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Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal
Mar 09, 2010 13:29 EST
Annie Leibovitz reaches deal to keep her portfolio and manage millions in debt. Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday.
Leibovitz gets new creditor to manage debts
Mar 09, 2010 12:22 EST
Financially troubled photography icon Annie Leibovitz has turned to a US private equity firm to help deal with debts which had threatened to strip her of her archive of famous pictures.
Leibovitz gets new creditor to manage debts
Mar 09, 2010 11:31 EST
Financially troubled photography icon Annie Leibovitz has turned to a US private equity firm to help deal with debts which had threatened to strip her of her archive of famous pictures.
Leibovitz turns to private equity for financial help
Mar 09, 2010 05:17 EST
Photography icon Annie Leibovitz has turned to a private equity firm for loans to help deal with huge debts which had put her at risk of losing her library of famous pictures, a paper reported Tuesday.
Leibovitz turns to private equity for financial help
Mar 09, 2010 05:11 EST
US photography icon Annie Leibovitz has turned to a private equity firm for loans to help deal with huge debts which had put her at risk of losing her library of famous pictures, a paper reported Tuesday.
Leibovitz agrees loan deal with Colony Capital: report
Mar 08, 2010 21:42 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.
John Lennon appearance in car ad stirs controversy
Mar 05, 2010 01:00 EST
NEW YORK (Billboard) - A new Citroen commercial that's airing on U.K. television features old footage of John Lennon, and now Beatles fans are wondering whether Yoko Ono made the right decision in allowing the French car company to use her late husband's image.
Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees
Nov 10, 2009 07:40 EST
Eclectic group including Maya Angelou, Rihanna, Serena Williams honored with Glamour awards. Even for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards.
Yoko Ono looks back on early activism
Nov 06, 2009 18:29 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years.
Lennon's family donates peace recording to UN
Nov 03, 2009 15:47 EST
John Lennon's family donates proceeds from `Give Peace a Chance' release to UN peace fund. John Lennon's widow and two sons are donating the proceeds from the 40th anniversary release of the hit "Give Peace a Chance" to a U.N. peacebuilding fund used to help countries emerging from conflict, the fund announced Tuesday.
Rock'n'roll's visual side on display in N.Y. museum
Oct 30, 2009 17:21 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A major new photography exhibit is built around the idea that the eyes are just as important as the ears for appreciating and understanding rock 'n' roll.
Imagine Peace Tower lights in Second Life
Oct 09, 2009 20:00 EDT
Just hours after Friday's annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland, a virtual version of the tribute to late Beatle John Lennon opened in online world Second Life.
Gretzky came to LA for a 'Kings Ransom' in 1988
Oct 05, 2009 16:16 EDT
'Kings Ransom' relives blockbuster trade of Gretzky from Edmonton to Los Angeles. Wayne Gretzky can laugh about it now.
Three-month global march for peace under way
Oct 01, 2009 20:00 EDT
More than 400 people turned out here Friday for the start of a world march for peace that will criss-cross the globe over the next three months, passing through 90 countries, organisers said.
Video company asks for $6.3M in Lennon film case
Sep 29, 2009 15:48 EDT
Massachusetts video company seeks $6.3M in damages in dispute over rare Lennon film footage. A Massachusetts company that claims rare film footage of the late John Lennon was stolen and sold to Yoko Ono without its permission asked a federal judge Tuesday to award it $6.3 million in damages.
Galaxy of stars and leaders endorse peace march
Sep 28, 2009 20:00 EDT
A world march for peace, endorsed by a galaxy of leading figures in politics, sport and entertainment, will start in New Zealand on Friday and criss-cross the globe over three months.
Cirque du Soleil founder reaches for the stars
Sep 28, 2009 20:00 EDT
Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will soon rocket into space, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire.
Photographer Leibovitz reaches deal with lender
Sep 11, 2009 17:04 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz reached a deal on Friday with the art finance company behind her $24 million loan, allowing her to buy back control of her photographs, which had been put up as collateral.
Celebrity photographer in deal to stave off bankruptcy
Sep 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
US photography icon Annie Leibovitz won a reprieve Friday from possible bankruptcy when her creditors agreed to an extension of a 24-million-dollar loan.
Celebrity photographer in deal to stave off bankruptcy
Sep 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
US photography icon Annie Leibovitz won a reprieve Friday from possible bankruptcy when her creditors agreed to an extension of a 24-million-dollar loan.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Yoko Ono Lennon 小野洋子 | |
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 Ono at the opening ceremony of her art exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil. November 2007.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yoko Ono |
| Born | February 18, 1933 Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Avant-garde, rock, pop, electronica, Shibuya kei, Fluxus |
| Occupations | Artist, musician, peace activist |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | Apple, Geffen, Polydor, Rykodisc, Astralwerks, Chimera Music |
| Associated acts | John Lennon The Plastic Ono Band |
