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For the first time in nearly 40 years, Yoko Ono is to perform one of her art "happenings" in which she invites her audience to cut off her clothing until she is naked on stage. Ono, the widow of John Lennon, first performed the conceptual work Cut Piece as a peace protest in Japan in 1964. At the age of 70, she is to repeat the protest in Paris later this month because of growing political tension in the world. During the original stunt she took to the stage in a white gown, wielding a pair of scissors. Members of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney hit back at critics on Saturday, saying a decision to reverse the traditional "Lennon-McCartney" songwriting credit on his new album was not a slur on his band mate but a chance to "put the record straight." In an interview with Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, 60-year-old McCartney -- currently on the European leg of his Back in the World tour -- said he was simply "letting people know that the songs I sing today are my own." He said he had no doubts that fellow Beatle John Lennon -- killed by a gunman...

<p>Today would have been John Lennon's 62nd birthday. And on Friday, his widow is giving a little gift to filmmaker Michael Moore.</p> <p>It's "Happiness Is a Warm Gun," a track from the Beatles' White Album. Yoko Ono herself made sure that Moore could have "Gun" for his celebrated documentary about gun violence, Bowling for Columbine. United Artists opens the film Friday in New York and Los Angeles, and in more cities on Oct. 18.</p>

Yoko Ono wins battle for return of family photographs By Marcus Warren in New York (Filed: 28/09/2002) John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, was last night celebrating a resounding victory in her courtroom battle with the couple's former personal assistant. As part of a settlement of their long-running dispute, Frederic Seaman issued a grovelling apology to his one-time employer and agreed to return documents and 374 photographs taken while working for the Beatle and his wife. "I just wanted them back," Ms Ono said of the pictures after the decision was announced in a New York court. "I don't want them...