Bohemian Rhapsody: The Movie

My first movie review! I have never done this before and more than likely won't do this again. I am not a big movie person. Sure, I watch them. I do go on occasion go to a movie theater and once in a while watch on TV. But I am not a movie buff.

Remi Malek as Freddie Mercury

The real Freddie Mercury

 Last night (November 2, 2018), I went to see Bohemian Rhapsody, about the life of Freddie Mercury. I have been dying to see this movie from the very moment I first saw the trailer! Heck, I was at the point of camping out of the theater and becoming a tenant, that's how excited I was! Before the news of green-lighting, casting, and such, it was like 'yeah, whatever’ and had confidence that since Brian May and Roger Taylor were going to be hands-on on the project, I knew it would be in good hands. But… there is always a but… sometimes projects fail. It doesn't have to be about the casting or productive crew: it could be about chemistry with the actors who are portraying the band. Could they capture the magical bond and tightness that made Queen? Or would they be stiff, awkward, and just doing this to cash a check before moving on to the next thing? Luckily, my hesitance wasn't to be worrisome. From what I gathered on social media, especially Instagram, the actors playing the members of Queen got along and have become part of the Queen family; two of them (Rami and Joe) knew each other for over a decade after working together before. In the beginning of the film project, Sacha Baron Cohen was supposed to play Freddie, but that casting failed when Sacha, Brian and Roger couldn't see eye to eye. From my understanding, Sacha wanted to explore the dark side of Freddie while Brian and Roger wanted to be a celebration of Freddie's life. It is strange that Sacha would want to explore the dark side considering his comedic history… plus, I think Sacha is rather too old for the part (don't get me started on Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin!). Sacha is currently 47 while Freddie lived up to 45; meanwhile Remi Malek is 37 and can easily pass playing a man in his twenties.

Now, I don't want to be a nitpicker to point out all the inaccuracies- every single biopics have them. From characters that don't exist (like Ray Foster played by Mike Myers) or mixing up dates of actual events (Freddie and John Deacon did not join Queen at the same time- more like a year apart). I do realize that with biopic movies, you can't cram everything in a two hour space “limit”... Maybe except Titanic for being 3 hours long (yet Jack and Rose were made up characters). Besides, Rolling Stone already did the majority nitpicking for me. So, here's my little list of nitpicking that wasn't covered in Rolling Stone magazine:

1. John Deacon did not sing on any of the Queen's songs, as in the movie, he sang backup on Bohemian Rhapsody (the song). John admitted he couldn't sing and Roger backed him up. John would only sing backup vocals on tour.
2. Freddie knew very well since the beginning of Queen after John joined of what he was studying in college of electrical engineering. In the film, Freddie had no clue what John's backup specialty was until the 1980s when Freddie wanted a solo career. John used to help set up equipment for their early gigs and if something went wrong, John fixed it… so, yes, Freddie knew exactly what John was learning to do as the same with Brian in astrology physics and Roger in dentistry. He even invented his own amplifier that Brian still uses to this very day.
3. Besides Mary Austin, there were three other wives: Veronica Deacon, Chrissie May, and Dominique Taylor. While they had bit parts (understandably so as the movie was about Freddie, not the band as whole), they weren't credited. Their biggest part was participating in the formation of We Will Rock You. I didn't see their names at the end credits… if there were, I was probably wiping tears from my eyes at that point. I am curious on how Brian's current wife Anita Dobson felt on the peck-kiss moment between Brian and Chrissie in the movie considering she later broke up their long marriage.

There was one glaring mistake on the film: there was no credit to John. It's been mentioned several times that the surviving Queen members were executive producers… well, Brian and Roger were credited. But not John. I get John has backed away from any Queen projects and tours other than signing his name on documents for approval since Freddie died in 1991. But that's just it: John still has 25% stake in Queen. This movie project, and all other projects, couldn't be released without his approval signature. Maybe not get the Executive Producer credit, but at most, get a Thank You credit along with Freddie's longtime assistant Peter Freestone. Joe (who plays John) did acknowledge that John sent a best of luck letter to the producer and supports it from a far-away distance.

Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Remi, and Joseph Mazzello

Now, my review: I simply loved it! It is something I will want to see over and over again, buy the soundtrack, the DVD, watch it on TV when it airs. The hair, the costumes, the set of going back to the 1970s and 1980s, all done a wonderful job! I thought Ben Hardy (Roger), Joseph Mazzello, and Gwilym Lee (Brian) did an excellent job of channeling their characters and the resemblance, especially with Joe/John and Gwilym/Brian, is staggering phenomenal to the point where I thought it was really Brian and John! Even Brian felt the same way. I also enjoyed Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, showing the complicated love story between Mary and Freddie… well, maybe not complicated… if Freddie had been straight and not gay, he would have married Mary and without a doubt would still be alive today. Mary was and still is Freddie's love of his life. He confirmed many times that Mary was important to him, she was practically in the wife status and when he died, Freddie left ¾ of his estate, including his home, to Mary. It's only complicated due to Freddie's sexuality. Remi's performance is remarkable and I will not be surprised if there's Oscars heading towards Bohemian Rhapsody. I did laugh, I did cry, I did quietly sang along (unfortunately I wasn't the only one in the movie theater or else I would be singing loudly). Plus, I did awed over the cats! I always love that Freddie was into cats and how funny that Remi is allergic (well, not funny, but ironic).

I Stand With Lindsey

In April of 2018, I was (and still am) stunned by the news that Fleetwood Mac fired Lindsey Buckingham. Why? Over the timing of the tour, according to most sources. Pretty lame if you ask me, and I do believe there is a lot more to the story. Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, John and Christine McVie wanted to go out right away to tour, with no album to support, right away. Meanwhile, Lindsey wanted to wait near the end of the year- only by a couple of months. But, in particular, Mick and Stevie got their panties in a bunch and Lindsey got fired. I have so many problems with this. I could have written about this sooner when it happened but I wanted to see if anything came to light and see if my opinion changed from then to now. So far, my opinion then is the same as now. Here's what kills me: Fleetwood Mac KNOWS that Lindsey is one of their best players. He is very much a talented guitarist with a very unique style that no other guitar player has; sadly, Lindsey is underrated with the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, and Jimmy Page floating around. Not to mention having Stevie around with her popularity eclipsing the rest of the group. Now, for the record, I will be very harsh on Stevie and Mick in this post but I do not hate them. In fact, I am very sad about this. My respect for them has dwindled since April. Like they did in 1987 by replacing Lindsey with two guitar players: Rick Vito (who handled the vocals) and Billy Burnette. Now, again, Lindsey got replaced by two guitar players: Mike Campbell and Neil Finn (who will handle the vocals).

“Lindsey Buckingham will not be performing with the band on this tour. The band wishes Lindsey all the best … Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honoring that spirit on this upcoming tour.” Fleetwood Mac

Later in the month of April, the newly renovated band spoke a little bit on Lindsey's leave… well, they kinda had to because the press certainly won't ignore it!

“We were supposed to go into rehearsal in June and he wanted to put it off until November [2019]. That’s a long time. I just did 70 shows [on a solo tour]. As soon as I finish one thing, I dive back into another. Why would we stop? We don’t want to stop playing music. We don’t have anything else to do. This is what we do.” Stevie

“Our relationship has always been volatile. We were never married, but we might as well have been. Some couples get divorced after 40 years. They break their kids’ hearts and destroy everyone around them because it’s just hard. This is sad for me, but I want the next 10 years of my life to be really fun and happy. I want to get up every day and dance around my apartment and smile and say, ‘Thank God for this amazing life.’” Stevie

Oh Stevie… I will save my piece of mind on her a little later. But seriously, what's wrong with waiting another year? Are they afraid to die when they don't tour? Mick, John, Christine, and Stevie are all in their 70s; Lindsey isn't far behind (in his late 60s). Surely they could use the year to take a break: spend time with families, travel, write new songs, sleep in till noon. All I can think of for this urgency to tour is that somebody in the band it broke, and touring makes money. Anyway, apparently the band is uncomfortable with the word “fired”.

“Words like ‘fired’ are ugly references as far as I’m concerned. Not to hedge around, but we arrived at the impasse of hitting a brick wall. This was not a happy situation for us in terms of the logistics of a functioning band. To that purpose, we made a decision that we could not go on with him. Majority rules in term of what we need to do as a band and go forward.” Mick

A month after being fired, Lindsey did a solo performance and spoke publicly about his departure:

"I have sadly taken leave of my band of 43 years, Fleetwood Mac. This was not something that was really my doing or my choice. I think what you would say is that there were factions within the band that had lost their perspective. It harmed the 43-year legacy that we had worked so hard to build and that legacy was really about rising above difficulties in order to fulfill one’s higher truth and one’s higher destiny.”

“I was surprised to hear the news because it happened after I went back to London that the decision was made. But life moves on and I wanted to carry on with these guys.” Christine

“Please don’t blame Christine McVie for what happened to Lindsey. After texting with Chris I am convinced that whatever went down between Stevie & Lindsey was to personal, complex, hurtful & deep for her to have affected the outcome in any meaningful way. She has a heavy heart…” Richard Dashut, Fleetwood Mac producer and friend

I am not angry nor do I cast blame on John and Christine McVie. In recent years, John underwent cancer treatments and if you put John on a sailing boat, he will be happy. I don't believe in any shape or form that John and Christine had anything to do with Lindsey's firing.

“Obviously this is a huge change with the advent of Lindsey Buckingham not being a part of Fleetwood Mac. We all wish him well and all the rest of it. In truthful language, we just weren’t happy. And I’ll leave it at that in terms of the dynamic. And he’s going out on the road more or less the same time I think -- not in the same places, I hope.” Mick

So… Lindsey is planning his solo tour just as Fleetwood Mac are going out on tour… Well, that does not make any sense at all! If Lindsey wanted to wait until 2019 to tour, why is he going now? Hmmmm? Seriously, I think this disagreement could have found a solution, a compromise, and Lindsey would still be part of Fleetwood Mac. On social media, Lindsey's wife was not happy with Mick’s quote and used his initials MF a new meaning of Mother-Fucker.

What I think it's really about is favoritism.

Let's recap in gist: in 2015, Christine rejoined Fleetwood Mac after 16 years since her own departure (she quit) with a big tour of their greatest hits as a five piece band after the previous tour as a four-piece band performing greatest hits. In general, Fleetwood Mac hadn't had a record out since early 2000s. After the Christine reunion tour, the plan was for the members to go in the studio to work on a new album. But Stevie decided to go on her own tour, which she felt was overdue for her 24 Karat Gold album. Lindsey and Christine went in for a head start but instead of a Fleetwood Mac album, it turned into a Buckingham McVie album since Stevie was too busy handling her solo career. So, during 2017, Lindsey and Christine went on their own tour. Earlier this year, Fleetwood Mac reunited for their honor in MusiCares, which turned out to be Lindsey's last concert with the band.

Now, here's my problem with Stevie: why didn't Mick fired Stevie last year when she wanted to concentrate on her solo tour? To me, this is the same, and fair, deal. Stevie didn't want to enter the studio to contribute her own share of songs when Lindsey and Christine went in. Mick and John did appear in the Buckingham McVie album- it was intended to be a Fleetwood Mac album! Here is Christine, all fresh and ready to dive back in with new songs, and Stevie was the one out of the band that deeply missed Christine… but instead of going in the studio all excited to work with Christine on new songs, Stevie said no, time for solo stuff. Fast forward to this year in 2018 when Lindsey wants to hold off on touring, just as Stevie wanted to hold off on recording, and what happened? He got fired. What's up with that? In my mind, it's favoritism. Mick favors Stevie over Lindsey. Now, as much as Stevie does bring to the band with songwriting, vocals, allure, beauty, attention, etc., Lindsey contributes more to the band with songwriting, guitar, vocals, producing, mixing, a dedicated and loyal hands on approach. He has more recording attendance days than Stevie does! Stevie once described her relationship with Mick like best friends- able to hang out, watch a movie, and talk into the early hours of the morning discussing things under the sun while her relationship with Lindsey was anything but buddies. I should also add that Mick and Stevie once had an affair around 1977, 1978 that was passionate yet could have destroyed the band if it had continued on. Perhaps Mick thought that if he fired Stevie, not only would the fans freak out and create it into controversy, it would be poor ticket sales. Stevie did quit the band around 1990 and Fleetwood Mac tried to go on without her but with minimal success, like playing at fairgrounds.  Firing Lindsey was a better choice for him. After all, Lindsey did quit the band in 1987, over, ironically, touring. Indeed, Fleetwood Mac is known to have revolving door- as long as it isn't Mick or John (as the band is named after their last names) then everybody is replaceable; Christine, Lindsey, and Stevie joined the already made band and have left it too. Christine from 1999 until 2015, Stevie from 1990 until 1997, Lindsey from 1987 until 1997 with the exception of both Lindsey and Stevie in 1994 to reunited for Clinton Presidential inauguration ball, and now Lindsey again in 2018. I highly doubtful that he will ever rejoin again. Fleetwood Mac is said to be on their last legs with this pending tour, maybe a new album with Mike and Neil. So if Fleetwood Mac could go without Lindsey then, they certainly can go out without him now. As for me… when Lindsey was in the band, I did consider going to the concert. But since he isn't, then my money will go elsewhere.

Why I Love the Beatles’ Wives and Girls

Top 9:

Cynthia

Linda

Olivia
Maureen
Barbara
Pattie
Nancy
Heather
Yoko

Cynthia Powell Lennon

I suppose I can say Cynthia is my favorite wife… not really sure why though… I think it's mainly because her marriage to John is underrated and not as popular as his marriage to Yoko is. John kept his love story with Cynthia close to the vest, private, and eventually dismissed it as an obligation as she was pregnant when they married- but so was Maureen, Linda, and Yoko. Aside from that, I do think there is something of value in their love story. Cynthia knew John as a college student before fame came in and literally took John away when they should have solidify their marriage and parenthood, but what else could have been done? There's no handbook on how to manage fame and marriage during their time together and John and Cynthia were winging it as they go. Cynthia was supportive to her husband's career, no matter what he wanted to do, and preferred to be in the background. However, Cynthia was talented in her own right: she too was an artist and a good singer, but John didn't support her career ambitions: maybe it was their way of growing up in the 1940s/1950s when men brought home the bacon while the women stayed home to look after the children. Cynthia certainly proved her talents, but unfortunately John's shadow overcasted it. On April 1, 2015, I was at home in my mother's house tending to my social media before getting ready for work. I saw her son's Instagram of his mother and candles… I honestly didn't know what was up but at first thought it was sweet. But then I saw a comment about her death. After doing further digging while praying it wasn't true but a bad April Fool's joke, it was true. My heart sank and for a long time, it stayed on my mind. Like Maureen and Linda, I grieved for Cynthia and my heart went out to Julian. She died of lung cancer; after witnessing my grandmother dying of the terrible cancer, it is a tough thing to go through. A death sentence. I don't know anybody who survived lung cancer- if there are, it's a few number of survival.

Maureen Cox Starkey
When I was a teenager (in the 1990s), I was fascinated by the way Maureen was always photographed wearing eyeliner and even tried to copy her look by always wearing eyeliner. To this day, it is my main go-to when wearing makeup, that and lipstick with a little bit of blush. I remember hearing about her death in January of 1995 by my mom who read about it in People magazine- it was night time and Mom was listening to music; she stopped it, told me Maureen died, then turned back the music. Of course, that raised a number of questions: since when? Of what? Does Ringo know about it? I wanted that People magazine! Since it was bedtime and a school night, I went to bed with those questions swirling in my head. After Mom went to bed, I snuck to where the magazine was and read to find out if any of my questions were answered… December 30th, 1994. Leukemia. Not only Ringo knew about her death, he was there. I went to sleep but her death weighed heavily on my mind for a long time. She was only 48, still young. She had a young daughter almost 8 years of age, instantly I felt so sad for Augusta. Her son Zak tried to save his mother by donated bone marrow and blood cells. Not long later, I found out that her daughter Lee nursed her mother. I don't know what her son Jason did but I have no doubt that he helped and was there. My respect for Ringo definitely reached a higher level for being at his ex-wife’s side through her illness up to the end. Maureen knew Ringo when he was a struggling poor musician and was with him when he made it big and famous. Sadly their marriage didn't last after the Beatles’ break-up: many factors like a troubling readjustment to life after being in a popular band for 8 years to now suddenly solo and had to reinvent a career, drinking, drugs, infidelity on both sides, midlife crises… it was a lot to handle for their marriage. However, Ringo and Maureen managed to forgive and reinvent their relationship as friends, parents, and still be part of the family; Ringo even considers Augusta as part of his family and is friends with Maureen's husband/widower Isaac Tigrett. Maureen was a Beatles fan whose dreams came true when a Beatle asked her out for a date and kept Ringo’s home roots down to earth by calling him Richie (his wife Barbara calls him that, too).

Pattie Boyd Harrison
Pattie was, and still is, a beauty. It's easy to see why both George Harrison and Eric Clapton fell in love with her. A model who became a muse of a couple of classic songs that frequently gets radio play. Not a bad way to go. I do feel sorry for her not to experience motherhood, she tried but unable to have child and neither husband was willing to adopt (pity!). She also has great respect and a friendly relationship with Olivia, George's second wife.
I got to meet Pattie twice: first time was at the 2008 Beatles’ Fest in Las Vegas and the second time in 2016 during her Behind the Lens photo presentation tour.

Linda Eastman McCartney
Our birthdays were a day apart. We both loved to cook- except she was vegetarian and I do eat meat. We love taking pictures except she made a career out of it while mine is more of a hobby yet a dream career. I think we have the same music talent except Linda had a musician husband while I have my car as the concert venue. However, unlike Linda, I don't have the balls to perform on tour with my singing and music skills. With all respect to Jane Asher, Linda’s photography career woven into Paul's music career as a team player. Not to compare but can't help but notice that Jane’s career as an actress wasn't able to blend into Paul's career other than as a muse. Maybe Jane would have appeared in a music video but that's all she could really have done. Meanwhile, Linda's photos were used for the cover of Paul's solo albums and inner sleeve notes, calendars, and throwback trend for social media. Paul is a type for wanting his lady nearby- Linda, Heather, and now Nancy, unlike Jane who had her own career to tour to act onstage or filming locations to be away for a few months. As for her music career, I don't think she sang as bad as most people think she did. No, her singing isn't perfect- Linda would be the first one to admit that. She was only there for love. Linda wasn't the only “untalented” musician, we also had Sonny Bono who had a couple of number 1 hits and he was loved by many as Sonny and Cher. John had his best friend from art college, Stuart Sutcliffe, couldn't play bass. He would have his back to the audience so they wouldn't notice his wrong notes- that used to irritate Paul, ironically. Maybe Paul realized why John wanted Stuart in the Beatles when he insisted to have Linda in his band Wings. Linda did learn as Wings went on and later in Paul's touring band until 1993- still not the greatest but able to stand there and keep to the beat. I don't think I would've lasted that long.
I was 16 years old when news came of Linda's death. My mom and I were in the drive-thru at Taco Bell before going to my Aunt's home for a little casual gathering. We heard on the radio and immediately thought of Paul and their children. When we arrived, we told the family about Linda’s death. It was a sad day.
P. S. I am not at all against Jane Asher, I deeply appreciate and admire her and respect her past relationship with Paul.

Yoko Ono Lennon
Not my favorite wife. Her singing is unbearable, I don't really understand her art, and her attitude towards Cynthia and especially Julian is unforgivable. I can take infidelity, a husband leaving his wife for another woman. I don't like it but it happens to everyone, then and today, I can accept and move on. However, I do not like the way John and Yoko handled it and it certainly would have been handled better. John was a coward and had Cynthia find out about his newfound love in the newspapers in another country and I do not doubt that Yoko whispered in John's ear saying nasty things about Cynthia so he wouldn't have a change of heart. I believe Yoko was jealous of Cynthia; in Yoko's mind, John's life didn't start until he fell in love with her. Whatever production Yoko has been involved with about John's life, Cynthia would be lucky to get a passing mention and the impression of being a forgotten footnote. Olivia never did that with Pattie- she was a part of George’s life and Olivia acknowledges that: Pattie's appearance on Living in the Material World a documentary about George was much more larger than Cynthia's appearance on John Lennon: Imagine documentary, with interview and home movies, photographs, and press footage. The most unforgivable part is Yoko's involvement in John's distance relationship with Julian. I think I will save that for another separate entry here on my blog because the subject is not only difficult but I could go on and on in a rant. To continue on with the subject matter, That being said, the older she gets, probably started after George's death in 2001, the more Yoko understands the concept of family; The Beatles are a second family after the personal first. I also often wonder that if her daughter hadn't been kidnapped by her father, would things be different between John and Julian? It took until the 1990s for Yoko to be reunited with her daughter. Guess I will never know.

Olivia Arias Harrison

As I mentioned in Yoko's description, Olivia acknowledges Pattie's place in George's life unlike Yoko, who doesn't with Cynthia. I have always liked Olivia, and I admire her strength and heroism of saving George's life when they were attacked and attempted murder. She is doing a great job on George's legacy, remaining true to his memory and keeping up with technology (although more of their son Dhani’s doing). I admire Olivia for her charity work, especially involving children and doing something to help rather than doing talk, raise awareness, and do nothing to show for it. Olivia shows for it, especially Romania and Bangladesh, India. Olivia stuck by George through thick and thin, taking care of him and their homes, and being her own person, treasuring her Mexican and American roots.

Barbara Goldbach Starkey

Barbara is certainly beautiful but I can't say she's a greatest actress; I think Jane was and still is a dedicated actress by being on stage, television, and movies. Barbara stuck with movies, very few television (she did audition for Charlie's Angels), and, as far as I know, never did stage plays. Maybe she would have if she didn't marry Ringo and allowed her career to fade away; honestly I don't think Barbara's heart was in it as she originally started out as a model and got into acting after someone suggested it to her. That being said, Barbara and Ringo do have a love story. They have the longest Beatle marriage (granted, if Linda had lived, she and Paul would still be married and looking forward to their 50th wedding anniversary) and happy to be together inseparable. They blended their children from previous marriages (3 from Ringo, 2 from Barbara) and friendly with their exes who are now both gone- Maureen in 1994 and Augusto Gregorini in 2017- Ringo was at Maureen's side and Barbara attended Augusto’s funeral. Ringo and Barbara stuck together from drinking and doing drugs, going to rehab together, going on tour, traveling, being a family and being in love and devotion.

Heather Mills McCartney

Heather is popular for being not the favorite- probably the worst of all in the opinion of the Beatles’ and Paul McCartney fan community. But, since this is strictly my opinion and my blog, I honestly don't feel that way. I do understand why: Heather has been accused of being a gold-digger, taking advantage of Paul while he was grieving for Linda, for being outspoken, loving the spotlight and fame, and got herself millions from the divorce settlement. In my opinion, Paul was, and still is, a big boy. I think he could at least spot a gold-digger a mile away after 50+ years of being famous. There is a few things that I do admire Heather for: I do think she is strong and refuses to give up any life challenge thrown at her way. She did overcome many obstacles. It must not be easy to have a mentally and physically abusive father, a mother that abandoned her children to get away from her husband instead of taking the children with her. Money was tight and her father committed fraud. Despite reuniting with her mother, she butted heads with her mother's lover and lived life out on the streets. She became a model, then lost her lower half leg after collided with a speeding police motorcycle. She had to face the media and fans of being Paul's partner- the biggest difficult challenge of all. It must be difficult to fill a position that was once held by Linda for 30 years. I wouldn't want to do that. I do admire Heather as someone who helped Paul through the mourning of Linda, and to help him back on his feet to tour again. I am sure he would've done that regardless but perhaps later than sooner. I also admire Heather as a mother to Beatrice. For someone who has been accused of loving the spotlight all on her and sparking up publicity, she is determined to keep Beatrice private. She doesn't parade Beatrice everywhere in public and even finding paparazzi photos comes in far and few in between. I admire Heather for reinventing herself as a vegan food industry business woman and a snow speed racer, determined to go in the Guinness Book of Records and the Winter Paralympics. Especially to the McCartney fans, Heather is the ultimate blacksheep and pretends she doesn't exist.

I did communicate with Heather twice on her Facebook and once on Instagram and she was very kind to me. The first time I wished her a happy birthday through message and she replied back thanking me. The second time I made a comment on one of her pictures relating to V-Bites, saying that I love her polenta pizzas from her Love Bites cookbook and make them often, she replied by agreeing with me. A similar comment and  response on Instagram. Those are my experiences with Heather… my philosophy motto is Be nice to me, I will be nice to you. I did not expect any reply back and was genuinely surprised when I did.

Nancy Shevell McCartney

Nancy gets frequently compared to Heather and Linda in the media. Most fans usually pretend that Heather doesn't exist and claim that Paul has two wives rather than three. It is clear that Nancy and Linda are a lot alike: both from New England part of the United States (Linda in New York, Nancy in New Jersey), both lived in New York City and had homes in the Hamptons, Jewish, both were born in well-to-do wealth, both battled breast cancer, both opt for the privacy quiet life although Linda reluctantly has done interviews and photo shoots while Nancy turns down the offers… I do believe Heather does like the quiet life too but also loves the limelight the same. Nancy has done one interview before meeting Paul and it's rare to get a sound bite from her that majority of the fans doesn't know what she sounds like. Another thing that Nancy and Linda have in common is that they both had their parents stick together till death did them part, unlike Heather’s family which had abuse involved. I do like Nancy- his children adores her, even ex-wife Heather likes her! Paul does seem to be in love and very happy too. The only gripe I have is that she is a Republican… actually I normally don't care but knowing that her family (father, sister, son, including ex-husband) are rooting for President Donald Trump, the most disgusting vile man on Earth (to be fair, I hated Trump long before he became President).

My OnLine Empire

Just about every year, I like to present an inventory of my online activities that I like to share and spread of interest to visit. Please give some love and visit often!

Websites:

The Mexican Beauty: Olivia Harrison http://darksweetlady.tripod.com

Dedicated to the widow of George Harrison and mother of Dhani Harrison to show her as her own person other than being known as a “Beatles wife”. This is my very first website I created.

The Beatles’ Children http://beatlechildren.tripod.com

Dedicated to Julian and Sean Lennon, Heather, Mary, Stella, James, and Beatrice McCartney, Dhani Harrison, Zak, Jason, and Lee Starkey. Step children also included.

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Dedicated to the friendship between Cynthia Lennon and Maureen Starkey, the two late ex-wives of John Lennon and Ringo Starr. A fun, simple, and small website

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Culinary blog of my own recipes, celebrity recipes that intrigued me, and pictures of my food. Admittedly not as active as I would like it to be but definitely worthy to look into and try. Hopefully in the near future I will get it back to being active again.

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Inspired by my quips on This & That as well as saving my old blog posts from MySpace that I abandoned as majority people also have. This blog is for my writings from opinions, experiences, favorite lists, poems, etc. that I am willing to share to the public online world.

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Dedicated to a fictional TV family from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit after getting sick of years of constant “EO” (Elliot and Olivia) love from certain fans who wanted Elliot to divorce his wife and hook up with his partner. As a fan of Kathy, I wanted something to prove that, yes, Elliot did love his wife and to straighten out any errors that the viewer may have.

John and Cynthia Lennon http://johnandcynthialennon.blogspot.com

Dedicated to, well, John and Cynthia! With quotes, pictures, and some personal opinions weaved into their lives and underrated love that constantly gets overshadowed by John's love story with Yoko Ono.

The Beatles Wives and Girls

Dedicated and focused on Cynthia Lennon, Maureen Starkey, Pattie Boyd, Linda McCartney, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Barbara Bach, Heather Mills, Nancy Shevell, Astrid Kirchherr, Jane Asher, May Pang, Nancy Lee Andrews, and more.

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(admittedly abandoned for now due to personal reasons)

Children of the Beatles Facebook https://www.facebook.com/childrenofthebeatles

Children of the Beatles Instagram http://www.instagram.com/thebeatleschildren

Other Social Media

Tumblr: Jeannette's Place https://beataholic925.tumblr.com/

Similar to This & That (see Blogs)

Tumblr: Mary McCartney Photos https://marymccartneyphotos.tumblr.com/

Dedicated to the photography career of Mary McCartney; including recipes and other projects

Instagram http://www.instagram.com/jac_925

My public Instagram of my photos.

I also have private (as mentioned on my public one) but unfortunately you can't follow that if I don't know you at all as it contains my personal life.

Instagram: The Late Beatles’ Wives http://www.instagram.com/mo_lin_cyn

Dedicated to Maureen Starkey (1946-1994), Linda McCartney (1941-1998), and Cynthia Lennon (1939-2015)... For now…

Instagram: Isabel Gillies Fan Club http://www.instagram.com/for_isabel_gillies

Dedicated to actress and author (see Websites). Brand new, too!

Twitter https://www.twitter.com/JeannetteC9

My own public twitter account where I post whatever I want to post! Mostly lately been about General Hospital, but still, it's mine.

Yahoo Groups

I usually include them but instead I am not. I rarely go there anymore except for Mary McCartney Photography to move things there to Tumblr before I delete it permanently. I don't like all the upgrades Yahoo has done, making it hard to navigate and post photos- nevermind to delete or move around in an appropriate albums!