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The Infamous Man Who Inspired Their Song 'Mean Mr. Mustard'

Music Despite its short length, "Mean Mr. Mustard" is a fascinating Beatles song. It's actually based on a real man John Lennon wrote about. Published on May 3, 2020 2 min read Many Beatles songs revolve around fictional characters. Life might be a little more interesting if there was a real Sgt. Pepper or a real Maggie Mae. However, that’s not the case. “Mean Mr. Mustard” is one of the Beatles’ most whimsical songs.

Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Banking on NYC Autograph Seekers

Play video content GOTTA PAY TO PLAY When the Foo Fighters roll outta NYC, Taylor Hawkins' pockets are gonna be a little bit fatter because he's struck a deal -- a not-so lucrative one -- with autograph seekers. We caught the drummer as the band was leaving their hotel, and witnessed some cold hard capitalism going down as a handful of guys moved in for Taylor's signature. This was no free-for-all, though -- in fact, it kinda sounded like an auction.

Black Panther Mural With Chadwick Boseman Unveiled at Disneyland

Wakanda forever. Disneyland unveiled a Chadwick Boseman mural in its Downtown Disney shopping district. The artwork from Nikkolas Smith shows the late Marvel star giving the Wakanda salute to a young fan wearing a “Black Panther” mask. Smith shared photos of his work on Thursday via Instagram, in which he is giving the Wakanda salute in front of the mural. “This one is special. My King Chad tribute is now on a wall on display at Downtown Disney,” he wrote.

Christina Applegate Remodels Her Kitchen: See the Photos

If you’re a procrastinator when it comes to sprucing up your home, you’re not alone — Christina Applegate is right there with you. For years, the actress, 44, simply lived with her “god-awful” (her words) kitchen to avoid a hectic remodel. But after suffering a damaging flood that required her to rip up all of the floors, she decided it was finally time to update the space. “It’s a place now where we can celebrate as opposed to a place that we want to get out of as fast as possible — which is what it was like for me for the last 20 years of living in this house,” Applegate told Popsugar.

Latto's Manager Cortez Bryant Considers Selling Panties On Tour After eBay Shut Down

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Roar's Fivel Stewart Defends Horse Girls From Their Haters

Before you judge a horse girl, walk a mile in her cowgirl boots. Better yet, try riding a horse. It's not an easy task, a fact that Fivel Stewart can attest to as someone who's worked with the animal for most of her life. So she can't understand why the term 'horse girl" has taken on a negative connotation over the years. "Getting on a huge animal that weighs hundreds of pounds and riding it and guiding it and loping and fully running on mountains and down steep hills—that takes a lot of balls,"

We're Obsessed With Jessica Simpson's Maternity Line

If you ask us, half the fun of being a mom-to-be is dressing your cute new bump. As you grow, you're old clothes won't really work, but it's actually great because it's an excuse to buy some fresh new wardrobe staples. But the last think you want is some overwhelming muumuu that doesn't make you feel like a million bucks!  Enter: Jessica Simpson, who happens to know a thing or two about fashion.

'The Pioneer Woman' Ree Drummond Was Convinced Her Husband Ladd 'Wanted a Refund' During Their 1st Y

Part of Food Network star Ree Drummond’s appeal to fans is how open and humorous The Pioneer Woman star is about her private life, including her marriage with her husband Ladd. One story she shares in her recent memoir Frontier Follies is of the couple’s, shall we say, adventuresome early marriage, Ree’s difficulty adjusting to pregnancy and ranch life at the same time, and the feeling she couldn’t shake that her husband wouldn’t have minded sending her back where she came from.

Christina Aguilera Talks Losing Her Virginity Later in Life

Christina Aguilera is opening up about the later start to her sex life amid her sexualized persona in her early '20s. The 42-year-old pop star appeared on Wednesday's Call Her Daddy podcast where she revealed that despite her "Dirrty" and Stripped years, she didn't actually lose her virginity until later in life. "It's so funny that I gave this persona because I probably was the last person to lose my virginity,"

How Wes Anderson Cast The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel. In stores today is New York TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s handsome new book, The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel, published by Abrams, the follow-up to last year’s similarly sumptuous The Wes Anderson Collection, which dives deeply into the making of Anderson’s new Best Picture–nominated film, dissecting every angle and influence with commentary, illustrations, and photography (watch the book’s delightful trailer here). Below, an excerpt of a conversation with Anderson on how and why he chose the actors in The Grand Budapest Hotel.