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At the 2024 Oscars, Sean Ono Lennon, the son of musicians Yoko Ono and the late John Lennon, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short, as part of the team behind War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko. Based on the 1971 song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” written by Ono and Lennon, War Is Over! reiterates the theme of the Christmas classic, released as a protest song during the escalation of the Vietnam War. The song gained further popularity after Lennon’s murder in December 1980, as a message of peace…

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko scored the award for Best Animated Short War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the Oscar for Best Animated Short and Sean Lennon took the opportunity to celebrate his mom, Yoko Ono. Filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker took the stage alongside Lennon, who capped off the acceptance speeches by calling out, “Happy Mother’s Day, Yoko!” (For those confused by the shout out, today marks Mother’s Day in the U.K. while the…

Nier fans are in a tough spot at the moment. The Nier Reincarnation mobile game--considered by many to be the third game in the series--is shutting down in April, and while Square Enix says a new console title may happen eventually, it won't be any time soon. Luckily, there is some new Nier content on the horizon beyond the realm of video games, starting with the new novel Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…: Project Gestalt Recollections--File 02, releasing on March 19.Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…:…

We crave instruction. We always have, however mundane or obvious. “If it is not right,” wrote Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, “do not do it.” He is still revered to this day. More recently, Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life begins with this advice: “Stand up straight with your shoulders back.” It has sold more than 10m copies.No matter how comically banal the instruction, it seems people will give it credence if they believe it will lead to enlightenment and advancement. This was recognised by avant garde artist Yoko Ono…

It opens with a phone call. Eventually the artist picks up. “Hello! This is Yoko”, she says, then puts the phone down. It’s an old call, from the days before we had answering machines. The recording is also the last track on Ono’s 1971 album Fly, and it is the first thing you hear as you enter her Tate exhibition Music of the Mind. Music? Sometimes it is a bore, sometimes it is silent and sometimes a mindfuck. Use your imagination. But before we get to Ono’s repeated roars and screams and keening, fluttering cries,…

Kingdom Hearts and Street Fighter 2 composer Yoko Shimomura will receive a Lifetime Achievement trophy during the D.I.C.E Awards this year. It will occur on February 15 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. “I myself am very surprised,” said Shimomura on Twitter (through a translation provided by the platform). “I’m very honored.” She also mentioned this is “possible thanks to support.” Image via Disney and Square Enix Who is Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura? Yoko Shimomura is a game composer known for her…

Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletterStay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter The last time John Lennon’s one-time lover May Pang was visited by his ghost, it was while she was watching an episode of Law & Order. “But when you talk about stuff like this, people think you’re imagining it or are a little crazy,” the 73-year-old says. “So I don’t ever talk about it.”For someone so savvy, Pang is astonishingly…

20. John, John (Let’s Hope For Peace) (1969)“I felt like soldiers were dying next to me,” said bassist Klaus Vormann of the scourging Ono-led improvisation that ended the Plastic Ono Band’s set at Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival. An endless, agonised torrent of wailing feedback and screaming, it’s as confrontational as anything late-60s rock produced.19. Born in a Prison (1972)No one is ever going to claim the politicised Sometime In New York City as among John Lennon’s post-Beatles masterpieces, but it’s not…

Smack in the middle of the 1970s, John Lennon experienced what he famously called a “lost weekend”, echoing the title of a classic 1945 movie about an out-of-control alcoholic. Given that description, people naturally viewed that “weekend” – which actually lasted 18 months and which coincided with Lennon’s separation from Yoko Ono – as a period of great excess and deep regret. Yet, according to May Pang, who was Lennon’s 22-year-old live-in lover during that time, that was anything but the case. “He was getting to hang…

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