"Fifth Beatle" Neil Aspinall dies at 66 Mar 25, 2008
He sang back up vocals as part of the chorus on the 1966 hit "Yellow Submarine" and met his wife Suzy Ornstein during the making of the the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night.". In his role as head of Apple Corps, he was credited with being the architect of the continuing popularity of Beatles merchandise and album sales. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obituary: Neil Aspinall, 1941-2008 Mar 25, 2008
In 1968 he married Suzy Ornstein, whose father, the chief executive of United Artists Films in the UK, had supervised the production of the Beatles' first two films, A Hard Day's Night and Help. She survives him, as do their three daughters and a son, and his son Roag Best. (Guardian Unlimited)
• Golf star delights Mexico Mar 17, 2008
One sportswriter compared the scene to the screaming Beatles fans of "A Hard Day's Night.". In a country where chiseled boxers and elbow-throwing soccer players have dominated sports, it is a societal milestone that the greatest Mexican athlete is a quiet, petite young woman whose picture graces billboards all over the nation. (FOX59, IN)
Ms. Mcdormand Misses As Pettigrew-some Mar 7, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008 Last Update: 09:15 AM EST. March 7, 2008 -- I adore Frances McDor mand, but she's seri ously miscast - in a title role Emma Thompson could play in her sleep - in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," an uneasy blend of screwball comedy and pathos set in 1939 London. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Paul McCartney ups offer to $65 million - report Feb 16, 2008
A hard day's night in the divorce court. text/html-document. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
I should be sleeping like a log Feb 9, 2008
The hotel logo represents George's dramatic guitar chord at the start of 'A Hard Day's Night. I'm told it also symbolises the four lads' positions on stage. (Guardian Unlimited)
Widespread Panic's newest CD features untested music Feb 9, 2008
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Now, that's a classic Feb 5, 2008
A Hard Day's Night (1964), 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.. May 17: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), noon and 3 p.m.. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sound a bit too perfect at Super Bowl Feb 4, 2008
la A Hard Day's Night. During "I Won't Back Down," the camera zoomed in on a bunch of teen girls excitedly jumping up and down. (Dallas Morning News)
Notice Board Feb 4, 2008
Classic Movies 7:00-8:30 p.m. The Classic Movie Club at the Amherst Library will be showing the 1964 musical comedy A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles. Admission is $2. (The Amherst Daily)
Coming attractions: Beatles have ticket to ride to deep space with NASA Feb 1, 2008
Here Comes the Sun, Ticket to Ride and A Hard Day's Night have been transmitted as wake-up calls to astronauts, and Paul McCartney was the first person whose live music was relayed into space (his Good Day Sunshine was routed to the International Space Station in 2005). Informed of NASA's plans, McCartney sent a message: "Amazing! Well done, NASA! Send my love to the aliens." Fans around the globe plan to play Universe as it's dispatched at the speed of light toward the North Star at 7 p.m. ET/4... (USA Today -- Life)
'Hannah Montana' Star Miley Cyrus Is Doubly Excited At 'Best Of Both Worlds' Premiere Jan 19, 2008
"Yeah, but I don't think they've ever had their own premiere," screamed Cyrus (who apparently needs to rent a copy of "A Hard Day's Night"). The movie, a 3-D concert film compiled during two Hannah Montana concerts in Salt Lake City, takes great pains to show the two sides of the 15-year-old pop sensation: the precocious rockabilly of Hannah against the more delicate and soulful Cyrus. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Transatlantic crossings Jan 13, 2008
It's hard to believe Richard Lester was born in Philadelphia - his movies did so much to create the image of Swinging London: "The Knack" (1965), "How I Won the War" (1967), and, above all, "A Hard Day's Night" (1965) and "Help!" (1965). What George Martin was to the Beatles aurally, Lester was visually. (Boston Globe)
Song, score rules constantly in flux Dec 29, 2007
Beatles producer George Martin nominated for music direction on "A Hard Day's Night" (although missing from the song category are the Beatles tunes he worked from, including "Can't Buy Me Love," "And I Love Her" and the title tune). 1967. (Variety)
Lost in Translation meets High School Musical Dec 19, 2007
Rosenbush calls the film A Hard Day's Night meets Lost in Translation. The screenwriter for the High School Musical films, Peter Barsocchini, is also connected with Lock and Roll. (Globe and Mail)
Mop top mops up - John Lennon's hair sells for 24,000 Dec 13, 2007
Mrs Glasow, from near Worthing, groomed the band's moptop hair on their films A Hard Day's Night and Help in the 1960s. The lock, which was stuck to a copy of the singer's 1965 book A Spaniard in The Works, had been given a guide price of between 2,000 and 3,000. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Lock of John Lennon's hair to be auctioned Wednesday in southern England Dec 12, 2007
Glasow, who kept the Beatles' moptops trimmed on the set of the films A Hard Day's Night and Help. decided to sell the items because she wanted fans to have them, Muston said. (AZCentral -- News)
John Lennon's Hair Sells for $48,000 Dec 12, 2007
Glasow, who kept The Beatles' famous mops trimmed on the "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" film sets in the 1960's, decided to sell the items because she wanted fans to have them, Muston said. "She feels that rather than these things being stuck in a drawer with nobody enjoying them, real enthusiasts (could) get their hands on these things," said Nick Muston, a director of the auction house. (Newsmax)
A really good musician? Or is he simply famous? Dec 8, 2007
It's no A Hard Day's Night. Kiss' Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
I'm Not There *** Nov 30, 2007
When Dylan meets the Beatles, they're pictured as a quartet of Munchkin-voiced imps, re-enacting their A Hard Day's Night antics. Then there's the gimmick of the six actors. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Hannah Montanaand idols past Nov 27, 2007
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison set off the early 1960s with "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "A Hard Day's Night." In 1967, the "Fab Four" released the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the hit "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." The week of April 4, 1964, the Beatles held the top five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Where are they now. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Beatles film shows its true colours Nov 25, 2007
followed closely on the heels of their first film, A Hard Day's Night, made in black and white ... Lester went even further with editing and camera movement than he had with A Hard Day's Night. (Guardian Unlimited)
What a lazy Susan Nov 18, 2007
A musical version of A Hard Day's Night with the songcraft of the Rolling Stones. Trainspotting, perhaps, only with the tunes of Take That. (The Observer)
Beatles 'Help' on exhibit at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nov 17, 2007
"Help!" went beyond the day-in-the-life story line of "A Hard Day's Night," the Beatles' first film ... The motivation for United Artists to make the film was simple, said Jerry Pam, who did his part to introduce the Beatles to America by handling publicity for "Help!" and "A Hard Day's Night." ... He said the movie, unlike "A Hard Day's Night," was out of the band's control. (USA Today -- Life)
The Beatles' infestation gets a little 'Help!' on DVD Nov 8, 2007
Their movies A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help ... A Hard Day's Night was ordered up by United Artists to capitalize on the group's astonishing success. (USA Today -- Life)
New DVDs: Ratatouille, Larry & Chuck Nov 7, 2007
"Help!"The Beatles and director Richard Lester quickly followed up on their big-screen success with "A Hard Day's Night," crafting a giddy comedy that allowed John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to goof their way around Europe and the Bahamas (with choice musical interludes, of course). What plot there is concerns a cult pursuing the boys over Ringo's sacred ring. (MSNBC -- News)
Prince's Purple Rain reigns over movie soundtrack list Oct 28, 2007
CBC.ca Arts - Prince's Purple Rain reigns over movie soundtrack list. Prince's Purple Rain reigns over movie soundtrack list. (CBC.ca)
The week's best films Oct 27, 2007
This follow-up to A Hard Day's Night has those four lovable mop-top Beatles boys embroiled in a zany comedy about the tussle for a sacred, far-eastern ring that lands up on Ringo's finger - so he's Frodo in Lads Of The Ring, then. A silly, joyful mix of laughs and of course, music, including the title song and Ticket To Ride. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Help! arrives on DVD Oct 26, 2007
as well as the Beatles' theatrical debut, A Hard Day's Night, will start airing Nov. 2. Details on which Valley stations will carry the broadcast remain to be set. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'Purple Rain' best film soundtrack of all time Oct 25, 2007
In second place was The Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night', while the soundtrack to 'The Harder They Come' came in at number three ... A Hard Day's Night' 3. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Purple Rain is 'best soundtrack' Oct 25, 2007
The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night was number two on the list ... A Hard Day's Night 3. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
BROTHERS OF INVENTION Oct 9, 2007
The concept was the brainchild of the boys' mother, "thirtysomething" actress Polly Draper, who first chronicled their adventures in a film that Post TV writer Don Kaplan called a cross between "The Little Rascals," "A Hard Day's Night" and "This Is Spinal Tap." It won top awards at the Hamptons and Sundance film festivals and eventually landed as a series on Nickelodeon. From there this "boy" band has gained a huge national audience. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'The Darjeeling Limited' review Oct 4, 2007
Framing, choreography and physical comedy reference classic train flicks ranging from "Twentieth Century" and "A Night at the Opera" to "A Hard Day's Night.". After a short prologue that neatly epitomizes India's color and chaos -- and offers a cameo for Anderson regular Bill Murray -- pic settles into a first-class sleeping cabin aboard the Darjeeling Limited, where the Whitman brothers have gathered. (Variety)
Tarantino wants to cast Ringo in film Sep 28, 2007
Ringo is no stranger to the big screen, having starred in the 1964 film 'A Hard Day's Night' alongside fellow Beatles John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison. His thespian talents were also put to the test when he narrated the hugely popular British children's TV series 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends' in the 1980s. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
All Aboard For Our Most Memorable Movie Train Rides, In Rewind Sep 26, 2007
"A Hard Day's Night" (1964) As hard as it is to imagine James Bond using public transportation, it's even stranger to contemplate the biggest rock group in the world taking the train. But in the Beatles' first picture, the Fab Four ride the rails with Paul's troublemaking (but clean) grandfather, snooty businessmen and, of course, adoring, screaming birds (that's British slang for girls, kids). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Beatles musical Across The Universe Sep 17, 2007
Early on, Taymor captures the exuberance of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night with a sequence of Princeton students cavorting throughout campus. Nevertheless, Across the Universe never really comes alive until Taymor ditches the (relative) realism for an abstract palette, psychedelic images and her signature oversized puppetry. (The Palm Beach Post)
Dog-tired doctors pose a health risk Aug 27, 2007
"It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log." It is hard to imagine that this pithy summary of the issues of long working hours, safety and the restorative effects of sleep on human performance should come from a love song by four mop-haired musicians. However, since the 1960s, scientists have increasingly recognised the risks of long working hours facing inhabitants of the modern 24-hour society. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Ralph DeLauro takes to films and S.D. Aug 27, 2007
At about 13, I saw 'A Hard Day's Night,' which was clearly something new, and that really got my attention. Then, in college I saw '2001' and that blew the doors off. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Something in the way she writes Aug 25, 2007
When she answers the phone in London, Boyd's voice still sounds like the convent-educated 19-year-old innocent who met the Beatles for the first time on the set of A Hard Day's Night in 1964 (she played one of the "schoolgirls" on the train). How different her life might have been if she hadn't been offered that part. (The Age)
Dean Martin Hits the Top 40 With Forever Cool: New Collaborations Album Debuts at #39 on Billboard Top 200 Aug 23, 2007
More than 40 years after knocking the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" out of the #1 chart position with "Everybody Loves Somebody" in 1964, Dean Martin continues to enthrall music fans around the world. Said famed producer Phil Ramone, "I think Dean's whole re-birth, so to speak, is that young people have realized how cool he is and how funny he is ... and he could sing.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pulp Fiction star to play Kojak Aug 5, 2007
Sir Paul McCartney marked the 40th anniversary of the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night watching a screening with the reunited cast and crew on Monday. "It's lovely to see you all here again," he told the audience at the film screening in London. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The trouble with Larry Aug 4, 2007
Morvern Callar, Carry On Up The Khyber, A Hard Day's Night. I could make another list tomorrow, twice as long, with no repetitions. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
The Vinyl Word Jul 27, 2007
Ironically, it was Dean Martin's Everybody Loves Somebody that knocked the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night out of the No 1 slot on the US charts in 1964. A Hard Day's Night was written by two natives of Liverpool, one named Paul. (Guardian Unlimited)
A Most Famous Twelve String Guitar Jul 10, 2007
He played it on the songs A Hard Day's Night, You Can't Do That and Eight Days A Week to name but three. Crucially, it was this guitar that Harrison played in the movie, A Hard Day's Night ... A very special place in musical history will always belong to the Rickenbacker twelve string guitar - it was on this guitar that George Harrison struck the most famous chord of all at the beginning of the song A Hard Day's Night. (Suite101.com)
This Week in Entertainment History: 1/16/16 - 1/22/06 Jun 27, 2007
They had met during the filming of The Beatles' film "A Hard Day's Night.". In 1982, bluesman B.B. King donated his entire record collection -- seven-thousand records -- to the University of Mississippi. (KWTX.com, TX)
Scalpels at dawn for 'Grey's Anatomy' Jun 26, 2007
Each episode is named after a famous song like A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) or Losing My Religion (REM). Some bands whose music has been featured on the show have suddenly found themselves catapulted up the charts, including Snow Patrol and The Fray. (Independent)
'Money for Nothing' catalogs history of the music video Jun 12, 2007
When he tells us that Richard Lester, who directed the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night," is "the godfather of the music video," we could use a bit of Lester's own recollection. And when he notes the poignant power of Mark Romanek's montage for Johnny Cash's "Hurt" -- "a scrapbook for a dying man," so antithetical to MTV's relentless celebration of youthful bravado -- Romanek's voice is the one that's missing. (Boston Globe)
Got it covered Jun 10, 2007
Instead of a Beatles hit, for instance, they reworked I'm Happy Just to Dance With You, a relatively obscure cut from A Hard Day's Night. They bypassed Elvis's chart-toppers for the B-side Ain't That Loving You Baby. (Edmonton Sun)
Breaking into song, bursting with ideas Jun 5, 2007
Historically, offbeat musicals have been the purview of rock stars, justifiably inspired by Richard Lester's indispensable "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" The 1968 Monkees movie "Head," by Bob Rafelson, and Tony Palmer's 1971 "200 Motels," starring Frank Zappa, are still considered cult classics, as is Todd Haynes' 1987 "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story," which tells the tragic story of the pop singer with Barbie doll re-enactments. (The cultiest is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," still... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Coming attractions: 'Day Watch' brings story to a close May 25, 2007
A Hard Day's Night), British duo Peter & Gordon and former Wings members Denny Laine, Laurence Juber and Denny Seiwell. Details and ticket information: www. (USA Today -- Life)
Rotten end for EMI as Hands closes in May 23, 2007
Instead, he has delivered a Hard Day's Night, interspersed with failed attempts to get hitched to Germany's BMG and a comical routine involving Warner Music, where Mr Bronfman has now pitched up. Mr Nicoli and Mr Bronfman have spent much of their time bidding for each other's companies, in an attempt perhaps to steal the limelight from their acts - EMI is home to Robbie Williams and Coldplay, Warner boasts Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. (Telegraph.co.uk)
'Idol': A week of running before the show May 9, 2007
" Sunday: Shooting the video It's the running of the fans. The finalists are asked to become the Fleet Four as they're chased down a New York street set by nearly 100 young extras to the tune of The Kinks' You Really Got Me. It's a Ford music video take on The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, an all-day production at Paramount Studios that Idol viewers will see on today's results show. To add to the physical challenge, the singers wear variations on black-and-white that can't be comfortable on a... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'American Idol': A week of running before the show May 8, 2007
It's a Ford music video take on The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, an all-day production at Paramount Studios that Idol viewers will see on Wednesday's results show (9 ET/PT). To add to the physical challenge, the singers wear variations on black-and-white that can't be comfortable on a hot, sunny day. (USA Today)
The Fab Four's fifth, still going strong May 6, 2007
Eventually, of course, Martin did learn to read and notate music, and went on to work on lots of films, including the Beatles' first feature, 1964's A Hard Day's Night. It's part of the group's lore that the man who came to be known as "the fifth Beatle" initially wasn't that impressed with John Lennon and company. (Globe and Mail)
Not following the dress code Apr 19, 2007
"Moderator Glenn Kenny, a critic from premiere.com (what's left of Premiere magazine) offered his own list: "A Hard Day's Night," "Repulsion" and "Behind the Green Door. "The sold-out session showed off Norton's lighter side. He described himself as "compulsive mimic" and proceeded to offer dead-on impersonations of Marlon Brando and Woody Allen during some humorous anecdotes.Norton seemed surprised when Kenny suggested that the current poker craze may have been started by his 1998 film... (Herald-Tribune)
Former Monkee is a believer Apr 18, 2007
" How does the band - whose Emmy-winning show aped the Beatles' film "A Hard Day's Night" - rank against other inductees? Neither the Animals, the Rascals, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Dells, Del Shannon, Frankie Lymon nor Black Sabbath have more Top 20 singles than the Monkees' 10. Ratings aside, classics such as "Pleasant Valley Sunday" have aged better than the likes of Shannon, whose "Hat's Off to Larry" seems laughable as Hall justification. Bands as disparate as the Sex Pistols ("Steppin'... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Edward Norton's favorites Apr 16, 2007
com (what's left of Premiere magazine) offered his own list: "A Hard Day's Night," "Repulsion" and "Behind the Green Door." ... com (what's left of Premiere magazine) offered his own list: "A Hard Day's Night," "Repulsion" and "Behind the Green Door.". (Herald-Tribune)
Despite valet problems, Reel Experience delivered Apr 16, 2007
com (what's left of Premiere magazine) offered his own list: "A Hard Day's Night," "Repulsion" and "Behind the Green Door.". The sold-out session showed off Norton's lighter side. (Herald-Tribune)
Sons of Hollywood Mar 30, 2007
The principals have so little to say that a golf outing is scored to music from "Caddyshack," ostensibly to create a zany "A Hard Day's Night" vibe, but probably just to kill time. Producer J.T. Taylor (MTV's "Rich Girls," appropriately) shares "created by" credit with Weintraub, Bobby Heyward (DIC Entertainment CEO Andy's kid) and Adam Moonves (CBS chief exec Leslie's son), which makes one wonder how the division of labor went into saying, "Let's tape winners of the genetic lottery and hope... (Variety)
Live! Rude! Girl! Mar 25, 2007
Someone's gone and made a trailer combining footage from "A Hard Day's Night" with clips from zombie flicks, and the result ... com and run a search for "A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead." Take it to re-education camp with you ... Someone's gone and made a trailer combining footage from "A Hard Day's Night" with clips from zombie flicks, and the result. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
London Movie Location Guide Mar 21, 2007
Seeing the places where films like Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, A Hard Day's Night, Alfie and The Long Good Friday were made just adds to the reality of them, rather than taking away from it ... It's filled with film stills and original photos, so you can see exactly where the Beatles filmed A Hard Day's Night, or where Stanley Kubrick made Eyes Wide Shut. (Suite101.com)
'Showcase of Young Artists' comes to library Mar 12, 2007
The Friends of the Lake Eustis Museum of Art will host its annual "Wine-A-Fare'' from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 200-B E. Orange Ave. in downtown Eustis. Activities include a wine-tasting, hors d'oeuvre, a silent auction and art for sale. Tickets are $15 a person, and are available at the museum. Proceeds will help support the art museum. Details: Caroline Brueche or Mary Ziegengeist at 352-483-2900. Gala for hospital The Villages Regional Hospital Auxiliary and the Kiwanis Club of... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
'Queen' gives Harries his independence Feb 25, 2007
Harries first hired Morgan in 1991 to write a bizarre remake of "A Hard Day's Night" featuring the briefly fashionable Zimbabwean band the Bhundu Boys and Brit comic Lenny Henry. "I had two grand for development, and Pete had never been to Africa, so I sent him to Harare on Bulgarian Airlines via Sofia. It took him three days to get there!" laughs Harries. (Variety)
Lads of 'Spamalot' here to make you laugh a lot Feb 17, 2007
Frequently, their first exposure their Python gateway drug, as it were is the movie "Holy Grail," which has a simplicity and innocence that calls to mind the Beatles' first movie, "A Hard Day's Night.". "It's an ongoing thing," Idle says of the 30-year-old movie's staying power. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Naked Brothers Band Jan 26, 2007
Part "This Is Spinal Tap," part "A Hard Day's Night," the band does its best to re-create the frenetic whimsy of the Monkees while maintaining its kid-like sensibilities. The plots are of little consequence and, like the Monkees, the show is an amalgam of silent movie shenanigans, musicvideos and cartoon-like antics. (Variety)
