John Lennon's guitar, stolen 50-years-back, now sold for $2.4-m

John Lennon, a member of the Beatles, had lost his guitar 50-years-back. It was subsequently located and has now been sold at an auction in California for an amount of $2.4-m.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 8 November 2015.

The Beatles star had used the J-160E acoustic guitar for a year in 1962 and used it to record and write hit songs such as "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
As per its history, novice musician John McCaw had bought it in the late 1960s without knowing it had been stolen from Lennon at a Christmas concert in 1963. This has been revealed by the auctioneer Darren Julien.
The price paid for this guitar surpasses the $965,000 paid at a 2013 Christie's auction for an electric guitar that had been owned by Bob Dylan.
Moreover, a Fender Stratocaster guitar - signed by the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney - had sold for a record $2.7m in 2005.
The auction house had also fetched $2.1m for a Beatles drum head that had been used during their historic appearances on the The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.


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Sunny Leone is a guest at the PETA US’ 35th anniversary gala at the Hollywood Palladium

Sunny Leone is an Indo-Canadian adult film star and is now featuring in Bollywood films. She was one of the guests at PETA US’ 35th anniversary gala at the Hollywood Palladium here. She was accompanied by her husband Daniel Weber and, the event is hosted by animal rights organization People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 1 October 2015.

Music legend Paul McCartney performed a number of hits, including “Let it be,” “Hey jude,” “Lady madonna,” “Drive my car” (performed with Beck), and an animal rights-themed song that he wrote called “Looking for changes.”
The concert came after a humanitarian awards show hosted by Anjelic Huston and Pamela Anderson.
Others present on the occasion were celebrities like Bill Maher, Jason Biggs, Tommy Lee, James Cromwell, Alicia Silverstone, Noah Cyrus, Kate del Castillo, and Jillian Michaels. They accepted awards for helping PETA US halt cruel animal experiments, sink marine mammal theme park SeaWorld, and pressure Ringling Bros. circus to retire its elephants.
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