PAUL MACARTNEY SERA CONDECORADO EN LA CASA BLANCA

Paul McCartney to be honored at White House; Stevie Wonder, Jonas Brothers and others scheduled to perform in tribute



Macca is coming to Pennsylvania Avenue. (Tracy Woodward/TWP).

By Chris Richards

The White House is throwing another epic bash, this time honoring Paul McCartney, winner of this year's Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Macca is the third songwriter bestowed with the award, (Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon have been honored in previous years), and the Beatle will be feted in the East Room on June 2.

He won't be the only star in the room. An array of performers will perform McCartney's songs in tribute, including Wonder, Faith Hill, the Jonas Brothers, Dave Grohl, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae. Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld will also be on hand for a few remarks.

The program will be taped by WETA as part of the “In Performance at the White House” series and is scheduled to air on PBS stations nationwide Wednesday, July 28.

HABLANDO DE RINGO

The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr admits: 'I have found God'

Ringo Starr, the Beatles’ drummer, has admitted he has “found God” after taking what he described as a winding life of enlightenment.

By Andrew Hough
Published: 7:20AM GMT 03 Feb 2010

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Ringo Starr, pictured here peforming with Sir Paul McCartney at a recent benefit concert, says he now has a better handle on his life. Photo: AP

Starr pictured with other Beatles at his wedding to Barbara Bach, a former Bond girl. Photo: TERRY O'NEILL/ NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

The reformed rock legend, who turns 70 in July, admitted he had lost his way when he was younger, first as a Beatle then later after the group broke up.

He experimented with LSD and marijuana when he was a Beatle in the 1960s, then later in the 1970s suffered alcohol and cocaine problems.

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In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Starr, who is now a teetotal and has quit his 60-a-day cigarette habit, said that religion was one of the most important aspects in his life.

"I feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself," Starr told the paper at a Grammy Museum event in Los Angeles.

"For me, God is in my life. I don't hide from that ... I think the search has been on since the '60s.

“I stepped off the path there for many years and found my way [back] onto it, thank God.”

Starr, who is a vegetarian, is married to former Bond girl Barbara Bach and now splits his time between homes in Los Angeles, London and Monaco.

In the interview he said it was far easier approaching 70.

"Forty was: 'Oh, God, 40!',” he said.

"There's that damn song, 'Life Begins at 40.' No, it's not so big anymore.

“I am nearly 70, and I'd love to be nearly 40, but that's never going to happen.”