News about Brian Epstein

The trailer for the new Midas Man has finally dropped, just weeks before the movie releases on Prime Video. Jacob Fortune-Lloyd transforms into the man behind The Beatles, Brian Epstein in the new biopic.

Beneath a vaulted ceiling of mildewed brick is a scuffed wooden stage, the spiritual home of Merseybeat. Spotlights twinkle in the twin silvery mirrors of the sixties microphones waiting for the Cavern Club's next big thing, a new band called the Beatles. Local Liverpool businessman Brian Epstein, elegant in a bespoke suit, silk tie and calfskin shoes, drops off his cashmere coat with the girl in the hat-check cubby, Cilla White, or Cilla Black as she will become, and joins the expectant crowd. A Skiffle band is playing but Epstein only has eyes for the boys about to drive this lunchtime audience wild with excitement. The scruffy quartet amble on stage, crack a few gags and launch into a cover of Some Other Guy, an R&B song which is already a Merseybeat standard. Epstein is transfixed, knowing instantly they'd be bigger than Elvis.

Writer Mordechai Beck muses about The Beatles on The Jewish Chronicle website: 'Despite all the accolades the Fab Four received one aspect of their careers is often overlooked. This is the Jewish influence on their lives.' He points out that their manager Brian Epstein was Jewish, insisting 'they dress in uniform like bar mitzvah boys in their first suits'. Their careers were assisted, he says, by a host of Jewish professionals including lawyers (David Jacobs) promoters (Sidney Bernstein), film makers (Richard Lester) and accountants.

It's likely that old vinyl could be worth a lot of money if you've ever browsed through a charity shop's bargain box of documents. However, there are already some die-hard fans who are eager to buy a rare copy of their favorite albums. Some obsessives have even paid millions to finish their collections for the rarest of the rare. And, if you're a Beatles fan, it could be good news if you're looking for the most valuable music on the internet. So, as vinyl records hit their highest rate since the 1990s, it could be time to take those old boxes down from the attic to see if you are sitting on any black gold.

The Beatles were aboard Pan Am Flight 102 on their way to America for the first time this week, and everyone was cautious about it. However, by the time they returned to the United Kingdom, their numbers had dominated all five top Billboard Hot 100 charts, an achievement never before or since.

HMV is back, just a decade after defunct as young music enthusiasts abandon streaming in favour of vinyl and physical media, according to one of its bosses. Generation Z, according to Phil Halliday, the firm's managing director, is assisting the once-ailing chain in resurrecting its position as one of the High Street's most recognizable and dependable shops. Vinyl has seen a revival in popularity, with record sales in the 21st century hitting new heights last year - although many people are still suffering from'streaming exhaustion.' This, as well as a dramatic rise in cassette sales, that Mr Halliday says has left HMV'very optimistic' about the future, it's this. As a result of record-breaking sales, the company, which was once forced to close down stores and layoff employees, is now planning an exciting expansion into Europe and Canada.

When in Brazil to perform a mystery club gig in Brazil, Sir Paul McCartney shared a Beatles reunion snap with Sir Ringo Starr. For his daughter Mary's latest cookbook Feeding Creativity, the Beatles sensation, 81, posed with his late bandmate Sir Ringo, 83. The pair is seen beaming as they share a delectable vegetarian pasta in the film "Reunion".

The Fab Four's last song and features music from John, Paul, Ringo, and George, with already listening to by 5 million on YouTube and millions more on streaming platforms. The band's first video footage of the band performing in leather in a Merseyside church hall in 1962 before they became the world's most popular band, and producer Brian Epstein ordered them to all wear smart suits. Pete Best, the Beatles' drummer before Ringo, has given the cine camera video to his former band with the help of his brother Roag. Roag said he bought the silent video from a man who filmed the performance at St Paul's Presbyterian Church Hall in Birkenhead in February 1962, eight months before they released their first single.

Brown reveals how Eastern mysticism went from being unknown to venerable and back to a topic of suspicion in a lively narrative delivered with humor and compassion. He introduces an innovative cast of characters, including film actors, writers, heiresses, and scholars, as well as how soothing swamis and dodgy charlatans left their mark on Western society.

On Sunday, a legend in Gerry And The Pacemakers performed one of his prized possessions on the Antiques Roadshow.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Katharine married her husband, the Duke, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, at St James' Palace, where her daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, 59, unveiled a portrait of her at a concert by the Future Talent group. Nicholas Robinson founded the Duchess Foundation to assist young people and those from low-income families in discovering music. Future Talent alumnus Rob Burton, 23, an award-winning saxophonist and BBC Young Musician finalist, painted the portrait. 'It's an honor to paint the portrait of someone who has played such a role in my growth,' Burton says.

On Sunday, Jonah Lees starred in the spitting image of John Lennon as he filmed the latest Beatles biopic Midas Man in Lancashire. The film focuses on Brian Epstein, a retired boss who died of an overdose at the age of 32. Jonah, 26, stars John Adams, 22, (Paul McCartney), Leo Harvey-Elledge, 19, (George Harrison), and Campbell Wallace, 20, (20 Ringo Starr).

According to colleagues who talked to Rolling Stone, James Gordon Meek, 52, 'abruptly' resigned from his network and has since 'dropped off the face of the earth'. FBI agents searched his apartment in Arlington, Virginia, on April 27, 2007. Meek was found in the possession of classified information, according to a witness close to the probe, who ordered the raid.

Fans around the world have adored songs by her intimate connection to two of the world's greatest musicians of any generation. However, Pattie Boyd, the sixties muse who inspired some of George Harrison and Eric Clapton's best-known hits, admits she hasn't seen a single penny in royalties despite being responsible for their creation. Harrison, the model, who is now 78, was married softly-spoken Beatles guitarist Harrison in 1966, two years after meeting on the set of the band's first feature length film, A Hard Day's Night.