Sir Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting fire to condoms. The Beatles' former drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Paul returned to the U.K. after being accused of arson when they used the rubber contraceptives as emergency lighting.

Pete explained to Absolute Radio: "We were deported for burning condoms. We defected to another club who paid us more money to play. And we'd been staying in the back of the van."

Sir Paul McCartney has urged people to boycott McDonald's. The vegetarian singer is furious the fast food giant are displaying his picture - along with his former Beatles bandmates Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison - at one of their outlets in his home city of Liverpool to attract more customers.

The musician's spokesperson said: "What sort of morons do McDonald's think Beatles fans are?"

John Lennon had fantasies about Sir Paul McCartney, a new book claims.

Respected Beatles author Philip Norman alleges in new book John Lennon: The Life that the musician wanted a sexual relationship with his bandmate Paul and also fantasized about sleeping with his own mother Julia, leaving Paul and the late Beatle's wife Yoko Ono furious.

Kate Winslet is set to star in a new film about John Lennon. Filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood is reportedly planning to direct a biopic focusing on the early life of the late Beatles legend and wants the "Titanic" actress to portray his mother, Julia.

John was brought up by Julia's step-sister Mimi, and it is believed the director wants Emily Watson to portray Mimi in the Liverpool-based movie.

Britney Spears' Mickey Mouse Club T-Shirt she owned is up for auction. A memorabilia site would be auctioning a piece of the pop princess' Mouseketeer past starting on July 21.

GottaHaveIt.com will be having a special online auction entitled "The Rock & Roll Pop Art Auction" from July 21 to August 6, which will feature original handwritten lyrics and letters and other rare items by the music industry's greatest living and dead legends.

Sir Paul McCartney says George Harrison was like his "baby brother." The 66-year-old music legend enjoyed such a close relationship with George, who died in 2001, he saw him as family.

Paul, who first met George in 1954, said: "He was my little baby brother, almost, because I'd known him that long."