PETER JACKSON

With a nearly 8-hour documentary series, filmmaker Peter Jackson reexamines the Beatles' ill-fated “Let it Be” recording and film session.

For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles' “Let it Be” recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson says the 57 hours of footage he used to create the film shows Yoko Ono as a "benign" presence.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's new film "Get Back" documents the Beatles 22-day creative process that resulted in the album "Let It Be."

Peter Jackson's "Get Back" series rewrites the story of rock's biggest breakup. Sunday, Jon Wertheim reports on the new documentary.

America is burning up and burning down. This week’s extreme heat is a reminder that climate change is here.

New Zealand has long been associated with “The Lord of the Rings” but with the filming of a major new television series suddenly snatched away, the nation has become more like Mordor than the Shire for hundreds of workers.

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Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, left, and a 1967 photo of Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Thursday, March 25, 2021, that the new version will come out Oct. 19. (Houghton Mifflin via AP, left, and AP Photo)NEW YORK – An upcoming edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy will include paintings, drawings and other illustrations by the British author for the first time since it was published in the mid-1950s. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media announced Thursday that the new version will come out Oct. 19.

Sneak peek: New documentary "The Beatles: Get Back" A highly-anticipated new Beatles documentary is set for release next summer. "The Beatles: Get Back," from "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, uses some of the roughly 55 hours of previously-unreleased studio footage from the 1969 "Get Back" and "Let It Be" sessions, and features the Fab Four's iconic 42-minute rooftop performance, which has never been shown in its entirety.

FILE - In this May 6, 2017, file photo, Sean Parker arrives at an event in Culver City, Calif. Tech billionaire Sean Parker has been approved by New Zealand authorities to buy a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson's visual effects studio. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)WELLINGTON – New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parker’s purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson’s visual effects studio. Parker needed special permission from the Overseas Investment Office because he isn’t a New Zealand resident and the Weta Digital studio is worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars ($71 million). Weta will issue new shares for Parker, diluting Jackson's stake. In 2016, Parker and Akkaraju founded a video-on-demand startup called Screening Room, which this year relaunched as SR Labs.

LOS ANGELES A federal appeals court on Wednesday restored a major part of Ashley Judds lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, finding that the producer had power over the actor which should make her able to sue under a California sexual harassment law. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Judd should be allowed to pursue both parts of her lawsuit against Weinstein. A lower court judge dismissed her sexual harassment allegations but left intact her claim of defamation. Judd's attorneys had sued Weinstein under a California law that prohibits sexual harassment by people, other than employers, with professional power, including teachers and landlords. This is an important victory not only for Ms. Judd but for all victims of sexual harassment in professional relationships," Judd's attorney Theodore Boutrous Jr. said in a statement.

Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning visual effects company that made The Lord of the Rings and Avatar possible, is making original animated content for cinemas and streaming for the first time in its 25-year history. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the married filmmaking team behind The Lord of the Rings and majority stakeholders in the company, plan to write, produce and direct several of the projects for Weta Animated. Its also been one of the rare filmmaking companies that has been able to continue functioning safely throughout the pandemic. In addition to the Avatar sequels, Weta Digital is also working on Jungle Cruise and The Batman.Akkaraju co-founded SR Labs with Sean Parker, who recently invested in the company and joined the board as vice chairman. Im thrilled to be joining Peter, Fran and the extraordinary team at Weta as we enter into a hypergrowth stage with the launch of original content, Akkaraju said.

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The owners of Paddy Power Betfair and Poker Stars have agreed to merge in an all-share deal that will create the world's largest online betting and gambling company by revenue to take advantage of the opening up of U.S. markets. Flutter Entertainment, formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair, is to combine with Nasdaq- and Toronto-listed Stars Group (TSG), owner of Poker Stars, the companies said on Wednesday. Following the merger, shareholders of Flutter would own approximately 54.64% of the new company, with TSG shareholders owning about 45.36%. Shares in Flutter jumped 15% in early trading, while gambling rivals GVC and William Hill were also lifted by the prospect of further consolidation. Combined annual revenues would have totaled 3.8 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) in 2018, making Flutter-TSG the largest online betting and gaming operator globally, the companies said.

2003: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the third part in filmmaker Peter Jackson's fantasy trilogy, opens in theaters. The movie would go on to gross more than $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of

"The Hobbit" tops box office The final installment in Peter Jackson's trilogy leads the box office. "The Interview” also debuted in U.S. theaters. Wendy Gillette has those stories and more in today's Eye on Entertainment.