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EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is to give the Get Back treatment to the 1947 partition of India with a colorized documentary telling the story of the bitter personal rivalry between Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Britain’s Lord Mountbatten.

The world of Middle-Earth created by Professor J.R.R. Tolkien has always fascinated the literary world.

Beatles-related project.In an interview with Deadline, The Lord Of The Rings director revealed that he’s in talks with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to develop a new film. Jackson last worked with the pair on the Emmy-nominated documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, which was released in November of last year.READ MORE: The Beatles: Get Back review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic“I’m talking to The Beatles about another project, something very, very different than Get Back,” he said.“We’re seeing what the possibilities are, but it’s another project with them.

As San Diego Comic-Con gets underway, the fan boy crowd can revel in Amazon Studios confirming what Deadline told you a long time ago: Howard Shore, 3-time Oscar winner for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has returned to compose the original main title theme for its blockbuster $465 million series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. At the same time, Emmy-winner Bear McCreary has composed the full episodic series score.

Prime Video, and while all seems at peace, a gathering storm threatens to lay it all to waste.That’s the general vibe for the latest teaser trailer for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which the streamer released on Thursday, giving viewers a more detailed look at Prime Video’s highly anticipated series set within J. R.

BBC crime drama Sherwood as Daphne Sparrow, the wife of Micky Sparrow. They are a married couple who run a drug operation, which they conceal behind their taxi business and archery range. The BBC One drama is penned by Quiz's James Graham, and is based on a true story and has kept viewers glued to their screens with its storyline of a double killing set in a town still scarred by the miners' strikes of 1984.

Sir Paul McCartney made history on Saturday as the oldest solo artist to headline Glastonbury Festival.

Paul McCartney duetted virtually with John Lennon during tonight’s Glastonbury headline set (June 25).Following the surprise arrival of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen during his set on the Pyramid stage, he linked up with former Beatles bandmate, the late Lennon during ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’.Speaking to the crowd, McCartney revealed that the idea came from Peter Jackson, the director of the recent extensive documentary Get Back, which was based on the studio sessions for the band’s final album ‘Let It Be’.Check out previous footage below of the collaboration previously shot in Washington State.The pair traded verses in the song, with Jackson having isolated Lennon’s vocal for the team-up. McCartney first debuted the collaboration with his former co-songwriter on his recent US tour.“I’ve got a special little thing here,” he said introducing that track.

Taika Waititi had a secret to tell on Wednesday’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

Zack Sharf Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will harken back to Peter Jackson’s original trilogy by relying predominantly on practical effects and prosthetics in bringing the Orcs of Middle Earth to life. Jackson’s three “Lord of the Rings” films earned acclaim for showcasing practical creature makeup and prosthetics work, but Jackson notoriously went the CGI route in “The Hobbit” trilogy for Orc characters such as Azog and Bolg.

Gallery: 'The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. . . ' Happy birthday Bob Dylan! (BANG Showbiz)The jaunt has no doubt been an emotional one for McCartney.

“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series. Thursday’s announcement was accompanied by posters of each character’s hands holding various objects, including apples, a scroll and a seemingly pregnant stomach.

Frail John Wayne wore wet suit under his tuxedo at last public appearanceLinkChristopher Lee did not want to play Lord of The Rings Saruman 'Awkward class with director Peter Jackson'LinkKilmer had collapsed during the night, vomiting blood, and an ambulance was called. Cher said: "Once when the paramedics showed up after he was so sick and coughing up blood, he looked at me and I looked at him and we both knew what we were thinking. .

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDirector Peter Jackson’s eight-hour documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” is set to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray this summer, with the sprawling doc from 2021 finally available in physical editions July 12.If there’s a sense of deja vu to that announcement, it’s because these home video editions were already previously announced to come out six months earlier, but that release was scotched before it happened due to a defect that was detected in the discs.“The Beatles: Get Back” has been originally scheduled to come out Feb. 8, after an initial announcement Jan.

Naomi Watts rocked a chic little blonde bob reminiscent of the 1920s when she was spotted out in New York this week.The 53-year-old King Kong star cut a casual figure in an olive green jacket thrown over a white t-shirt and loose faded jeans.She could be seen chatting cheerfully on the phone as she enjoyed a breath of fresh air and a walk with her dog Izzy. Mover and shaker:Naomi Watts rocked a chic little blonde bob reminiscent of the 1920s when she was spotted out in New York this weekNaomi announced Izzy's adoption on her Instagram page in May of 2020 at the height of the coronavirus lockdowns.A year later she gushed to Hamptons.comthat her idea of a perfect day in the Hamptons involved 'Being woken up by my dog, Izzy, although she likes a lie in just as much as I do.

In an alternate universe, Gomez Addams might have been the Gandalf we all know and love.

took the stage at the Spokane Arena for the first show of his “Get Back” tour on Thursday evening.And a very special guest joined him for a duet on the song “I’ve Got A Feeling.” Footage of Lennon, who died in 1980 at the age of 40, from Jackson’s Disney+ documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” was presented on a big screen while the British rocker sang.The two crooned alongside each other to kick off the new tour.“So, Peter Jackson, the director of the ‘Get Back’ film, he texts me one day. And he says, ‘We can extract John’s voice.

Paul McCartney and his late Beatles songwriting and singing partner John Lennon haven’t sung together in over 50 years, but they got the next best thing last night with a duet of I’ve Got A Feeling at McCartney’s Got Back Tour date at Spokane Arena. Check out above clip making the rounds on YouTube. This was made possible with an assist by director Peter Jackson, who made the critically acclaimed three-part documentary series Get Back, fueled by access to 60 hours of unseen footage of what was to be their final moments together as a band. The song was originally recorded for the Let It Be Album released in 1970.

Paul McCartney began his 2022 ‘Got Back’ North American tour last night (April 28) – check out fan-shot footage and the setlist below.The Beatles icon took to the stage at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington for his first concert in over two years. McCartney’s current run of shows also includes stop-offs in Seattle (May 2,3), Los Angeles (13) and Orlando (28).Kicking off with the Fab Four’s ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, Macca’s mammoth 36-song set also included the first solo outings of the legendary group’s tracks ‘Getting Better’ (1967) and ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ (1969) since 2003 (via Setlist.FM).Elsewhere, the legendary musician gave ‘McCartney III’ track ‘Women And Wives’ its live debut; he released his 18th solo studio album in late 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.McCartney also treated the audience to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ cut ‘She Came in Through The Bathroom Window’, marking its first airing since 2008.

Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon, has performed ‘Imagine’ for the first time to help raise money for Ukraine.He performed an acoustic rendition of the song in a room surrounded by candles. Sharing the clip of the performance on YouTube, he wrote: “Today, for the first time ever, I publicly performed my Dad’s song, ‘Imagine’.“The song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping for.”The cover was done as part Stand Up For Ukraine campaign, a global fund-raising effort broadcast from Warsaw, Poland.Watch the moment here:“I had always said, that the only time I would ever consider singing ‘Imagine’ would be if it was the ‘End of the World’,” Lennon wrote about the performance.But “the War on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy,” he continued.

Rihanna is making her official debut on the annual Forbes billionaires list, after reaching a net worth of over one billion dollars in 2021, honoring her incredible achievement with the success of Fenty Beauty and Fenty X Savage.The entrepreneur is also the first person from her native Barbados to enter the coveted list of the wealthiest people in the world, with her beauty line generating “more than $550 million in revenue in 2020.”Rihanna currently has a net worth of 1.7 billion dollars, making it to number 1,729 on the list, and positioning herself above Jay-Z and under Kanye West.