Yoko Ono

New books this week: Yoko, Elphaba, Amanda Knox and lost connections

5:00am March 25, 2025

This week's new releases include a memoir from Amanda Knox reflecting on her murder case and exoneration, a biography of Yoko Ono, new fiction from Column McCann, and the latest Wicked book Elphie.

Yoko Ono, accompanied by son Sean Lennon, accepted the Centennial Song award for "Imagine" at a National Music Publishers' Association event Wednesday in New York.

Music & Culture

Yoko Ono To Receive Songwriting Credit On 'Imagine,' 48 Years Later

5:45pm June 15, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

At a music publishing event in New York, Ono was surprised by the announcement that she would be credited along with John Lennon.

Adele performs onstage during the Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017.

The First #BoycottAdele Wasn't Over A Grammy, But On How To Make Tea

8:42pm February 14, 2017

by Nina Martyris

Calls for a boycott are not new for Adele. And now, embroiled in the politics of both left and right, she will likely think longingly back to her first, uncomplicated boycott — about her tea-making.

John Lennon with Yoko Ono and son Julian at a 1968 press conference at Internel Studios in Stonebridge Park, Wembley.

Music & Culture

Yoko Ono Working On Biopic About Her Relationship And Activism With John Lennon

6:53pm February 01, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Ono has teamed with experienced producer Michael De Luca and writer Anthony McCarten for the as-yet-untitled film.