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Daily Mail
05-07-2025
- Daily Mail
How the son of the 'fifth Beatle' George Martin is planning to sue his half brother after being left not a penny in their father's will: FRANCES HARDY
Greg Martin is sharply aware of his own shortcomings, but also feels convinced a grave injustice has occurred. 'I've always been a big personality,' he says. 'I've always said what I felt. I've been a bit of a womaniser. I've been called the 'wayward son'. 'But I was devastated, when our father died, that my sister and I were treated not like the much-loved children we were, but more like the illegitimate offspring of a Victorian chambermaid.'
Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sons of 'Fifth Beatle' George Martin square off in bitter row over father's will after producer's kids with first wife were snubbed: ALISON BOSHOFF
There was shock when legendary music producer George Martin – known as the 'Fifth Beatle' – died in 2016 and left just £1million in his will. His eldest daughter Alexis Stratfold said at the time that it was a 'joke' for her to get £68,000 in a bequest (alongside his chauffeur and secretary) when her father's wealth had been estimated at between £250-400 million. But she was lucky. Her brother Greg – Martin's eldest son – was cut out altogether. And it can be revealed that Greg is consulting lawyers because he believes his half-brother Giles may have benefited from a house and a £3.5million legacy. These, Greg claims, were separate from the will and were 'always meant to be his'. Alexis and Greg are George Martin's children by his first wife, Sheena Chisholm. But their father left her for Judy Lockhart-Smith, a secretary at the Beatles label Parlophone, in 1962, and they had two children: Giles and Lucie. The older children were largely excluded from Martin's successful later life. Alexis was bitterly hurt when invitations to their father's memorial did not include their names. Greg did not even attend. The actor, writer and producer told me: 'The only thing I inherited from my father was his coat of arms. I was not even mentioned in the will, and Alexis was left a small amount of money on the same terms as some of his staff. 'It was painful. It is painful. I believe that my father would not have done that if it was not for Judy. 'He used to try and slip me money sometimes, like $100, and say: 'Don't tell Judy!' He added: 'I believe there must be a huge amount of money hidden away'.' The current potential legal action was prompted by contact from a family friend around a month ago. Greg said: 'She said there was a letter written by my father, which said that he wanted me to have a house and some money, but that Judy intercepted the letter.' (Martin's widow died in 2023.) He went on: 'I believe that it is possible that Giles has been living in that house on and off for the last nine years. If that is true, I want to sue. 'I think there is about £3.5million in a bank in America, and I believe there may be interest on that money also. I have engaged lawyers, but we have not filed a case yet.' He added: 'It would have been entirely in character for him to have secretly left a house in my name in a trust and money in a foreign bank account. 'I took no legal action at the time, because I was devastated and exhausted. Now I have had enough. 'My father would be rolling over in his grave. I adored him and know how deeply he loved me.' A spokesman for Giles Martin did not return requests for comment. Water fiasco! Did Ellen's pool ruin Clarkson's big day? The disastrous opening of Jeremy Clarkson's Cotswolds pub is the car-crash climax of season four of the global hit series Clarkson's Farm. Now, locals are whispering that one of the contributing factors might have been... a swimming pool belonging to his neighbour, US TV star Ellen DeGeneres. As viewers of the show may recall, mains water failed on the second day of opening at The Farmer's Dog last August. The pub toilets and kitchen had to close and customers were turned away. In an exchange seen on screen, Clarkson's plumber blamed villagers in the nearby hamlet of Asthall for draining the mains system, leaving the pub – a mile away up a hill – high and dry. Clarkson said on episode eight of the show: 'I was hoping the problem was something trivial. But the plumber quickly realised it was being caused by the village down the hill.' His plumber explained: 'As far as I know the water pipe comes all the way up the hill from Asthall village. When everyone in the village is turning their water supply on – showers, filling up pots and pans and kettles – it doesn't then have the oomph to push it up the hill [to the pub].' A local from Asthall who did not wish to be named reveals: 'It was around the August Bank Holiday weekend that the swimming pool at Ellen's farmhouse was being refilled. 'Pools of that size [a 56-footer reckoned to hold 100,000-plus litres], filled with normal mains water, can take a week to nine days to fill. Sometimes even longer, depending on the local mains water pressure. 'If you can imagine having all the taps on to fill the pool, that has to take a lot of water out of the system and Asthall really is just a very small hamlet with a handful of houses. Perhaps it is no surprise that Clarkson, with all the water a business like that uses, ran out.' A lawyer for DeGeneres has not answered requests for comment. She bought a £15 million farmhouse in Asthall last year in an apparent protest at Donald Trump's second US election win. But after land around the home flooded, DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi moved to a modern house near Chipping Norton. Alicia: You may mock but MY Ibsen will be funny Alicia Vikander is promising audiences 'some laughs' in her next stage outing — even though it's in a play by Norwegian gloomster Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen has never been described as a barrel of laughs, but Swedish actress Vikander insists that the contemporary adaptation of The Lady From The Sea, in which she will star this autumn, will not be all hemlock and ashes. 'Simon Stone [the director and writer] has promised there will be some laughs — yes, in Ibsen!' Vikander exclaimed. The actress, who is married to Michael Fassbender, is in London for rehearsals with her leading man, Andrew Lincoln. The show will start previews at the Bridge Theatre in London on September 10. 'Ibsen is actually my first memory of being at the theatre, which is seeing Peer Gynt,' Vikander said. 'I was quite young for seeing that play. My mother was an actress and she took me there. It was an extremely profound experience.' Could J Lo's singing Spider Woman bag her an Oscar? Write off J Lo's ambitions at your peril. Film bible Variety, no less, thinks she could be in the running for a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her performance in Kiss Of The Spider Woman. The film premiered at Sundance this year to mixed reviews – but most critics admired her performance as Aurora (pictured): a singing, dancing, screen icon she might have been 'born to play'. Lopez has made plenty of not-awards-adjacent movies for streamers in recent years and has never been nominated for an Oscar, although she did pick up a hatful of nods for the 2019 film Hustlers. But now, 27 years after she melted the screen with George Clooney in Out Of Sight, she's back. Shooting on the picture coincided pretty much exactly with the breakdown of her marriage to Ben Affleck (who has an executive producing credit through his company Artists Equity). They filmed from March to June in New York, and she cited April as the date of their separation. I don't want to talk about it... Rod TV ratings beaten by old pal Elton More fuel for rock frenemies Rod Stewart and Elton John. Ratings show Rod got 3.4 million viewers for his Sunday teatime slot at Glastonbury. Not too shabby. But still less than half of the TV audience attracted by Elton in 2023. The pair have been close friends/sparring partners for years, but seemed to fall out in earnest in 2018 when Rod called Elton's lengthy 'farewell' tour 'dishonest', suggesting it was 'not rock and roll' – just an excuse to sell tickets. Elton hit back, saying Rod — busy promoting his own tour at the time — 'had a f***ing nerve'. However they've clearly made up since, as Sir Elton wished his old pal a warm happy 80th birthday in January. He told Rod: 'So many great memories over the years! Hope you have a brilliant day celebrating!' The BBC is thought to pay £35million a year for the broadcast rights to Glastonbury in a deal which runs out in 2027. Most in the industry think the Beeb will lose the rights then, with a streamer such as YouTube or Prime Video snapping them up for double the price. Meanwhile, former BBC DJ Liz Kershaw has pointed the finger at three BBC execs who are all 'paid six-figure sums' and who should, she said, have put Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance on delay, not broadcast it live on iPlayer. The band's lead singer led chants of 'death to the IDF' (Israel Defence Forces). The execs are Jonathan Rothery, head of popular music, TV; Lorna Clarke, director of music; and Alison Howe, executive producer of the event. Howe, incidentally, picked up a Bafta in May for best live event... for Glastonbury 2024. Kate Winslet has ditched plans to star as a surgeon in a prestige TV drama — dropping out of The Spot due to 'creative differences'. The show, from super-indie A24, was to tell the story of a successful medic whose husband thinks she might have killed a child in a hit and run accident. The plan is to recast. Peace has broken out in the BBC Radio 2 cold war between Sunday DJs Elaine Paige and Paddy McGuinness. He had complained that the (very grand) Dame ignored him on handover every single week. But after 13 months, a thaw... 'Next up, Dame Elaine Paige!' McGuinness cried last week at 1pm. And Paige countered with: 'Thank you Paddy, great show as always.' As Oasis reunite on stage tonight, here's Noel Gallagher's take on brother Liam's vocal style: 'Like Adele shouting into a bucket.'
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Country star recovering after hospitalized for ‘not making sense' on stage
Ronnie McDowell is recovering after the country music star was hospitalized this weekend following an onstage medical event. McDowell was released from the hospital Monday after he began to slur his words and started 'not making sense' after a few songs while he was performing at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania Saturday, WKRN reported. A tour manager told the outlet that McDowell reportedly thought he might have had a stroke. He was then brought to a hospital in Reading for treatment. 'I know you're all concerned. I promise — no one is more worried than I am," McDowell's son Tyler wrote in a Facebook post Saturday. 'Please understand, this is an incredibly stressful time, and right now, my focus is on my Dad. If there's anything that needs to be shared, I promise — we will." On Sunday, Tyler revealed his father underwent an MRI and that he and his brother, Ronnie Dean McDowell Jr., spent the day with Ronnie in the hospital before discharging him and taking him back to their home. 'Ronnie McDowell has been released to go home,' a Facebook post from guitarist. Greg Martin reads. 'I'm sure he'll be back out doing what he loves soon, Ronnie is a go-getter. Thanks for all the prayers!' With a career spanning nearly five decades, Ronnie McDowell has charted more than 30 top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles — 'Older Women' and 'You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation' — reached were No. 1 hits. Country music star breaks rib after 'hard fall' in Mexico, postpones show Country music singer opens up about HIV status, sexuality with release of new song Country music legend refunds all tickets mid-show, saying 'I don't give a damn' Iconic country music quartet may never perform this song live Country star goes viral for forgetting lyrics to hit song at stadium show Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
IPO market shows 'cautious optimism' amid market uncertainty
Initial public offering (IPO) activity is picking up despite tariff concerns, with public debuts from names like Circle Internet Group (CRCL) and CoreWeave (CRWV). Greg Martin, Rainmaker Securities managing director, joins Asking for a Trend to discuss why companies are rushing to go public now. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. Well, the IPO market has seen a layer of anxiety and an elevated uncertainty from Trump's tariffs with companies such as StubHub and Klarna, showing, showing pause in going public. However, even as tariff worries linger, the IPO market is seeing a glimmer of light, the number of new listings, as of June 5th, the highest since 2021, it's according to Renaissance Capital, but what lies ahead for the public market, Rainmaker Securities Managing Director, that would be Greg Martin joins us now to discuss. Greg, great to see you, as always. So, the IPO market, Greg, signs of life there, we were talking off camera, it's got Circle, coreweave keeps making headlines for the right reasons, what do you see ahead? How bullish are you, Greg, and what, what, what variables does that depend on? Well, Josh, thank you for having me. Good to see you again. I mean, clearly, we've had a resurgence. Remember, we had, we thought the IPO market was going to reopen at the beginning of April. We had, as you point out, we had the filings of Klarna, we had StubHub. Um, they had to pull because of the Trump tariffs. And now, all of a sudden, we have a little bit of IPO craziness again. As you point out, Circle's on fire, coreweave is ripping. Um, we, we saw Amado health go out. We're going to see chime this week. Um, I expect we're going to see a, a, a whole raft of new filings. And I think people are excited, for sure. Clearly, these IPOs are performing extremely well in the aftermarket, but there's also an air of caution because there's a concern that the window could close. Obviously, there's some uncertainty around tariffs. There's still some economic uncertainty. So I think there's a little bit of a window opening, and I expect we're going to see a lot of people trying to get through that window in this period because there is a concern that it will close. Um, and so I think we're going to see, uh, a raft of filings. We're seeing it as, as you point out, with the Renaissance report, but it's still a little bit uncertain as to how long that window's going to be open. So I, I take a, a cautious optimism. A cautious optimism, the raft, let me ask you this, is it a good time, Greg, for anyone and everyone to go public? Or is it more specifically, it's a good time to go public if you've got an AI/crypto story to tell? Well, clearly, if you have a good story to tell, I think it's, it's a good time to go public. Um, we're seeing a lot of crypto companies. Obviously, Bitcoin has traded up substantially. So we see Circle, we see eToro, we see Gemini most likely going public soon. Um, definitely anything AI. Coreweave's a great example. They're an AI infrastructure company. The, the company's up 4X since its IPO in, in late February. So I think there are good stories out there. But we're also seeing a lot of fintech companies go public. I expect to see Klarna, I expect to see chime. They're, they're not necessarily AI plays. So I think the truth is, there's a lot of great companies that have been private for a long time that have been waiting for an opening. So I think we're going to see those too. And then, of course, we saw digital health companies go public. We saw Hinge Health, Amado Health go public. So I don't think it's just AI and crypto. I think it's just a window that's opened, and the market has shown a good receptivity to new issuances, and that's a good sign for new IPOs. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
IPO market shows 'cautious optimism' amid market uncertainty
Initial public offering (IPO) activity is picking up despite tariff concerns, with public debuts from names like Circle Internet Group (CRCL) and CoreWeave (CRWV). Greg Martin, Rainmaker Securities managing director, joins Asking for a Trend to discuss why companies are rushing to go public now. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
