Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' debut album Please Please Me. Just think of those young Beatles when they were just beginning: pre-Yoko, pre-psychedelics, pre-facial hair. But it wasn't just that their sartorial choices were simpler, their instrumentations were as well.
The nearly 80-year-old "petite poly-hyphenate" has stayed busy, doing talk shows and benefits and fund-raisers, awarding her Peace Price to the members of Pussy Riot, and more. She is also designing men's wear for Opening Ceremony, which... well, see for yourself.
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Was it worth it for Mad Men to drop a reported $250,000 to play The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" as the end of Sunday's episode? We're guessing it was.
The former Beatle weds for the third time, at a town hall in London
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