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The disgraced mogul’s ‘mafia-like thuggery’ while producing Lord of the Rings made Peter Jackson's life hell. But he got his just revenge

Schwalbe launches production financer Former DreamWorks Animation exec Doug Schwalbe has launched a boutique firm which specialises in the finance and distribution of high-end international productions. Doug Schwalbe The Co-Production Company has already scored backing from France’s Superprod Group and formed partnerships with companies including Pukeko Pictures in New Zealand, August Media in Singapore, Chatrone in Brazil, Anima Estudios in Mexico and DreamWorks Animation Television. Deals have also been secured with Hannah Montana creator Michael Poryes to develop international programmin...

From cajoling the likes of Sinatra, The Who and the Rolling Stones to come to Buffalo, to helping nurture the careers of young film-makers like Kevin Smith, Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino, it presents the picture of a risk-taker who made bold choices, but who also used that persuasive power to bully his employees and pressure actors and other women into sexualised situations they would never have otherwise consented to. If you were in any doubt as to the barely fictionalised, unseen harasser in last year’s harrowing drama The Assistant, then this will quickly destroy those. Doug...

>> almost 1 million people still have no power. >> reporter: as record-seating heat bakes the nation. >> heat advisories for over a dozen stays over the fourth of july holiday, feeling like 100 degrees across much of the nation. >> just sweating, staying inside. >> it's a hardship. >> breaking news overnight. a fast-moving wildfire is burning in rural ranchland north of los angeles. >> in colorado, air force tanker planes are back in the air to help fight a slew of dangerous wildfires. >> you don't get much better than that. >> nearly a dozen people injured in an accident in new hamp...

tonight. they're all across the country, people heading out to 4th of july celebrations much like the one about to start at the white house, president obama and the first lady hosting 1,200 service members and families for a bash cue, concert and fireworks. about -- barbecue, concert and fireworks. about 100,000 families in our area are spending their holiday in dark homes dealing with downed trees, but there is some good news tonight regarding recovery efforts from last friday's storm. both dominion virginia and pepco, the companies with the largest number of outages, have restore...