Paul McCartney shows off beach body
Paul McCartney shows off beach body
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell wade in the surf in Mexico
Sir Paul shows off his paunch
In his heyday, he was a sex symbol for millions of screaming teenagers.
But as Paul McCartney famously foresaw in his 1967 song When I'm Sixty-Four, such physical attractions rarely stand the test of time, Mail Online reported.
As he shuffled along the beach in Mexico with his girlfriend Nancy Shevell, the former Beatle's only connection to those glory days seemed to be his swimming trunks, which looked faded and shapeless enough to have been in his wardrobe since then.
At 66, and having just emerged from a bitter divorce from Heather Mills, Sir Paul could argue he has every excuse for a less than perfect appearance.
But it seems that, having found love again, he is still young at heart. He and Miss Shevell, who have been dating for more than a year, held hands and laughed as they leapt over the waves in the New Year sunshine.
The 48-year-old New York socialite, who is vice-president of her wealthy family's firm, showed off a sleek and toned figure in her halter-neck bikini.
McCartney was first seen with his current girlfriend in 2007, while his divorce was being battled out in the courts.
Miss Shevell is legally separated from her husband Bruce Blakeman. They have a teenage son, Arlen.
(Agencies)
The story of the bats
Two vampire bats wake up in the middle of the night, thirsty for blood.One says, "Let‘s fly out of the cave and get some blood."
"We‘re new here," says the second one."It‘s dark out, and we don‘t know where to look.We‘d better wait until the other bats go with us."
The first bat replies, "Who needs them?I can find some blood somewhere." He flies out of the cave.
When he returns, he is covered with blood.
The second bat says excitedly, "Where did you get the blood?"
The first bat takes his buddy to the mouth of the cave.pointing into the night, he asks, "See that black building over there?"
"Yes," the other bat answers.
"Well," says the first bat, "I didn‘t."
25 best celeb photos of 2008
25 best celeb photos of 2008
With a glass of champagne and a party at TAO nightclub in Las Vegas, a then-single Mariah Carey has everything she needs to kick off the new year – except a resolution. "I should have them, but I've already done then," she says, noting that she reached her diet goals in 2007.
The fierce Victoria Beckham and the flawless Dita Von Teese bond over their collective love of high fashion in January at the Roland Mouret haute couture runway show in Paris.
A month after the Sex and the City movie wrapped filming, Sarah Jessica Parker braves the late January cold in New York City, slipping into Carrie Bradshaw's eclectic wardrobe to shoot print ads for the film, which opened at No. 1 in May.
After an emotional day that included a memorial attended by hundreds of mourners and a private funeral, Michelle Williams joins friends and family of Heath Ledger as they plunge into the ocean to honor the late actor in February at the Indiana Tea House on Cottesloe Beach in Australia.
It's a race! Brad Pitt captures all the tubing action with son Pax, then 4, at California's Mammoth Mountain ski resort. The Jolie-Pitt clan hit the slopes for a snow-filled February weekend, and while Brad and the boys took to the powder, Angelina and the girls cheered them on.
From Mariah's slinky gowns to Madonna's guns to Lindsay & Sam, see the most amazing shots from Star Tracks!
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Madonna, Celine Dion top worldwide tours in 2008
Madonna performs during the Los Angeles date of her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour at Dodgers stadium in Los Angeles, November 6, 2008. (Reuters Photo)
Madonna and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than $200 million worth of tickets to their slickly produced shows, trade publication Pollstar said on Tuesday.
The pop singers also took the top two spots in North America, which accounts for an estimated 40 percent of the concert business, Pollstar said.
Madonna's "Sticky & Sweet" world tour, which finished in Brazil last week, tallied $281.6 million from 17 countries. North American fans ponied up $105.3 million.
French-Canadian balladeer Dion, launching her first world tour in more than eight years, earned $236.6 million from 24 countries, with North America contributing $94 million.
This year marks the first time that Pollstar has compiled foreign data. Among the all-time North American tours, Madonna's ranks at No. 8 and Dion's at No. 12. The Rolling Stones hold the record with $162 million from their 2005 trek.
Dion, 40, might well be the hardest working woman in show business, having made Pollstar's list of top 10 acts every year since 2003. That year she began a 700-plus show residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and grossed more than $385 million by the time it wrapped last December.
Rounding out the top five of Pollstar's worldwide list were Bon Jovi ($176.3 million), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ($165.8 million), and last year's North American champs the Police ($120.6 million).
Pollstar said fewer people went to concerts in North America this year, and despite the incipient recession those who went were prepared to sharply pay more for their tickets.
"We've had a better year than we really should have expected given the economic environment," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor of the Fresno, California-based publication.
Ticket sales for the top 100 acts in North America rose 4.3 percent to $2.38 billion. The number of tickets sold fell three percent to 35.59 million, and the average ticket price rose nearly eight percent to a record $66.90.
Timing played a part. Acts that hit the road earlier in the year escaped the deepening economic abyss in the fall. Top-tier artists are also fairly recession-proof. Bongiovanni said tickets have sold briskly for Britney Spears' comeback tour, which begins next March, and he predicted sales would be strong for as-yet-unannounced treks by U2 and Springsteen.
Ticket sales data do not include revenue from merchandise, such as T-shirts, which can make up a sizable chunk of tour earnings.
((Agencies)
