Peter Jackson defends 'boring' The Beatles documentary as fans divided over 8 hour length

Insecure star Issa Rae was honored with the first-ever key to Inglewood on Saturday.MORE: Kerry Washington celebrates Super Bowl weekend with brand new lookThe city, in the county of Los Angeles, is home to So-Fi Stadium and the Los Angeles Rams, and the ceremony came as the city celebrated  Saturday's Taste of Inglewood festival, a day before the 56th Super Bowl.WATCH: Issa Rae stars in Insecure"I'm a little emotional, I'm trying to be a thug right now," Issa said in a teary speech.Wearing a black linen suit with bold gold buttons running down the blazer, the 37-year-old added: "The mayor really flabbergasted me in that this is the first key in 114 years. It's a huge honor and I just want to thank you all so much for your support.MORE: Issa Rae’s five major glow-up style moments that cemented the girl boss as a total fashionistaMORE: Super Bowl party essentials 2022: 17 must-have party supplies for your Super Party"Thank you to the mayor, thank you to the city of Inglewood for making it so easy for us to film here, for helping us to showcase this city that I love so much."Issa filmed much of the five seasons of Insecure in the city, and spotlighted the local area in her HBO Max reality series Sweet Life: Los Angeles.

Christie Brinkley and Rebel Wilson were among the celebrities to celebrate the 56th Super Bowl with a private Casamigos party with Cindy Crawford.MORE: Rebel Wilson, Taraji P. Henson and Kelly Clarkson sparkle as they celebrate 2022 NFL HonorsHeld at the home of Mike Meldman, who launched the tequila brand with George Clooney and Randy Gerber, guests entered the party by throwing a football at the Casa Bell and doing a shot of Casamigo.WATCH: Christie Brinkley shares glimpse into her morning routine at homeChristie, 68, rocked a black jumpsuit with a sheer bodysuit underneath it, and kept warm in the cool evening with a leather jacket, as she posed for pictures with friends.Rebel wore a white and black heart-print sweater paired with classic blue denim jeans, while host Cindy wore black jeans and a white leather jacket, joining forces with NFL quarterbacks Dak Prescott, Josh Allen and Zach Wilson for a picture.MORE: Christie Brinkley unexpectedly twins with daughter in unseen baby photoBlonde bombshell Christie recently had fans begging for her secret, as she showed off her impressive physique and youthful glow while celebrating her 68th birthday.Christie had a cheeky caption in honor of the milestone, writing: "I'm about to turn 50 for the 18th time tomorrow… Ahhh the advantages of being born on Groundhog's Day!" Christie looked fantastic at the party As fans inundated her comments with well wishes and compliments, it was clear that her pretend age was much easier to believe than her real age.Christie's work-out ethic has surely paid off and come in handy, and not just for her looks.

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The Beatles’ longtime roadie, manager and general acquaintance, who featured prominently in Peter Jackson’s docuseries The Beatles: Get Back – have announced the publication of an authorised biography set to cover his storied life and career.HarperCollins’ Dey Street Books imprint will publish it in 2023, with Evans’ estate working closely with author Kenneth Womack – himself an accredited Beatles scholar and, per his own website, “one of the world’s leading authorities on The Beatles and their enduring cultural influence” – to tell his story in resounding detail.The biography, as yet untitled, will be followed in 2024 with a sprawling compendium of Evans’ personal archives, which Rolling Stone reports will feature diaries, manuscripts and

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comThere were several hurdles Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” had to mount before the eight-hour documentary could premiere on Disney Plus, including persuading the surviving members of the Beatles to OK this pursuit, and sifting through 150 hours of audio and 60 hours of vintage footage and then restoring that delicate footage into crystal-clear quality.

Yoko Ono, 88, has begun spreading Christmas cheer as she chose a unique gift for a Liverpool charity.The artist and peace activist gave The Brain Charity a limited edition vinyl acetate of the track Happy Xmas (War is Over).The rare 1971 record features her and her late husband, the legendary Beatles member John Lennon.It was hand-cut at the iconic Abbey Road Studios, where the Beatles used to spend long hours during their musical career.But the one-sided 12” acetate was not the only special present the charity received from Yoko and John’s family.It was accompanied by a personal message from Sean Ono Lennon, the iconic couple’s son.The note read: “Happy Xmas.“This is one of only fifty Limited Edition acetates hand-cut at Abbey Road, it’s

Paul McCartney’s daughter’s self-titled fashion brand launched the unisex clothing capsule Stella McCartney x The Beatles: Get Back.The capsule is part of the brand’s spring ‘22 collection and it pays homage to the legendary band.It also coincides with the release of a new Disney + documentary on the band by Peter Jackson titled Get Back.However, some Beatles fans were less than impressed by the price tags on the garments as they called on the designer to “give us consideration next time”.Taking to social media to express their disapproval, others claimed Stella was “cashing in'' on her father’s fame.blaire_walker added: “How are us true Beatles fans able to afford these?“We would love to be able to show love for @ReaPeterJackson‘s Get Back

STELLA McCartney’s new fashion line should come with the message, “Can’t Buy Me, Love” — due to the sky-high prices. Sir Paul’s daughter has launched a “Get Back” collection, with a pair of socks costing a whopping £70.

PETER Jackson, the director behind the documentary The Beatles: Get Back, has hit back at their fans after they complained the series was “boring” and “unnecessarily long”.  Best known as the director for The Lord of the Rings, Peter had reportedly gone through 60 hours of personal footage from the 1970 film Let It Be to piece together the three-part documentary. The series is centred around the making of The Beatles' twelfth and final studio album of the same name - but fans aren’t happy.  The series ended up totalling a whopping 468 minutes in running time, with each episode lasting between two to three hours - and some fans have deemed it as "pointless".

Paul McCartney, 79, pitched the far-fetched idea to his fellow The Beatles band mates John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr for their farewell gig, in never-before-seen footage featured in new documentary Get Back.He said: "We should do the show in a place where we're not allowed to do it. We should trespass."If we're busted in the Houses of Parliament playing in the main gallery and get forcibly ejected - still trying to play numbers and the police lifting us.

Peter Jackson is an incredibly accomplished filmmaker who just recently completed work on a new Beatles docuseries that just debuted on Disney+, titled “Get Back.” But for many people, Jackson is best known for his work as the filmmaker behind the acclaimed “Lord of the Rings” film series. But what you might not know is that his Beatles work and ‘Rings’ work has a bit of a crossover.

“Get Back,” now streaming on Disney+.The series includes several scenes featuring smoking and explicit language; however, the group refused to have them removed.The three-part show includes a disclaimer from the streamer ahead of each episode that reads: “This footage contains explicit language, mature themes and smoking.”The “Lord of the Rings” director, 60, explained in an interview with NME that Beatles members Paul McCartney, 79, and Ringo Starr, 81, refused to have the swearing eliminated from the final product.“Paul [McCartney] describes it as being very raw,” Jackson said. “He said to me: ‘That is a very accurate portrayal of how we were then.’ Ringo [Starr] said: ‘It’s truthful.’ The truthfulness of it is important to them.

The Beatles’ Get Back three-part docuseries was almost a little different, as Disney wanted to remove the swearing in it.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have shared tributes to late The Beatles bandmate George Harrison on the 20th anniversary of the latter’s passing.Harrison, who was the longtime guitarist of the Fab Four, died of lung cancer on November 29, 2001 at the age of 58.McCartney took to Twitter to share an old image of himself and Harrison in the studio with a caption reading: “Hard to believe that we lost George 20 years ago. I miss my friend so much.

Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr have posted poignant tributes to their fellow Beatles bandmate George Harrison on the 20th anniversary of his death.Harrison died at the age of 58 from cancer on November 29, 2001, having undergone an operation in May to remove a cancerous growth from his lung and been treated for a brain tumour in July of that same year.Fourth Beatle John Lennon had been the band’s first loss when he was tragically shot dead by a gunman outside his apartment in New York in 1980.Sir Paul took to Twitter to mark the date of Harrison’s death, sharing a throwback picture of them jamming together on their guitars in the studio, writing: ‘Hard to believe that we lost George 20 years ago. I miss my friend so much.

Peter Jackson has defended the hefty runtime of his new documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, admitting he wanted to include everything “important”.The newly-released three-part Disney+ series saw the Lord Of The Rings director wade through 60 hours of footage from Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film Let It Be, which covers the making of the band’s final studio album.However, each episode of the documentary still comes in at between two and three hours long, with the whole series running at 468 minutes.Speaking to NME, Jackson explained that he feared leaving anything crucial out, suggesting it may have taken “another 50 years” to uncover otherwise.“I’d like to say that I didn’t really leave out anything that I thought was important,” he

Yoko Ono has shared an article online which says the new Peter Jackson Beatles documentary, Get Back, dispels rumours that she broke up the group.On Saturday (November 27), Ono shared an article titled “Beatles Fans Think ‘Get Back’ Dispels The Idea That Yoko Ono Broke The Band Up” on Twitter, where she has 4.6 million followers.The director’s three-part film charts the making of the band’s penultimate studio album ‘Let It Be’, and shows their final concert on London’s Savile Row rooftop in its entirety.The archive footage in Jackson’s documentary shows Ono apart from The Beatles during the recording sessions for ‘Let It Be’ and busying herself with her own tasks, contrary to reports that she was involved while they were making the

Disney wanted to remove all swearing from his The Beatles: Get Back documentary, but were convinced otherwise by Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.The director’s three-part film charts the making of the band’s penultimate studio album ‘Let It Be’, and shows their final concert on London’s Savile Row rooftop in its entirety.Speaking to NME, Jackson recalled Starr and McCartney’s first reactions to the documentary, who, to the director’s surprise, didn’t ask for any changes to be made.“When they got to see the finished thing, I was expecting notes,” Jackson said.

As reported by Deadline, Jonah Lees, 26, of UK series “The Letter For The King,” is John Lennon; musician Blake Richardson, 22, from British pop trio New Hope Club, is Paul McCartney; Leo Harvey-Elledge, 19, who played rocker Liam Gallagher in “Creation Stories,” is George Harrison; and newcomer Campbell Wallace is Ringo Starr.“Peaky Blinders” actor Adam Lawrence, 30, also joins as former Beatles drummer Pete Best, and “The Queen’s Gambit” actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, 33, has been chosen to portray Beatles manager Epstein, a record shop manager from Liverpool who would discover the greatest band of all time.Filming “Midas Man” began last month in Liverpool but soon ran aground since the film’s initial director Jonas Akerlund was said to be