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An alternate version of The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road cover photo is heading to auction in London next Tuesday. This one shows the Fab Four walking right-to-left -- and all four, including Paul McCartney -- wearing some kind of shoes (Paul's in sandals). The order this time: (left-to-right) John Lennon, followed by Paul, Ringo and George. And McCartney's no longer seen holding a cigarette.

The one being sold was one of six shot by Ian MacMillan in a 10-minute session on August 8th, 1969. One of 25 prints from the original negative, the sale is being handled by Bloomsbury Auctions.

John Mellencamp's documentary It's About You starts airing on Showtime tonight at 7:30 ET and On Demand tomorrow.

The masseur who dropped his sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta this week has hired high-profile attorney Gloria Allred. She says, "We are in the process of conferring with him regarding the next steps, which he may wish to take."

The unidentified massage therapist is free to file another lawsuit against the actor.

The plaintiff's original lawyer, Okorie Okorocha, dropped him after he mixed up the date of the alleged incident.

Apparently we have Paul McCartney to thank or blame for producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Ronson, known for producing Amy Winehouse. The stepson of Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones says Macca rescued him from drowning when he was a kid on a beach in the Hamptons section of Long Island, New York, where Macca has a home.

Ronson says, "That sounded like one of my mom's crazy stories, but then I did a song with Paul a few months ago and after a couple of days in the studio, he came in and said, 'Your mom's Ann, right? Me and Linda would always run into your parents on the beach in Long Island.' I told him about my mom's story that he saved me from drowning one time, and he said he vaguely remembered something like that. So maybe he backed up her claim, which means I can't really tease her about it now."

Ellen DeGeneres has landed a huge honor and a huge payday.

The talk-show host has been named a recipient of the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She'll be honored October 22nd at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile she unloaded her Beverly Hills estate on Ryan Seacrest. TMZ says he paid "within a couple of million dollars" of the $49 million asking price and is expected to close this week.

Carlos Santana releases his 36th album today. Shape Shifter is a mostly instrumental effort started in the late '90s and it's the first release on his new label, Starfaith Records. It contains 13 songs and only one has vocals.

Paul McCartney's free show in Zocalo, Mexico last week drew 220,000 people -- 150,000 inside the main concert area and another 70,000 in the surrounding streets.

For a definition of the word "courage," you need not look in any dictionary. Just watch this video. These brave and inspiring kids at the Seattle Children's Hospital along with the caring and dedicated folks who take care of them, perform a lip dub of Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger." The song was written about moving on after a relationship that had gone bad, but it takes on a whole new meaning in this video