<![CDATA["Idol" Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA["Idol" Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:50:40 EST Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:50:40 EST http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles <![CDATA["Idol" Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles]]> http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles#c4451973 In recent years, the stuff that's been permitted with the old Northern Songs catalog would have been unthinkable just a decade or two ago -- think Love and Across the Universe. (The '78 Sgt. Pepper movie only exists because the parties were distracted with litigation back then.)

Honestly, compared to the recent ancillary product, letting Idol do a theme week is one of the least controversial things they could do.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:361812:c4451973 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:50:40 EST <![CDATA["Idol" Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles]]> http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles#c4448890 Yes, although it's leveraged to all hell as it's pretty much the only tangible asset he has left.

The Notorious T

]]> 33:361812:c4448890 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:06:13 EST <![CDATA["Idol" Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles]]> http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles#c4448361 Does Michael Jackson still own part of the Beatles catalog?

extracrispy

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