Yoko Ono launches ‘Wish Tree’ website to mark 90th birthday

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic What the world needs now is Burt, sweet Burt, and there’s a bereft feeling to be had in knowing we won’t be getting any more of the haunting, mind-twisting melodies that characterized the composer’s work over a period of more than six decades of sumptuous pop. But Burt Bacharach left a gift behind — something he actually held the finished product of in his hands, before he died Feb. 8 at age 94: “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” a deluxe boxed set of the material he worked on with Elvis Costello from the mid-’90s on up till nearly the present day. As anthologized by Costello with Steve Berkowitz (who also helps assemble Bob Dylan’s “Bootleg Series” sets), the new collection is a worthy testament to a true maestro who was doing some of the best work of his life in his final decades.

So many celebs showed up to help Carol Burnett celebrate her 90th birthday a little early!

The Jonas Brothers have created a frenzy.Following the announcement of their exclusive five-night, career-spanning Broadway residency where they’ll play a different album in its entirety each night culminating with a performance of the unreleased “The Album” at the Marquis Theatre from March 14-18, it’s been nearly impossible for fans to secure tickets for the special engagement.However, while it may seem that Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan ticketing process has left “Jonatics” empty-handed, there are alternative solutions.If you’re willing to shell out, tickets to see Kevin, Nick and Joe live on Broadway can be found for as low as $285 before fees on Vivid Seats.At the time of publication, tickets for the four other shows start at $366, $397, $306 and $334 respectively before fees.All prices are subject to fluctuation.Also, it should be noted that since there are only 1,611 seats at the Marquis Theatre that means there are only 8,055 tickets in circulation.To put it simply, when the supply is low, the demand gets high.Want to know more about which show is right for you?Keep reading — we’ve got everything you need to know about The Jonas Brothers’ upcoming shows below.A complete calendar of the Jonas Brothers’ Marquis Theatre concerts including dates, show start times, albums they’re playing and links to the cheapest tickets available can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Gemma Atkinson has given fans a candid insight into her mental health struggle ahead of giving birth to her second child.The 38-year-old is due to welcome a new baby with her fiancé, Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Marquez, later this year. The couple are already proud parents to their three-year-old daughter, Mia.WATCH: Gemma Atkinson amazes fans with pregnancy workout video When the former actress welcomed her daughter in July 2019, the birth wasn't straightforward. Gemma required an emergency C-section and haemorrhaged straight after delivering Mia.The former Strictly star is now seeking advice from a private midwife to help "monitor" her.

We’ve said it a million times by now, but no one ever expected the biggest Apple TV+ hit to come from the streamer’s first few years would be a feel-good comedy based on a series of NBC commercials starring a former ‘SNL’ star.

according to the Daily Mail. In the last 50 years, Ono has called the exclusive Dakota building — located on West 72nd Street and known as the first-ever luxury apartment building in America — her home. Lennon was shot outside, in the Dakota’s archway, on Dec.

Jennifer Hudson said, with Ludacris agreeing, «Everyone in the music industry looks up to Quincy Jones. It's that simple.»Meanwhile, Chaka Khan called Jones «the best that there ever was in his field.»«Everybody who ever is around Quincy Jones says the same thing, that there's a light about him,» Oprah Winfrey told ET, adding in a 1996 interview that Jones «stole my heart when we did .»Steven Spielberg noted that Jones has «worn many, many hats» throughout his career. «I think Quincy Jones knows more people, more significant people who have changed the world, than anybody I have ever met,» Spielberg said.It's safe to say Rashida Jones is a fan too, as the soon-to-be 90-year-old is the actress' dad.«He is very supportive of anything that I decided to do,» the younger Jones told ET in 2005.In a 2007 chat with Jones, he told ET that the actress and his six other children make him «the luckiest man on the planet.»«I am so proud of it, I can't stand it,» he said of his kids.

“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is back on the Great White Way for the first time since 2005.This time around, the story of a murderous barber will call the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre home when previews begin on Sunday, Feb. 26.The cast also features a murderer’s row of theater heavyweights including Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, Jordan Fisher, Ruthie Ann Miles and “Stranger Things'” star Gaten Matarazzo.Not sold?For the first time since 1980, Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning score will be performed as it was in the original production.Plus, “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail is helming this iteration of the classic.And while ticket prices are rather high for the first few weeks after the crowd-pleasing musical opens, we’re happy to report that they’re a bit cheaper if you buy seats to see victims turned into meat pies far in advance.In fact, we found some tickets going for as low as $66 before fees on Vivid Seats for a matinee in May.All prices were found at the time of publication and are subject to fluctuation.Once ‘Sweeney Todd’ leaves Fleet Street and lands on 46th Street in Midtown Manhattan, the show will adopt a fairly typical schedule.Audiences can catch “Sweeney Todd” five nights a week from Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m.

Those familiar with stand-up comedy know Bert Kreischer as a hard-partying, tall tale-telling, and often shirtless comic who’s good friends with Bill Burr and Tom Segura. He’s loud, rowdy, and otherwise known as “The Machine,” a nickname which may be Kreischer’s most infamous bit.

Jennifer Lopez is celebrating a major milestone in her kids' life. Lopez took to Instagram Wednesday to pay tribute to her twins, Max and Emme, in honor of their 15th birthday.

Jennifer Lopez is celebrating a major milestone in her kids' life. Lopez took to Instagram Wednesday to pay tribute to her twins, Max and Emme, in honor of their 15th birthday.

husband Ben Affleck. To honor their 15th birthday, JLo shared a video of moments from across their young life and there were pictures of them with Ben, including one of the four of them cuddled together in a restaurant booth."Happy birthday to my beautiful, brilliant coconuts," she captioned the video, which you can watch below, and which was soundtracked by Taylor Swift's Fifteen; coconuts is her nickname for the pair.WATCH: Jennifer Lopez honors twins 15th birthday with sweet montage"I am so proud of you both in every single way.

Thania Garcia Chuck Jackson, a vocalist of the doo-wop group Del-Vikings and the singer in Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard’s “Any Day Now,” died on Feb. 16 in Atlanta. He was 85. News of his passing was confirmed in a Facebook post by Ady Croasdell of Ace Records’ Kent Records division, a UK label that had been reissuing his recordings. No cause of death was given. “There are confirmed reports that one of the very greatest soul singers of all time, Chuck Jackson, died on February 16th,” Croasdell wrote. “His 60s and 70s recordings are hugely important works, revered as much now as on release…His passing will be deeply felt around the world.”

Brazen thieves threatened a bystander with a hammer when he tried to stop them stealing a motorbike. The threat was made as the offenders took Mark Powell's bike outside his Manchester city centre office on Monday (February 20).

Carol McGiffin has shown off her incredible figure as she celebrates turning 63 while on holiday in Thailand with her husband Mark Cassidy.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is taking a page from Elon Musk: The social giant is rolling out “Meta Verified,” a subscription service for Instagram and Facebook users that includes a verified blue check-mark badge and other perks. Meta Verified starts at $11.99/month on web or $14.99/month on Apple’s iOS. The company will launch the service in Australia and New Zealand this week with more countries “soon,” Zuckerberg, Meta’s chairman and CEO, said in announcing the plans Sunday. Meta Verified is “a subscription service that lets you verify your account with a government ID, get a blue badge, get extra impersonation protection against accounts claiming to be you and get direct access to customer support,” Zuckerberg wrote in posts on Facebook and Instagram. “This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services.”

John Lennon first met Yoko Ono - who turns 90-years-old today, Saturday, February 18, 2023 - in 1966 when they bumped into one another at a gallery in London, England. Throughout the following two years, The Beatles star spent more and more time with the Japanese artist and became secretly infatuated with her. Eventually, their relationship became romantic, and it all came to a head when Lennon invited her to his house while his wife, Cynthia Lennon, was on holiday.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show. Titled Daytime Revolution, the documentary was authorised by Ono and Lennon’s son, Sean, and will include archival footage from each of the five episodes co-hosted by the famous couple in 1972. Daytime Revolution was directed by Erik Nelson, and will feature interviews with surviving guests who were interviewed by Lennon and Ono on The Mike Douglas Show, as well as behind-the-scenes stories of the pair’s week-long stint.According to Variety, production has wrapped on Daytime Revolution, with its producers currently seeking a distributor.Across their five-episode run on The Mike Douglas Show, Lennon and Ono discussed then-controversial topics like environmental conservation and police brutality, and interviewed activists like Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale, and lecturer and attorney Ralph Nader.Speaking of Daytime Revolution, Nelson said: “It’s become a cliche that Woodstock was the defining moment of the counterculture, [but] when I watched these broadcasts in their entirety, I realized that, in reality, this week in 1972, when Lennon and Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves and presented the best minds and dreams of their generation to the widest possible mass audience… was as far as the counterculture would ever get.”A release date for Daytime Revolution has not yet been announced.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon have authorized “Daytime Revolution,” a documentary about the week John Lennon and Ono co-hosted “The Mike Douglas Show” in early 1972, a few months after the release of their single “Happy Christmas (War Is Over).” The Shout! Studios, Creative Differences, and CBS Media Ventures feature docu uses archival footage from each of the five 70-minute shows as well as interviews with six surviving guests, including Ralph Nader, to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the unprecedented week. While Ono and her son did not participate on camera, the duo approved and creatively consulted on the project. Directed by Erik Nelson, the 108-minute docu recently wrapped production and is looking for a distributor as Ono prepares to celebrate her 90th birthday Feb. 18. “It’s become a cliche that Woodstock was the defining moment of the counterculture,” Nelson says, but “when I watched these broadcasts in their entirety, I realized that, in reality, this week in 1972, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves and presented the best minds and dreams of their generation to the widest possible mass audience of what was then called ‘Middle America,’ was as far as the counterculture would ever get. Not just music but a prescient blueprint for the future we now live in.”

Una Healy is celebrating her son Tadhg turning eight as she marks the occasion with a footy themed bash.The former The Saturdays singer, who recently enjoyed a lavish Costa Rica getaway, took to her social media to share a series of snaps of both her kids enjoying Tadhg’s big day.The 41 year old shared a selfie of herself smiling in a black t shirt and a gold choker, matched with a pair of delicate hoop earrings. She then posted a pic of her son’s immaculately decorated cake, which was a bright blue and covered with pastel blue and white stars, as well as a massive number eight in the centre.