraqi-born architect, Zaha Hadid) proved too big for the door, the company hired a crane and sawed through the metal roof struts (to be re-welded later) to winch it into the pavilion.

Since then, Established & Sons has deftly and repeatedly made international waves. Sometimes this is because of its sheer coolness: the guest list to its first birthday party included Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson and the cult stylist Rachel Zoe, alongside the company's CEO Alasdhair Willis, his wife Stella McCartney, and father-in-law Sir Paul. Sometimes this is because of its flashy success, as when a prototype of the Aqua piece sold for $296,000 at auction in New York. And sometimes this is because its critics suspect its dramatic ascendancy owes more to hype than intrinsic quality. Recently, a controversy surrounding an Established & Sons side-table started by internet bloggers exploded on to the pages of The New York Times. Signed by respected designer Jasper Morrison, the piece, made from Douglas fir, was a replica of an old wine crate: was this design at its most truthful, or just piss-taking cynicism?

This month, the company launches its cheekiest initiative yet. To tie in with the London Design Festival, Willis is holding an exhibition ­ Established & Sons Elevating Design ­ in a vast subterranean space in Marylebone. The firm's high-volume production pieces have been replicated in Carrara marble and will be displayed on grandiose plinths. None is for sale. The exhibition is intended to provoke a debate about so-called "Design-Art".

"We want to position ourselves as commentators," says Willis. "I've always said the company is more than just a simple manufacturing firm, and this is our first exhibition to put our cards on the table and say we believe our role is to be bold."

When we meet at the company's offices in Shoreditch, Willis is reeling, and not just from a condensed task list prior to a "big family holiday" on Long Island. He and McCartney are expecting their third child, due on New Year's Day. "We always wanted several kids but this is a?" he picks his words carefully, "?a delightful shock." Their son, Miller, is two; their daughter, Bailey, seven months. If Willis is pivotal to Established & Sons' success, its core ethos was generated as much by two of its other founders, Sebastian Wrong and Mark Holmes. They are from diverse backgrounds. Willis's businessman father was one of those men who could build half their house and the kitchen table they ate from. Wrong's father, Henry, was the first director of the Barbican Centre. Holmes grew up in Grimsby where his father held down a variety of jobs, from taxi-driver to pub landlord. Each, though, trained in fine art, and they met either studying for BAs at Norwich or MAs at Slade.

Wrong and Holmes later set up a small company manufacturing their own designs. When Willis, who had risen from advertising sales to publisher of Wallpaper*, left the magazine, the three joined forces. They shared a frustration over the design brain drain from Britain. "It was a given that you had made it as a designer if B&B Italia or Cappellini came knocking at your door," says Willis. "So we asked: can we change this?"

If they could succeed in forming a company to commission British or British-based designers and manufacture their products in Britain, there would be inherent advantages ­ more control, shorter lead times ­ as well as environmental benefits. "And yes," says Holmes, "there's pride involved. There was a sense of the decline of British manufacturing and we wanted to prove everybody wrong."

Willis had been introduced to Angad Paul, head of Caparo, a manufacturing group that makes parts for everything from Aston Martin cars to Challenger tanks, by a colleague of Stella's. Paul provided seed money and a manufacturing platform for the embryonic company. At this point, the team recruited another art-school buddy, Tamara Caspersz, who brought marketing contacts to the mix.

All five are 36, photogenic and at similar life stages: Willis, Wrong and Paul have young children; Holmes and Caspersz are both single. Paul also wears a film-producer's hat and funded Guy Ritchie's two best-known movies. Persuading established designers to work with an untried outfit was not out of the question, given their profile. Willis knew many through Wallpaper*. And when Stella hit her address book, she recruited the architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems.

While it can take as long as a year to develop an item of furniture, Established & Sons gave themselves just five months to produce the range they took to their first Milan Fair. Tamara Caspersz remembers a blur of 19-hour working days. But it paid off. They were the media triumph of the fair. Their designers turned out to support them, as did Stella.

The paparazzi scrambled for shots of the McCartney-Willis corps d'lite at their launch and anniversary bashes. The first was held in a Hoxton bus depot, the second in Grosvenor Place to celebrate a new red Aqua table to benefit Bono's Red (Aids in Africa) Campaign. "Our general approach has been brash," admits Holmes. "If we're going to compete in an international arena we have to be as flamboyant as the Italians and as efficient as the Germans. We can't sit shyly in a corner."

"Some people can't wait to see if we'll fall flat," Willis adds. "Noses are always shoved out of joint when you come from relatively nowhere and start getting a lot of positive attention."

Already, Established & Sons sells in more than 50 countries, and one of its pieces (Alexander Taylor's Fold lamp) is in MoMA's permanent collection. Best known for expensive, limited-edition "Design-Art" pieces, the company's founders have ploughed the immediate profits from such show-stopping items into tooling for their more affordable pieces. Now, 100-200 orders for the Fold lamp (from around £70) arrive each week.

The firm has fuelled, and benefited from, the debate about where art and design intersect. Last winter, they teamed up with the New York auction house Phillips de Pury for an exhibition of a new futuristic collection from Hadid. Willis has now acquired the company's own gallery in Duke Street, opposite Christie's and close to Jay Jopling's White Cube. "The art collector is now buying design, no question," Willis says. "I have collectors who will only buy pieces if they can be used. I'm not saying used all day, every day, but they want to sit behind an Aqua table now and again. They don't want to be terrified to sit on a chair. Then you have other collectors who buy them purely as sculptural pieces."

Sebastian Wrong struggled with this, feeling that a piece of design was meretricious if without true functionality. "We were showing the Aqua table in Miami, and where it was positioned in the gallery, the light was pouring on to it and it really did look like a shimmering object that was all about water. And in that regard it was quite brilliant how it worked, because there's the link to the aquatic centre Hadid is doing for the [London] Olympics. But as a piece with a certain amount of function to it, a fusion between design and art, it has taken me a while to warm to it."

Willis wants to push modern art-world practice into design, importing the creed that process matters more than end product. He wants the designers of Established & Sons' limited-edition ranges to embrace "the potential for failure. I've just come from a meeting with Amanda Levete where we were discussing a one-person show and she's done a number of conceptual pieces which are all about process. In terms of the functionality level, I've no idea where that will go." But he goes so far as to say that while the prices of the limited-edition pieces may be "getting closer to art-world prices, they will never match them. And nor should they.

"I have to be honest, art is still my number one love. Most days of my life, I have some kind of involvement with it, discussing it or appreciating it. It's great I'm with a partner who shares that passion."

Perhaps his relationship with McCartney also contributes to the confidence with which Willis inhabits the cusp between art, design and fashion. "Look at the world of fashion, where someone will have an expensive catwalk item with a Topshop T-shirt and Converse sneakers. We want to be perceived like this," Willis says, envisaging a Morrison crate (at £95) next to an Ikea rug. He understands that there is a reciprocity between top-end design and affordability.

"What we are doing is not just a stunt to bring the rich end of the collectors' market to design. I find the term 'Design-Art' unfortunate in many ways, but if there is integrity there, the market will grow."

In the end, it is this thoughtfulness and passion that will determine Established & Sons' longevity and whether it eventually commands its name. "I do feel under pressure," Sebastian Wrong admits. "We've done something extremely quickly which others have taken 20 years to do. And we are already influencing the industry throughout Europe." Caspersz qualifies this. "There's a certain pressure, yes. But there's a faith I have in us as a team."

Now most folk (apart from a few bitter and twisted souls such as myself) like a bit of a happy-ever-after when it comes to stories of lonely-hearted celebrities looking for lurve.

For instance, the ranks of romantics are rooting for beleaguered Beatle Paul McCartney, who is gingerly dipping his toe back into the shark-infested waters of the dating scene.

There are two reasons for this: firstly, as he pootles about London looking soulful, he looks much too like a suddenly-homeless puppy a month after Christmas. And secondly, having extracted himself from the grasping, duplicitous clutches of Heather Mills, no one will rest easy until there is absolutely no chance that he will reunite with that dreadful harpy.

Therefore, even I confess to feelings of apprehension when I saw photographs of Macca deep in conversation with Renee Zellweger in New York this week. It seems the pair of them were thick as thieves at a Tom Petty concert, with one reveller reporting that Renee 'hung on his every word'.

Surely the man isn't that deluded. The words 'frying-pan' and 'fire' leap all too readily to mind.

This is a lassie whose body-size is shrinking faster than the Arctic ice-cap, and who met, married and divorced a singing cowboy in the space of nine dizzy months in 2005. 'Well-adjusted' isn't a word that springs to mind readily at all.

Paul needs to simmer down. He's been through the mill(s) recently, and the last thing he needs is to try and keep up with Bridget Jones ...

Celebrity chefs like Christopher Walken and Sir Paul McCartney are dishing up their favourite recipes as part of a new online cooking segment.

Hairspray star Walken shared his favourite roasted chicken recipe last week during a three-minute video on ImCooked.com, following McCartney's potato-peeling tip.

Website founder Joseph Leibovic hopes to feature top chefs and celebrities cooking up treats on the site. He tells EveOnVegas.com, "This is the quintessential website for those who love to cook and want to share their love with others

September 12, 2007 -- Macca Report News (PHOTOS)

Paul signs 10ft Gibson guitar for charity

Sir Paul McCartney signed a ten foot Gibson Les Paul sculpture at More London Riverside by City Hall today.

The guitar has been on display for the last ten weeks and was painted by artist Rosie Brooks.

The guitar will be sold as part of an auction in November raising money for the Prince's Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music and Teenage Cancer Trust.

(Watch a time-lapse video of how the guitar was painted by artist Rosie Brooks CLICK)

APPLE CORPS LTD PROUDLY ANNOUNCE THE DVD RELEASE OF THE BEATLES FILM 'HELP!', OCTOBER 29th

Apple Corps Ltd have announced the eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles' second feature film 'Help!' on October 29th (30th in the USA) which will be marketed and distributed by EMI Music.

Help! DVD cover
Directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the band's debut feature film 'A Hard Days Night', 'Help!' made its theatrical debut in 1965.

The story follows The Beatles as they become passive recipients of an outside plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which he cannot remove from his finger.

As a result, he and his bandmates John, Paul and George are chased from London to the Austrian Alps and the Bahamas by religious cult members, a mad scientist and the London police.

In addition to starring the Beatles, 'Help!' has a witty script, a great cast of British character actors and features 7 classic Beatles tracks, including:

* 'Help!'
* 'You're Going To Lose That Girl'
* 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away'
* 'Ticket To Ride'
* 'I Need You'
* 'The Night Before'
* 'Another Girl'

The DVD will be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will feature the original film digitally restored with a newly created 5.1 soundtrack, while Disc 2 contains an hour of extra features, including:

* The Beatles in Help! - 30 minute documentary about the making of the film with Richard Lester, the cast and crew. Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of The Beatles on set.
* A Missing Scene - interview and photographs, featuring Wendy Richard
* The Restoration of Help! - an in depth look at the restoration process.
* Memories of Help! - the cast and crew reminisce
* Theatrical Trailers - 2 US trailers and 1 Spanish trailer.
* 1965 US Radio Spots - hidden in disc menus.

There will be 2 editions of the DVD - a standard digipack and a deluxe boxed set that will contain a reproduction of Richard Lester's original annotated script, 8 lobby cards and a poster, plus a 60-page book with rarely seen photographs and production notes from the movie.

PRE-ORDER Standard digipack (US)

PRE-ORDER Deluxe Boxed Set (US) LIMITED EDITION

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PRE-ORDER Deluxe Boxed Set (UK) LIMITED EDITION

Both the deluxe book and the standard booklet feature an introduction by Richard Lester and an appreciation by Martin Scorsese.

CLICK HERE to watch the preview.

He will play classics from his former band 'Beatles' and songs from his latest album 'Memory Almost Full' at a concert on October 25.

The event, which will feature 80 acts, takes place at various venues around Camden in London from October 24-28, reports the BBC.

The Electric Proms will be covered on BBC radio, BBC Two, and online.

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!!!

Oprah Winfrey made a surprise marriage confession to "Extra" in New York today, revealing that she always wanted to marry Beatle Paul McCartney!

"I'm really shocked that I never married Paul McCartney," she confessed. "As a kid growing up I had every single dream of mine that I wanted to come true, to come true, except I never married Paul McCartney."

Oprah is New York City to interview David Letterman. The last time Oprah brought her show to the Big Apple was November 1997 for an interview with her crush, Sir Paul himself.

But she said interviewing Letterman is nothing compared to her interview with McCartney.

She said, "I'm not as nervous doing Dave as I was Paul McCartney."

The celebrity divorce of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has ousted terrorism and human rights as the top legal story of the year, a survey shows.

Their lawyers - Anthony Julius, who acts for Ms Mills, and Fiona Shackleton, who represents Sir Paul - have been pushed to top place in the league table of the most high-profile solicitors during the past year.

Mr Julius, who also acted for the Princess of Wales in her divorce from the Prince of Wales, attracted a total of 195 press mentions. Ms Shackleton, who represented the Prince, received 179 mentions.

Wilson debuted new song cycle 'That Lucky Old Sun' and ended the set with a cover of The Beatles classic 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

It has also been confirmed by festival insiders that Sir Paul has been approached to play on Thursday night (September 13).

The friendly competition of the '60s and trying to outdo one another has left the pair good friends even though it was reported that 'Sgt. Peppers' had contributed to the retirement of Wilson and the demise of his mental health.

The 38-year-old actress has booked a secluded luxury cottage in America's East Hamptons resort so she and the 65-year-old Beatles legend can get to know each other better.

A source said: "It's early days but Renee really thinks they could have something.

"The Hamptons seems to be a lucky place for them. So Renee is playing it safe by spending the weekend with him there.

"The cottage has a piano and guitars, so she might be serenaded with an impromptu performance."

Renee and Paul first met at a Tom Petty concert in New York last month where they were seen cosying up to one another.

For their second date the Oscar-winning actress and the beloved musician enjoyed a romantic dinner at The American Hotel restaurant in The Hamptons.

The pair met up again at Jon Bon Jovi's East Hampton holiday home last week. Paul is currently locked in a bitter divorce battle with Heather Mills - mother of his three-year-old daughter Beatrice - and he has recently been spotted with supermodel Elle Macpherson and former model Christie Brinkley.

But despite the amount of female attention Paul has been receiving of late, he and Renee are said to be smitten with each other.

The source added: "Jerry Maguire is one of his favourite films, and she is a huge Beatles fan. So they were off to a good start before they even met."

The Beatles legend is keen for his friends and family to celebrate his life rather than mourn him when he dies.

McCartney said: "At my funeral, I want jokes to be told and old funny stories rolled out. I want my family and friends to have a laugh. I want them to celebrate my life rather get depressed about my death."

The 65-year-old musician also revealed he finds playing the guitar therapeutic.

The 'Hey Jude' singer - who is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce with Heather Mills - says he is able to forget his troubles whenever he picks up the instrument.

He said: "I play the guitar for my own enjoyment. It's therapy, anyone who plays the guitar knows that. You just sit there playing and you're taken to another world."

The 61-year-old is back on the small screen with new BBC One show The Dinner Party on September 9.

Collect the whole set: who'll be Lady Macca number three?

Having spent three days licking the Chinese paintwork off its Polly Pocket Day Spa set, Lost in Showbiz feels it's time for another invaluable piece of service journalism, wherein we turn our thoughts to the invisible glass slipper Paul McCartney is carrying around and ask: which celebrity foot is Her Majesty's press attempting to cram into it today?

Yes, ever since the shock breakdown of his marriage to picaresque-heroine-turned-animal-rights-batwoman Heather Mills, Fleet Street's incurable romantics have speculated as to which famous lady's pillows may shortly be streaked with mahogany plum hair dye.

But the past fortnight has seen a positive bonanza. Not a day has gone by without some new, heartwarmingly tenuous attempt to link Sir Macca to a famous woman, following his summer break in the Hamptons and his attendance at the GQ Men of the Year awards, where he probably won the much coveted, just invented Yearly Man of the Decade award or somesuch.

In short, there has never been a more vital time to know your future third Lady McCartneys, and this column is proud to present the next logical step: an educational trading card game. Today, the child in all of us is encouraged to begin a collection of cards featuring People With Two X Chromosomes Paul McCartney Has Recently Spoken To. Just as Pokemon cards showcase a magical creature's skills and weaknesses, so will ours - and remember, players: gotta catch 'em all!

Incidentally, you might be faintly surprised to see a card for Heather Mills herself, but her inclusion is forced on the grounds of a Daily Mail report that claimed she has told friends that "her estranged husband is trying to win her back". I know what you're thinking. And you're right, Heather has told friends a lot of stuff in the past, but we make no judgments here, and welcome her into the pack as a wild card.

Natalie Imbruglia
Strengths: The Torn video
Weaknesses: The rest of her canon. Also, married

Elle Macpherson
Strengths: See above
Weaknesses: Australian

Renee Zellweger
Strengths: Adaptable size
Weaknesses: Often hungry

Christie Brinkley
Strengths: Resists botulism
Weaknesses: Four ex-husbands

Rosanna Arquette
Strengths: Saner than Patricia
Weaknesses: Appears in What about Brian?

Heather Mills
Strengths: Creative
Weaknesses: Poor memory

Sabrina Guinness
Strengths: Age appropriate
Weaknesses: Charity bore

The Beatles legend, 65, would much rather post a handwritten letter than quickly send an email.

'I prefer writing letters,' he tells Radio One.

'I don't like the way emails look. It's an aesthetic thing ­ they look so boring and it doesn't look right. I know everyone does it but I prefer letters.'

Macca also confesses he doesn't use cash machines ­ because he doesn't know how to.

'I don't use the machines. I'm terrible. I'm so low-tech, it's horrible. I've got an office and I ring them up and say, "Give me some money".'

'I've actually got a private assistant, who is often seen in the street giving me money, which is very nice of him.'

Bridget Jones star Renee Zellweger has confessed to having a crush on Sir Paul McCartney.

Her admission follows an intimate dinner with the 65-year-old in New York on Monday - days after being pictured canoodling at a gig.

Renee, 38, said: "I do have a big crush on Paul McCartney. I feel quite embarrassed saying it because I haven't even told him yet.

"I've told my friends and I think they might have told him. Well I guess if he doesn't know he will find out now."

Renee, who has split from singer hubby Kenny Chesney after seven months, also revealed the secret to her heart.

She said: "I love it when a man notices something nice about you. It's great when they really pay attention."

The former Beatle was unaware the title to his latest album could be rearranged to spell out 'For my soulmate, LLM' (using her full name Linda Louise McCartney), until he was alerted by his photographer daughter Mary.

But McCartney insists the anagram was not intentional.

He says, "It was only when my eldest daughter said to me, 'Oh Dad, that's lovely.' I had no idea what she was talking about, until she explained.

"I said: 'Oh my goodness, that's so weird', and she said: 'What's even weirder is that you didn't realise.'

"I found out about it on the anniversary of her passing. Very weird."

The singer's first wife Linda died in April 17, 1998, aged 56, after losing her battle with breast cancer.

WEBMASTER'S NOTE: The anagram theory was FIRST published on the Macca Report - April 13, 2007. CLICK to read what the world newpapers used for their source...

By Melinda Newman

Here's what I believe about music. I believe music can save your soul. At those times when absolutely nothing else can reach you, music can. When it feels like all hope is lost, a note, a voice, a melody can bring you back to safety. Brian Wilson called "Smile," his legendary unfinished album (until 2004, at least) "a teenage symphony to God." I believe the reverse: that through artists like Wilson and Springsteen and, of course, some of the world's greatest classical composers, God is writing symphonies to us as a way to comfort us, soothe us and make his presence known.

Everything I believe about music I felt on June 27 when Paul McCartney played at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Incredibly, it was his first time ever playing at a record store.

After the announcement of the surprise free show 48 hours in advance, folks began camping out in front of Amoeba for the 400 or so wristbands that would allow entry. Online reports claimed that at times 3,000 people were in line. The crowd was made up of ages from three to 70. A number of dads brought their little sons in what will surely be a bonding moment, even if the tots don't actually remember the concert.

Among the 350 or so VIPs, who were lined up between the record store's CD bins like cattle in a chute, were Ringo Starr (who, sadly, did not join McCartney on stage), Olivia Harrison (George Harrison's widow), the Eagles' Joe Walsh, Alanis Morissette, Cybil Shepherd, former Disney head honcho Michael Eisner, Twiggy, Woody Harrelson and producer Rick Rubin.

A little after 8 p.m., the star of the show appeared on stage and launched into the peppy "Drive My Car." McCartney was effortlessly engaging and charming throughout the 75-minute performance whether rocking out with his touring band or playing "Blackbird" solo.

There was a tacit, unspoken agreement between McCartney and the audience: He was going to play songs from his new CD, "Memory Almost Full." All of these were well received -- the woman beside me sang along to every tune -- but he was also going to play what he knew we were all there to hear, the classic Beatles songs that make up the soundtrack to our lives.

Given the hyper-ecstasy displayed by the crowd at this opportunity to see their musical hero in such an intimate setting, it pushes credulity to say McCartney was enjoying the evening as much as the audience, but he clearly was. Unlike so many acts who are mere shells of their former selves and who perform their hits by rote, McCartney delivered 40-year-old songs with the gusto of someone performing them for the 10th time instead of the 1,000th and managed never to seem like an oldies act. He innately seems to understand what these songs mean to people and has enough respect for his audience to not toss off a tune that may, in all likelihood, be someone's favorite of all time.

"Hey Jude," written for Julian Lennon, is one of those songs for me. As first recorded for the 1968 album of the same name, it is a masterpiece. But it is as the world's most famous sing-along that it has earned its place as something much more: an expression of our collective consciousness coming together through its hypnotically repeating "na-na-na" ending. It is as uplifting as any hymn. Speaking of hymns, McCartney also performed "Let It Be," as a beautiful benediction for the evening.

McCartney turned 65 in June, but he remains eternally youthful in a boundlessly energetic way that can only be brought about by following one's passion.

None of his new songs, as good as they may be, will ever have the iconic appeal of his Beatles classics, but that's OK. No one, not even McCartney, should be forced to compete with that past.

After some thought, he mentions the day Paul McCartney stopped by.

According to Ron, it was a summer's day in the late 1980s when, out of the blue, Paul and Linda McCartney materialized in his little café. They were heading for Louisburg to pick up a yacht for a cruise on Bras d'Or Lake but they were lost.

Ron says he had no idea at the time who the ex-Beatle was. His daughter told him later.

"I thought he was a lobster fisherman," he says with a chuckle.

Ron points to the bench where I'm ensconced.

"He sat right where you're sitting," he declares.

"I think I'll put up a big sign that says, McCartney and Duffy sat here. "

"Wrong way round," I protest. "If you want to do it right, make it, Duffy and McCartney!"

Macca was spotted at the GQ awards whispering sweet nothings into the ears of none other than - Natalie Umbruglia and Elle Macpherson. He and Elle got particularly close and giggly at one point with his arm draped round her - oo-er!

He has however had a third date with Renee and were seen snuggling on a couch at a party thrown by Jon Bon Jovi. We know he's something of a legend but he does still look like our dads. Ah well, we've got to give him a bit of credit, don't we? Bravo, Macca, you ol' dog!

Sir Paul McCartney has denied reports he is dating actress Renee Zellweger, insisting they simply share the same friends. The former Beatle was rumoured to be romancing the Bridget Jones's Diary star after the couple was recently photographed dining together in New York. And on Tuesday (September 4th), Zellweger further fuelled reports of a relationship by declaring she has a "crush" on the rocker. But McCartney - who is currently embroiled in a divorce battle with his estranged wife Heather Mills - has dismissed the media speculation. He says, "We're not dating. We're in the same group of friends and that's it."

Hear Edith Bowman's interview with Paul CLICK
Paul is 12:22 minutes into the show until 1hour and 3 minutes

The one and only Sir Paul McCartney was our guest today (September 5). He revealed that he'll be recording a very special show for Radio 1 to celebrate 40 years of being on air.

And of course no Macca visit would be complete without a singalong - this time to "Band on the Run"!

WEBMASTER'S NOTE: Paul will be hosting BBC Radio 1 on Monday, September 17 between 9 and 10pm (UK time). It will be archived and available online.

Elle Macpherson joins Sir Paul's lonely hearts club

As he was named "man of the year" at an awards ceremony, Sir Paul McCartney certainly wasn't lacking in admirers.

But the former Beatle appeared to have eyes for only one woman.

The 65-year-old singer, who had arrived at the GQ magazine awards flanked by members of his family rather than a date, enjoyed a cosy rendezvous with model Elle Macpherson.

Sir Paul listens to a speech with singer Natalie Imbruglia, and shares a laugh with model Elle

Heads bowed together, they shared an intimate chat at the ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London attended by celebrities including host Sir Elton John, Madonna and Sir Michael Caine.

Miss Macpherson, 43, the Austrlian model whose figure once earned her the nickname-The Body, is the third glamorous blonde divorcee to be pictured with Sir Paul in less than a month.

Two weekends ago he was spotted at a concert in New York with Renee Zellweger, and days later they shared a candlelit dinner.

The 38-year-old Bridget Jones actress has previously admitted having a crush on him.

Just a fortnight earlier he had slowdanced-with former model Christie Brinkley, the 53-year-old ex-wife of singer Billy Joel, at a concert in The Hamptons, where he has a mansion.

Sir Paul, who is worth about £750 million ($1.5 billion), was praised as "the greatest living songwriter" by Sir Elton at the GQ awards.

He will soon be a free man after finalising an expected divorce settlement of £70 million ($140 million) with his estranged wife Heather Mills, 39.

Paul leaving the BBC Radio One studios in a chatty mood, happily signing autographs for the waiting fans

Sir Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher and Gwen Stefani are among the musicians set to become radio DJs as part of BBC Radio 1's 40th anniversary celebrations.

Each star will play songs that inspired them during a series of hour-long guest presenter slots on the U.K. station.

Also taking part is Dave Grohl, Paul Weller, Paul Oakenfold, Debbie Harry, Arctic Monkeys, Ozzy Osbourne and Fatboy Slim star Norman Cook. Former Beatle McCartney kicks off the series on September 17.

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Sir Paul McCartney Joins Line-up To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of BBC Radio 1

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is among a list of stars due to host a series of programs on BBC Radio 1 to mark the station's 40th anniversary. Radio 1 was launched n September 30, 1967, with Tony Blackburn playing "Flowers in the Rain" by British rock band The Move.

McCartney will play tracks from legendary singer and musician Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and those from his own band when he hosts the first of 10 evening shows titled Radio 1 Legends. The series of shows begin on September 17 and continue through Sept 28.

Other artists due to perform include Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher, Blondie's Grammy award winning singer Debbie Harry, the Arctic Monkeys, Gwen Stefani and Paul Weller.

A star-studded album containing artists' versions of 40 hit songs will also be released in October to celebrate 40 years of the station's birth.

The songs are selected from an array of tracks, with one taken from each of the years that the station has been on air.

Several artists, including Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen, Robbie Williams, and Amy Winehouse have contributed to the album, titled "Radio 1."

Sir Paul McCartney says he pretends to be lovable green ogre Shrek for his daughter Beatrice.

The billionaire, 65, says the little girl loves the film character and get him to copy his voice.

"I'm a huge fan of Shrek as my little girl, who's three, loves it," Macca tells Radio One.

"I can do a really good impression of him - I put on my best Scottish accent!"

Actor Mike Myers is the real voice of Shrek in the movies.

The Bay Street Theatre continued its 2007 season with The Lady in Question, by Charles Busch; directed by Christopher Ashley, which ran through September 2.

Celebrities including Paul McCartney, Alan Alda, Joy Behar, Marci Klein, Lorne Michaels, Katherine Carr, Marcie Klein, Julie Andrews, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Kate Burton, John McDaniel, Angela LaGreca, Marc Shaiman Pia Lindstrom, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker and Renée Zellweger have attended performances.

"The Lady in Question, with the one and only Charles Busch playing the role of Gertude Garnet, in a free-wheeling satire of 1940's thrillers. The suspenseful tale begins as Garnet, a glamorous diva and self-obsessed concert pianist on tour in the heart of Bavaria, finds her colossal ego challenged when a handsome American professor engages her aid in rescuing his mother from a Nazi prison," describe press notes.

Stephen Jempson, 45, suffered a gashed forehead when a plate thrown by the attacker hit him.

He also allegedly threw glass at his brother Andrew, 39, and smashed TVs and cabinets, before he was held. Stephen said: "He went ballistic."

The attacker caused £5,000 ($10,000) damage at Jempson's, in Peasmarsh, East Sussex where Sir Paul, who lives nearby, shops.

Police confirmed a man had been arrested.

The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London has just announced a pretty spectacular luxury package for their guests. The Mary McCartney Portrait Experience gives two guests the chance to be photographed by Mary McCartney (left, and yes, daughter of Paul) in a private photo shoot.

McCartney's professional portrait work has included commissions of famous people like Jude Law and Ralph Fiennes and even Tony and Cherie Blair. McCartney was also appointed the official photographer for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's 'I'm a Fan' brand campaign which shot "celebrity ambassadors" like Liam Neeson and Darcey Bussell in their favorite locations.

Of course, there's a high price to pay for some high-end work. Based on double-occupancy, the package starts at £20,000 ($40,000) and is limited to only TEN guests. So if this is something you really want, call the hotel now to book. And we mean now. The number to dial is + 44 (0) 207 235 2000.

The package also includes other perks such as two hours of beauty prep at the spa before the photo shoot, a chauffeur-driven Mercedes and private access to the hotel through the Royal Entrance. Can you say "Absolutely Fabulous?"

More details on the package after the jump.

Aside from the exclusive photo shoot with Mary McCartney, the package includes:

· Two nights accommodation in a feature suite overlooking Hyde Park, with private butler
· Full Champagne English Breakfast daily
· 2 x Two Hours Advanced Time Ritual at The Spa at Mandarin Oriental to prepare
· Round trip transfers to any airport or heliport within 75 mile radius of the hotel
· 6 hours chauffeur driven Mercedes OR full NCP parking
· A la carte dinner for 2 in Foliage with 1 glass of house Champagne per person
· One bottle of vintage champagne, hand made chocolates and flowers in-room on arrival
· Privileged hotel access through the Royal Entrance

The package is priced from £20,000 + VAT and a 5 percent discretionary service charge. Call the hotel directly on + 44 (0) 207 235 2000 to make reservations. 66 Knightsbridge, London, United Kingdom, SW1X 7LA

The rock legends played Bon Jovi and Beatle tunes, along with many of Billy's own songs.

Renee Zellweger has Beatlemania. After meeting a week ago in the Hamptons, she and Paul McCartney were spotted on a dinner date.

The Daily News featured exclusive photos of the two getting to know each other Aug. 25 during a $3,000-a-ticket Tom Petty concert at the Ross School.

Then on Thursday night, the pair dined at a quiet table for two at the American Hotel on Main St. in Sag Harbor.

"Renee arrived first, just before 8:30, and was waiting at the table by herself," a witness said.

The Oscar winner and the music legend lingered for two hours over their meal at the Victorian-style hotel. "The dining rooms are extremely dimly lit, mostly with candlelight," the source said. "It's an extremely romantic place to meet for diner. They left separately, but they looked like they were enjoying themselves."

McCartney would not be the first singer Zellweger has fallen for. In 2005, she annulled a four-month marriage to country artist Kenny Chesney. But a source said the two shared a hug, not a kiss, before parting.

McCartney's stay in the Hamptons this summer has coincided with a visit by his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Heather Mills, and their toddler daughter, Beatrice. He seemed intent on maintaining his privacy Thursday with Zellweger.

"One lady at a nearby table tried to take a picture with her little camera, and she was ejected from the restaurant," a source said.

Edging her way through the well-heeled crowd at a £1,500-a-head rock ($3,000) concert in the exclusive climes of the Hamptons this week, Renee Zellweger wore the dogged, if brittle, expression of a woman on a mission.

The actress has been spending the summer, like most of America's moneyed east coast set, in the rarefied setting of the Long Island resort.

But her sojourn has little to do with topping up her already flawless tan.

She is there, she freely admits, with the express intention of finding herself a man.

Her summer vacation, she has told friends, will not be complete until she bags herself a suitable singleton.

No wonder, then, given her avowed intent to snag Mr Right, that all eyes were on her fragile frame (her doll-like figure drew as many gasps of concern as admiration among the glitzy event's weight-obsessed females) as she set her sights on a likely target.

That the object of her rather too eager attention should be none other than the newly single - and eminently eligible - Sir Paul McCartney has understandably made her the subject of the gossip du jour in the clapperboard salons of this upmarket seaside resort.

At the same time, however, the Bridget Jones star is said to have incurred the not inconsiderable wrath of a worthy - and equally glamorous - adversary.

Onlookers at the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers gig last Saturday say the 38-year-old Miss Zellweger's deeply flirtatious tete-a-tete with the former Beatle drew dagger looks from the ice blonde figure of one-time supermodel Christie Brinkley.

The 53-year-old (and still stunning) former wife of singer Billy Joel is said to be furious that her younger rival has strayed on to territory where she has very much, or so she thought, planted her own flag.

Miss Brinkley and 65-year-old McCartney, who has a summer house in the Hamptons, enjoyed what observers describe as "a slow dance" and "cuddles" last week at a James Taylor concert in the resort.

Clearly Christie, who had been spending the evening playing it cool by mingling with a crowd of fellow concert-goers including Richard Gere and actress Mischa Barton, had not bargained for competition from the Oscar-winning Miss Zellweger.

Sir Paul, who had been sitting with American comedienne Amy Poehler and her husband Will Arnett, is said to have spent much of the rest of the evening in intimate conversation with the Texan actress after she made her entrance.

If the thumping background rock music made it impossible for their fellow guests to overhear the subject of what was so obviously an enthralling conversation, Renee's body language was, it seems, substantially easier to read.

"She kept running her fingers through her hair," said one rapt onlooker.

"She spent the whole time making a conscious attempt to hold eye contact with him.

"She was obviously letting him know he was the only man there as far as she was concerned. She seemed seriously into him."

No wonder the lovely Christie was said to be "seething".

Friends of Renee might be forgiven for raising a knowing eyebrow at this point, given her chequered history with men - particularly, it should be pointed out, musicians.

Her 2005 marriage to singer Kenny Chesney, let us not forget, lasted a risible 128 days (she later tried to have the marriage annulled on the bizarre grounds of his alleged "fraud").

The doomed wedding came within weeks of the break-up of her tortuous two-year relationship with Jack White, the eminently unsuitable and mildly vacantlooking lead singer of American band the White Stripes.

Renee is said to have been desperate to marry the curly-haired White, who is six years her junior, but he was rumoured to be put off by her insistence that she wanted children immediately.

They also rowed continually over her pleas for him to quit life on the road to be with her.

After they split, his friends described her as a "demanding, childlike" character whose distrust of his rock 'n' roll lifestyle destroyed their relationship.

It was, given their disagreement over starting a family, something of a kick in the teeth for Renee when White married model Karen Elson and almost immediately announced they were expecting their first child.

In the meantime, Miss Zellweger's friends have become used to her proclaiming her undying devotion to a new man virtually within minutes of meeting him.

It is a predicament made only worse as she begins to fixate on her not-so-distant 40th birthday - traditionally the beginning of the end of almost every Hollywood actress's career.

It is this unmistakable whiff of desperation that, despite her looks, talent and wealth, has so far led to a slew of otherwise perfect potential mates running for the hills.

Her quest for a husband has also not been helped, say friends, by her jealousy and possessiveness.

Another former boyfriend, Hollywood actor Jim Carrey, whom she met on the set of Me, Myself & Irene, is said to have eventually tired of her constant transatlantic phone calls checking up on him while she was filming Bridget Jones's Diary in Britain in 2001.

Friends say that after what she euphemistically describes as a "dry spell", she suddenly announced in January that she was going to devote this year to making a better job of managing her private life - in other words, finding herself a husband.

Earlier this year she is said to have rekindled her affair with former boyfriend, Irish folk singer Damien Rice.

The couple spent Easter together at his seaside home in Co Wicklow, but she insists he is simply a friend.

There have been rumours, too, of a relationship with actor John Krasinski, her 27-year-old co-star in the up-coming film Leatherheads, although friends say she has written him off as long-term boyfriend material.

Then, last month, she was spotted locked in the arms of a mystery man as they danced at a Billy Joel concert in New York.

She was also rumoured to be dating an executive from top Hollywood agency CAA. Neither flirtation, it seems, has amounted to much.

Her exasperated friends blame her famously neurotic temperament for driving boyfriends away.

Even by her own standards, her marriage to Chesney was notable for its extraordinary brevity.

Just days after their romantic beachside wedding on the British Virgin Islands in May 2005, the marriage was already on the rocks.

She had, say friends, married on the rebound from White. Not only that, but her new husband's career entailed him being on the road for long periods - just like her ex.

Miss Zellweger described the hasty nuptials as the biggest mistake of her life, a statement she recently retracted.

With the benefit of hindsight, she announced earlier this year: "The only thing I would ever say about my marriage is that I carry that time in my heart and I want to keep it there."

Another reason for her inability to keep a man, say those who know her, is her obsession with her work.

Renee, who found fame in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire and won an Oscar for her role in Cold Mountain, is a workaholic who has admitted her career always takes priority.

And during the heartache of her various failed love affairs, it has been the one constant in her often-unhappy life.

"Work has quite a few times gotten me through hard times because it shows up and just keeps on going," she said earlier this year.

"If things are not good, then you go to work and it's all encompassing.

"Work is my creative outlet, my joy, my bliss."

All very well, of course, but such apparent self-sufficiency would appear to leave little room for a man.

Indeed, so intensely focused is she that during the 12-hour day shoots in the Lake District last year for her role as children's author Beatrix Potter, she rather eccentrically insisted on speaking in an English accent even when she wasn't filming.

Such attention to detail may have won her acting plaudits but, let's face it, can't make her the most easy-going person to live with.

So highly- strung has she become, she does not even allow herself the luxury of a place to call home.

Despite buying a 40-acre, £750,000 ($1.5 million)farmhouse in Connecticut two years ago, she is too paranoid to go there because of her fear of stalkers.

"I move around a lot," she said this year.

"I have places to live, but I don't live there because I don't have time to get there and because I've had people show up at these houses.

"People usually mean no harm, but it's scary if there is a car outside your house in the middle of the woods at four in the morning.

"So it's not a friendly place for a girl who is single without a dog."

It is symptomatic of her nomadic existence that she cannot even commit to owning a dog - despite the fact that she could obviously do with the company.

Those close to her also blame her unhappy love life on her startling recent weight loss.

At the concert in the Hamptons this week, her grey shift minidress hung off her emaciated frame, revealing painfully thin legs.

At times it appeared she could barely lift the weight of the heavy man's gold Rolex watch that adorned one skinny wrist.

Of course, Renee - who famously gained two stones to play unlucky-in-love Bridget Jones - has long had a yo-yo relationship with her weight, becoming noticeably thinner in times of stress.

She is said to follow a macrobiotic diet of lean fish, rice and steamed vegetables and endures gruelling daily workouts with her personal trainer.

She became worryingly thin after the collapse of her relationship with White, but subsequently gained weight and on her wedding day looked positively blooming in a strapless Carolina Herrera dress.

However, in June her gaunt frame shocked fans as she posed in New York with fellow Hollywood skinny Sarah Jessica Parker.

And, if her appearance this week is anything to go by, she has once again edged dangerously close to an unhealthy size zero.

Yet despite her travails of the heart, she remains a hopeless romantic who yearns for the happy marriage enjoyed by her Norwegian mother Kjellfrid and Australian-raised oil refinery engineer father Emil.

"My parents have been married for 45 years so I can't help but believe in it," she says.

"I've seen it work - who wouldn't want that?

"Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee."

No surprise, then, that with her biological clock ticking, she has been determinedly putting herself out and about on the dating scene this summer.

Now comes that flirtation with McCartney, who is holidaying with his three-year-old daughter Bea by soon-to-be ex-wife Heather Mills.

In a somewhat over-used expression, Renee predictably described him this week as "just a good friend".

Few who know of her taste for famous musicians are convinced.

But given that he has so recently extricated himself from his marriage to one highlystrung blonde, Sir Paul could be forgiven for treading cautiously before embarking on a liaison with the beautiful but notoriously neurotic Miss Zellweger.

And so I went home to watch the remnants of Live Earth. The next day we were off to the men's singles final at Wimbledon and with the sun enveloping the corporate marquees as I sipped my extra large Pimm's I managed to successfully banish all thoughts of Steely Dan and their army of slovenly middle-aged fans from my mind.

Until, that is, a familiar voice asked how I had enjoyed the concert last night.

He stood there in his beige two-piece suit and plimsolls looking even younger than he had the previous night.

"Er, it was a bit noodly," I said, feeling a little embarrassed and self-conscious at having left halfway through.

"Ah, you should have stayed to the end, you know," said Paul McCartney.

"The finale was actually brilliant."

And when he said it I realised that my enjoyment of the concert had been completely and unreasonably coloured by my snobbish reaction to the assembled masses and that, if I'd been a more forgiving character I might have stayed to the end and had a much better time of it.

McCartney may have been wrong but I would always defer to a Beatle especially the best Beatle of all.

September 1, 2007 -- New York Post

SHE'S A PARKING TERROR

Heather Mills has been hell on wheels in East Hampton. Paul McCartney's estranged wife, who's renting Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi's mansion in the Georgica Pond area, has been racking up parking tickets in her rented Bentley convertible.

"She's parking in front of fire hydrants and in handicapped zones without a handicapped tag," a source tells The Post's Braden Keil.

The peg-legged "Dancing With the Stars" hoofer recently showed an unimpressed town cop her prosthesis while he was writing up her white gas-guzzler. She was then photographed sticking her tongue out at him as soon as he turned his back.

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